As part of project to provide resources for visitors to Nagoya, we created this list of museums in Nagoya City, Japan.
Electricity Museum
Electricity Museum has an exhibition room where visitors can learn all about electricity, the environment, and energy.
Address: 2-2-5 Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya
Admission Fee: Free
Website: https://www.chuden.co.jp/e-museum/
Furukawa Art Museum
Furukawa Art Museum’s collection was donated by Furukawa Tamasaburo who is a businessman in Nagoya.
Address: 2-50, Ikeshita-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya
Admission Fee: Adults: ¥1,000 Students: ¥500 15 years old and younger: Free
Website: https://www.furukawa-museum.or.jp/en/
Matsuzakaya Museum
Matsuzakaya Museum has many exhibits in a wide range of genres, including paintings, natural arts, crafts, and animation. The museum is located in the Matsuzakaya Department store, one of the best areas for shopping in Nagoya.
Address: 3-16-1, Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya
Admission Fee: More than ¥5,000 purchase at Matsuzakaya and 1 hour free, ¥20,000 purchase 2 hours free
Website: https://www.matsuzakaya.co.jp/nagoya/museum/
Nagoya City Art Museum
Nagoya City Art Museum, designed by famous architect Kisho Kurokawa, houses a collection of about 8,500 works with significant recognition in Japanese and international art history.
Address: 2-17-25 Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya
Admission Fee: Adult: ¥300 High School & College student: ¥200 Junior High School Students or younger: Free
Website: https://art-museum.city.nagoya.jp
Nagoya City Science Museum
Nagoya City Science Museum features an iconic giant silver globe, and houses one of the world’s largest planetariums.
Address: 2-17-1, Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya
Admission Fee: ¥400 (¥800 including show at the planetarium) separate varying fees for temporary exhibitions
Website: https://www.ncsm.city.nagoya.jp
SCMAGLEV and Railway Park
SCMAGLEV and Railway Park is the railway museum of Central Japan Railways (JR Central) and it displays a number of actual trains. “SC” refers to super conductive, the “mag” refers to magnets, and “lev” is a reference to “levitate” – all of about the science of trains and shinkansen.
Address: 3-2-2 Kinjofuto, Minato-ku, Nagoya
Admission Fee: Adult: ¥1,200 School child: ¥500 Child: ¥200
Website: https://museum.jr-central.co.jp/en/
Tokugawa Art Museum
Tokugawa Art Museum is a sword museum, with approximately two hundred swords and about fifty pieces of armor and 150 ukiyo-e.
Address: 1017 Tokugawa-cho, Higashi-ku, Nagoya
Admission Fee: Adults: ¥1,600 College and high school students: ¥800 Junior high school and elementary students: ¥500
Website: https://www.tokugawa-art-museum.jp
Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology is the birthplace of the Toyota Group, where you can experience the dynamic exhibition and demonstration of real machines and the transition of textile machinery and automotive technology that supported the development of modern Japan while preserving the Taisho factory as an industrial heritage.
Address: 1-35, Noritake Shinmachi 4-chome, Nishi-ku, Nagoya
Admission Fee: Adults: ¥1,000 College students: ¥500 Junior and high school students: ¥300 Elementary students: ¥200
Website: https://www.tcmit.org/english
Yokoyama Art Museum
Yokoyama Art Museum displays mainly export ceramics made during the Meiji and Taisho eras.
Address: 1-1-21, Aoi, Higashi-ku, Nagoya
Admission Fee: Adults: ¥1,000 High school students: ¥800 Junior high school students: ¥600 Elementary students: Free
Website: https://www.yokoyama-art-museum.or.jp
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