Tokyo National Museum

The Tokyo National Museum (東京国立博物館, Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan) or TNM^[1] is the oldest and largest museum in Japan.^[2]

Tokyo National Museum

東京国立博物館
Honkan building
Established	1872
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Type	Art museum
Website	http://www.tnm.go.jp/en/

TNM collects houses, and preserves a collection of art works and archaeological objects of Asia. In the collection, there is an emphasis on Japan.^[3]

The museum is in Ueno Park in Tokyo.^[4]

History

TMN was founded in 1872.^[4]

In 1882, the museum was established in its Ueno Park location.^[4]

The museum went through several name changes. It was called the Imperial Museum in 1886. It was known as the Tokyo Imperial Household Museum from 1900 through 1947.

Related pages

• Kyoto National Museum (KNM)
• Kyushu National Museum
• Nara National Museum (NNM)
• National Art Center, Tokyo (NACT)
• National Museum of Art, Osaka (NMAO)
• National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (MOMAK)
• National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (MOMAT)
• National Museum of Western Art (NMWA)
• List of Independent Administrative Institutes in Japan
• List of national museums