# List of museums in Japan

This is a list of museums in Japan.
As of October 2018, there were 5,738 museums in Japan. This total comprises, in line with the Museum Act, 914 registered museums, 372 designated museum-equivalent facilities, and 4,452 museum-like facilities.

## By region and prefecture
### Hokkaidō
#### Registered museums

As of 1 November 2019, and in line with the Museum Act, there were forty-five registered museums in Hokkaidō:
* Abashiri City Folk Museum
* Abashiri City Museum of Art
* Abashiri Prison Museum
* Akkeshi Maritime Affairs Memorial Museum
* Arai Memorial Museum of Art
* Asahikawa City Museum
* Asahikawa Museum of Sculpture in Honour of Nakahara Teijirō
* Asahikawa Science Center
* Bihoro Museum
* Date City Museum of History and Culture
* Hakodate City Museum
* Hakodate Jōmon Culture Center
* Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaidō
* Hidaka Mountains Museum
* Hiroo Town Marine Museum
* Hokkaidō Asahikawa Museum of Art
* Hokkaidō Museum of Literature
* Hokkaidō Museum of Modern Art
* Hokkaidō Museum of Northern Peoples
* Hokkaidō Obihiro Museum of Art
* Kan Yasuda Sculpture Museum – Arte Piazza Bibai
* Kitaichi Venetian Art Museum
* Kitami Region Museum of Science History and Art
* Kushiro Art Museum, Hokkaidō
* Kushiro City Museum
* Kushiro City Museum of Art
* Migishi Kōtarō Museum of Art, Hokkaidō
* Mikasa City Museum
* Miura Ayako Literature Museum
* Monbetsu City Museum
* Mukawa Town Hobetsu Museum
* Nayoro City Kitaguni Museum
* Nibutani Ainu Culture Museum
* Obihiro Centennial City Museum
* Otaru City General Museum
* Otaru City Museum of Art
* Otaru City Museum of Literature
* Rishiri Town Museum
* Sapporo Science Center
* Shibetsu City Museum
* Shinhidaka Town Museum
* Tomakomai Art Museum
* Tomakomai City Science Center
* Urakawa Town Museum
* Shiretoko Museum

#### Designated museum-equivalent facilities

As of 10 February 2015, in line with the Museum Act, there were twenty-one designated museum-equivalent facilities in Hokkaidō:
* Akkeshi Marine Station Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaidō University
* Asahikawa Tondenhei Village Museum
* Chitose Salmon Aquarium
* Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaidō University
* Fukuhara Memorial Museum
* Historical Village of Hokkaidō
* Hongō Shin Memorial Museum of Sculpture, Sapporo
* Kushiro Children's Museum
* Lake Utonai Sanctuary Nature Center
* Muroran City Youth Science Museum
* Muroran Folklore and Historic Museum
* Nemuro City Museum of History and Nature
* Noboribetsu Marine Park Nixe
* Noboribetsu Bear Park
* Obihiro Zoo
* Otaru Aquarium
* Sapporo Art Museum
* Sapporo Maruyama Zoo
* Sendai Clan, Shiraoi Manor House Museum
* Kanda Nisshō Memorial Museum of Art
* Yūbari Coal Mine Museum

#### Museum-like facilities, etc.

These include:
* Chūrui Naumann Elephant Museum
* Edwin Dun Memorial Museum
* Ebetsu City Historical Museum
* Ebetsu Glass Crafts Museum
* Eniwa City Historical Museum
* Esashi Town Historical Museum
* Hakodate City Museum of Literature
* Hakodate City Museum of Northern Peoples
* Historical Museum of the Saru River
* Hokkaidō Archaeological Operations Center
* Hokkaidō Museum
* Hokkaidō Railway Technology Museum
* Hokkaidō University Botanical Gardens
* Hokkaidō University Museum
* Hokuchin Memorial Museum
* Hokuto City Hometown Museum
* Ishikari City Hamamasu Folk Museum
* Kayano Shigeru Nibutani Ainu Museum
* Kikonai Town Museum
* Kitami Mint Memorial Museum
* Matsumae Town Historical Museum
* Miyanomori Art Museum
* Museum of Soils and Ploughs of the World
* Nanae Historical Museum
* National Ainu Museum
* Okhotsk Museum Esashi
* Otaru Music Box Museum
* Pierson Memorial House
* Rausu Municipal Museum
* Rebun Town Historical Museum
* Sapporo Beer Museum
* Sapporo Buried Cultural Property Center
* Shellfish Museum of Rankoshi
* Shibetsu Salmon Science Museum
* Shinhidaka Ainu Museum
* Shintotsukawa Town Historical Museum
* Taiho Sumo Museum
* Takikawa Local History Museum
* Takikawa Museum of Art and Natural History
* Urahoro Town Museum
* Wakkanai Karafuto Museum
* Yakumo Town Museum
* Yasushi Inoue Memorial Hall
* Yoichi Fisheries Museum

#### Former museums

Former museums include:
* Ainu Museum

### Tōhoku
#### Aomori Prefecture
##### Registered museums

As of 31 March 2020, in line with the Museum Act, there were three registered museums in Aomori Prefecture:
* Aomori Prefectural Museum
* Hachinohe City Museum
* Hirosaki City Museum

##### Designated museum-equivalent facilities

As of 31 March 2020, in line with the Museum Act, there was one designated museum-equivalent facility in Aomori Prefecture:
* Aomori Museum of Art

##### Museum-like facilities

As of 31 March 2020, and as listed by the Aomori Prefectural Government, there were eighty-four museum-like facilities in Aomori Prefecture, including:
* Aomori City Forestry Museum
* Aomori City Mediaeval Museum (Chūsei no Yakata)
* Aomori Museum of History
* Hakkōda Mountains Incident Museum
* Hirosaki Castle Botanical Gardens
* Hirosaki Castle Museum
* Hirosaki City Local Literature Museum
* Korekawa Archaeological Institution (Korekawa Jōmon Kan)
* Kushihiki Hachiman-gū Museum of National Treasures
* Dazai Osamu Memorial Museum
* Misawa Aviation & Science Museum
* Munakata Shikō Memorial Museum of Art
* Sanmaru Museum
* Takayama Uichi Memorial Museum of Art
* Terayama Shūji Memorial Museum
* Takaoka no Mori Historical Museum of Hirosaki Clan
* Towada Art Center
* Tsugaru-han Neputa Village
* Tsugaru Kokeshi Museum

##### Other related facilities

* Andō Shōeki Museum
* Nebuta Museum Wa Rasse
* Nitobe Memorial Museum
* Tachineputa Museum

##### Former museums

* Hachinohe City Museum of Art

#### Iwate Prefecture
##### Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

* Goshono Jōmon Museum
* Hanamaki City Museum
* Hekishōji Museum
* Iwate Museum of Art
* Iwate Prefectural Museum
* Kitakami City Museum
* Miyazawa Kenji Memorial Museum
* Ōfunato City Museum
* Ōshū City Cattle Museum
* Tōno City Museum

##### Museum-like facilities, etc

* Hachimantai City Museum
* Satō Hachirō Memorial Museum
* Hanamaki City Museum of History and Folklore
* Hara Kei Memorial Museum
* Ichinoseki City Museum
* Ishikawa Takuboku Memorial Museum
* Kikuta Kazuo Memorial Museum
* Michinoku Folk Village
* Mifune Kyūzō Memorial Museum
* Morioka History and Culture Museum
* Stone and Kenji Museum
* Toneyama Kōjin Memorial Art Museum
* Tōno Folktale Museum

#### Miyagi Prefecture
##### Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

* Aoba Castle Museum
* Fukushima Art Museum
* The Miyagi Museum of Art
* Ōsaki City Matsuyama Furusato History Museum
* Rias Ark Museum of Art
* Rikuzentakata City Museum
* Sendai City Museum
* Kami Town Serisawa Chōsuke Tōhoku Ceramic Culture Museum
* Tōhoku Gakuin University Museum
* Tōhoku History Museum
* Tōhoku Fukushi University Serizawa Keisuke Art and Craft Museum
* Zuigan-ji Treasure Hall Seiryūden

##### Museum-like facilities, etc

* 3M Sendai Science Museum
* Bansui Sōdō
* Botanical Garden of Tōhoku University
* Daigigakoi Shell Mound Museum
* Fujita Kyōhei Museum of Glass
* Hara Asao Memorial Museum
* Ishinomori Manga Museum
* Ishinomori Shōtarō Furusato Memorial Museum
* Kankaku Museum
* Kanno Museum of Art
* Kanrantei & Matsushima Museum
* Kazenosawa Museum
* Kesennuma City Ōtani Mine History Museum
* Museum of Kamei Collection
* Nakamoto Seishi Contemporary Art Museum
* Ōhira-mura Furusato Museum of Art
* Police Museum
* Saitō Garden Museum
* Sannō-Gakoi Site Museum
* Satohama Shell Mound & Historical Museum of Jōmon Village, Oku-Matsushima
* Satoru Satō Art Museum
* Sendai Astronomical Observatory
* Sendai City Tomizawa Site Museum
* Sendai City War Reconstruction Memorial Hall
* Sendai City Wild Plants Garden
* Sendai Kaleidoscope Museum
* Sendai Literature Museum
* Shiogama Jinja Museum
* Shiogama Sugimura Jun Museum of Art
* Tanabata Museum
* Tōhoku University Museum
* Tome City History Museum
* Toyoma Education Museum
* Zuihōden Museum

#### Akita Prefecture
##### Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

* Akita Museum of Art
* Akita Museum of Modern Art
* Akita Prefectural Museum
* Akita Senshū Museum of Art
* Kitaakita City Hamabe no Uta Music Hall
* Kosaka Town Museum
* Omono River Local Museum
* Polder Museum of Ōgata-Mura

##### Museum-like facilities, etc

* Mining Museum of Akita University
* Ōmura Museum of Art
* Satake Historical Museum
* Yokote Masuda Manga Museum

#### Yamagata

* Abumiya
* Chidō Museum
* Chidōkan (Tsuruoka)
* Dewazakura Museum of Art
* Domon Ken Photography Museum
* Homma Museum of Art
* Kaminoyama Castle
* Matsuoka Kaikonjo
* Mogami Yoshiaki Historical Museum
* Sakata City Museum of Art
* Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum
* Yamagata Museum of Art
* Yamagata Prefectural Museum
* Yonezawa City Uesugi Museum

#### Fukushima

* Aizuwakamatsu Castle
* Fukushima Museum
* Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art
* Iwaki City Archaeological Museum
* Kōriyama City Museum of Art
* Morohashi Museum of Modern Art
* Picture Book Museum, Iwaki City
* Takizawa Honjin

### Kantō
#### Ibaraki

* Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of History
* Science Museum of Map and Survey
* Tenshin Memorial Museum of Art, Ibaraki
* Geological Museum (Japan)
* Tsukuba Space Center

#### Tochigi

* Bandai Museum
* Honda Collection Hall
* Kurita Museum
* Utsunomiya Museum of Art
* Tochigi Prefectural Museum
* Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts

#### Gunma

* Asama Volcano Museum
* Gunma Insect World
* The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
* Okawa Museum of Art
* Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park

#### Saitama

* Hachigata Castle
* John Lennon Museum
* Railway Museum (Saitama)
* Saitama Prefectural Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds
* Tokorozawa Aviation Museum

#### Chiba

* Chiba Museum of Science and Industry
* Hoki Museum
* Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art
* Kururi Castle
* National Museum of Japanese History
* Ōtaki Castle (Chiba)
* Sekiyado Castle
* Tateyama Castle

#### Kanagawa

* Hakone Open-Air Museum
* Hara Model Railway Museum
* Japan Coast Guard Museum Yokohama
* Japanese battleship Mikasa
* Kamakura Museum of Literature
* Kamakura Museum of National Treasures
* Kanazawa Bunko
* Lalique Museum Hakone
* Museum of Tin Toys
* Nihon Minka-en
* Nissan Engine Museum
* Number Nine Research Laboratory
* NYK Maritime Museum
* Odawara Castle
* Pola Museum of Art
* Shin-Yokohama Raumen Museum
* Taro Okamoto Museum of Art
* Toshiba Science Institute
* Yamate Museum
* Yokohama Archives of History
* Yokohama Customs Museum
* Yokohama History Museum
* Yokohama Museum of Art
* Yokohama Port Museum
* Yokohama Science Center
* Yokohama Silk Museum

### Chūbu
#### Niigata

* Former Niigata Customs House
* Joetsu aquarium
* Niigata City History Museum
* Niigata Prefectural Museum of History
* Northern Culture Museum

#### Toyama

* Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
* Toyama Castle

#### Ishikawa

* 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art
* Ishikawa Aviation Plaza
* Ishikawa Nanao Art Museum
* Ishikawa Prefectural History Museum
* Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art
* Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Traditional Arts and Crafts
* Kanazawa Phonograph Museum
* Kanazawa Yasue Gold Leaf Museum
* Kanazawa Yuwaku Yumeji-kan Museum
* Murō Saisei Memorial Museum
* Nippon Origami Museum
* Notojima Aquarium

#### Fukui

* Brief Messages from the Heart Museum
* Fukui Fine Arts Museum
* Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum
* Fukui Prefectural Museum of Cultural History
* Fukui Prefectural Varve Museum
* Maruoka Castle
* Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum
* Wakasa Mikata Jōmon Museum

#### Yamanashi

* Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts
* Maizuru Castle Park
* Nakamura Keith Haring Collection
* Yamanashi Prefectural Museum
* Yamanashi Science Museum

#### Nagano

* Hijiri Museum
* Japan Ukiyo-e Museum
* Jōkyō Gimin Memorial Museum
* Kaichi School Museum
* Kitano Museum of Art
* Lake Nojiri Naumann Elephant Museum
* Matsumoto Castle
* Matsushiro Literary and Military School
* Saku Children's Science Dome for the Future
* Sunritz Hattori Museum of Arts
* Togariishi Museum of Jōmon Archaeology

#### Gifu

* Cormorant Fishing House
* Eizō & Tōichi Katō Memorial Art Museum
* Enkū Museum
* Gifu Castle
* Gifu City Museum of History
* Gifu City Science Museum
* Gifu Prefectural Museum
* Hida Minzoku Mura Folk Village
* Hikaru Memorial Hall
* Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu
* Nawa Insect Museum
* Ōgaki Castle
* Ōta-juku Nakasendō Museum
* Solar Ark
* Sunomata Castle

#### Shizuoka

* Arai Barrier
* Hamamatsu Castle
* Kakegawa Castle
* MOA Museum of Art
* Sano Art Museum
* Shijimizuka site
* Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art
* Toi Gold Museum
* Uehara Museum of Modern Art
* Yokosuka Castle

##### Former museums

* Sakuma Rail Park

#### Aichi

* Aichi Arts Center
* Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum
* Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Money Museum
* Electricity Museum, Nagoya
* Hekinan aquarium
* Inuyama Castle
* International Design Centre Nagoya
* Iwasaki Castle
* Japan Spinning Top Museum
* Kiyosu Castle
* Koromo Castle
* Little World Museum of Man
* Masamura Pachinko Museum
* Meiji Mura
* Nagoya Castle
* Nagoya City Art Museum
* Nagoya City Museum
* Nagoya City Science Museum
* Nagoya City Tram & Subway Museum
* Nagoya Noh Theater
* Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts
* Nishio Castle
* Noritake Garden
* Okazaki Castle
* SCMaglev and Railway Park
* Tahara Castle
* Tokugawa Art Museum
* Toyohashi City Museum Art and History
* Toyota Automobile Museum
* Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
* Toyota Municipal Museum of Art
* Yoshida Castle

### Kansai
#### Mie

* Iga Ueno Castle
* Iga-ryū Ninja Museum
* Natsumi Temple complex
* Saikū

#### Shiga

* Hikone Castle
* Kawara Museum
* Miho Museum
* Minakuchi Castle
* Nagahama Castle
* Sagawa Art Museum
* Lake Biwa Museum

#### Kyoto

* Asahi beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art
* Fukuchiyama Castle
* Koryo Museum of Art
* Kyoto Art Center
* Kyoto City History Museum
* Kyoto International Manga Museum
* Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
* Kyoto Museum for World Peace
* Kyoto National Museum
* National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
* Nintendo Museum
* Ōkōchi Sansō
* Ryozen Museum of History
* Sen-oku Hakuko Kan
* The Tale of Genji Museum
* Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum

#### Osaka

* Abeno Harukas Art Museum
* CupNoodles Museum Osaka Ikeda
* Fujita Art Museum
* Itsuō Art Museum
* Kishiwada Castle
* Kubosō Memorial Museum of Arts, Izumi
* Liberty Osaka
* Masaki Art Museum
* Modern Transportation Museum
* Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum
* Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka
* National Museum of Art, Osaka
* National Museum of Ethnology (Japan)
* Osaka Castle
* Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts
* Osaka Contemporary Art Center
* Osaka International Peace Center
* Osaka Maritime Museum
* Osaka Museum of History
* Osaka Museum of Natural History
* Osaka Prefectural Chikatsu Asuka Museum
* Osaka Science Museum
* Sakai City Museum
* Yuki Museum of Art

##### Former museums

* Osaka City Museum

#### Hyōgo

* Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum
* Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of Art
* Kobe Anpanman Children's Museum & Mall
* Kobe City Museum
* Kobe City Museum of Literature
* Kobe Maritime Museum
* Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum

#### Nara
##### Registered museums

There are fourteen registered museums:
* The City Museum of Gojō Culture
* Daiki Osyou Folk Craft Museum
* Kashiba Municipal Nijōsan Museum
* Kashihara City Museum of History
* Kashihara City Museum of Insects
* Kasuga Taisha Kokuhōden
* Kasuga Taisha Manyō Botanical Garden
* Katsuragi City History Museum
* Kita Museum of Art
* The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture
* Nakano Museum of Art
* Neiraku Museum
* Shōhaku Art Museum
* Suiheisha Museum

##### Museum-equivalent facilities

There are six museum-equivalent facilities:
* Hōryū-ji Daihōzōden
* The Museum of Tezukayama University
* The Museum Yamato Bunkakan
* Nara University Museum
* Takamatsuzuka Mural Hall
* Tenri University Sankōkan Museum

##### Other museums and museum-like facilities

* Asuka Historical Museum
* Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City
* Karako-Kagi Archaeological Museum
* Nara City Historical Materials Preservation House
* Nara Municipal Buried Cultural Properties Research Centre
* Nara National Museum
* Nara Palace Site Museum
* Nara Prefecture Complex of Man'yo Culture
* Nara Prefectural Museum of Art
* Nara Prefectural Museum of Folklore
* Tomimoto Kenkichi Memorial Museum

#### Wakayama

* Kushimoto Turkish Memorial and Museum
* Wakayama Castle
* Wakayama City Museum
* Wakayama Prefectural Museum
* Wakayama Prefecture Kii-fudoki-no-oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore

### Chūgoku
#### Tottori Prefecture
##### Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

* Kurayoshi Museum
* Tottori City Historical Museum
* Tottori Folk Crafts Museum
* Tottori Prefectural Museum
* Watanabe Art Museum
* Yonago City Museum of Art

##### Museum-like facilities, etc

* Aoyakamiji Site Exhibition Hall
* Aoya Local Museum
* Aoyama Gōshō Furusatokan
* Aoya Washi Workshop
* Asia Museum - Inoue Yasushi Memorial Museum
* Chiisana Yume Art Museum
* Daisen-ji Hōmotsukan Reihōkaku
* Daisen Museum of Nature and History
* Enchō-en Chinese Garden
* Enkei Theater Kurayoshi Figure Museum
* Hiezu Village Folk Museum
* Hino Town Museum of History and Folklore
* Hōjō History and Folklore Museum
* Hōki Sangaku Art Museum
* Hyōnosen Nature Museum, Hibikinomori
* Ikemoto Yoshimi Little Museum Of Photography
* Inaba Man-yō History Pavilion
* Ishitani Residence
* Japan-Korea Friendship Museum
* Jinsho no Yakata
* Jinpūkaku
* Kameda Masakazu Memorial Museum
* Kamiyodo Hakuhō-no-Oka Exhibition Hall
* Kōfu Town Museum of History and Folklore
* Kotoura Lifelong Learning Center
* Kurayoshi Line Railway Memorial Museum
* Misasa Violin Museum
* Mizuki Shigeru Memorial Museum
* Mount Oshiroyama Observation Deck Kawahara Castle
* Nagashibina Doll Museum
* Nichinan Town Art Museum
* Nishikawa Katsumi Film Museum
* Saji Astro Park
* Mitokusan Sanbutsu-ji Treasure Hall
* Sand Museum
* San'in Kaigan Geopark Museum of the Earth and Sea
* Shiotani Teikō Memorial Photo Gallery
* Tottori College Kasuri Museum
* Tottori Hanakairō Flower Park
* Tottori Nijisseiki Pear Museum
* Tottori Prefectural Buried Cultural Property Center
* Tottori Prefectural Muki Banda Historic Site Park
* Ueda Shōji Museum of Photography
* Umi to Kurashi no Shiryōkan
* Wakasa Kyōdo Bunka-no-Sato
* Warabekan
* Yonago City Fukuichi Archaeology Museum
* Municipal Yonago Historical Museum
* Yonago San'in Historical Museum
* Yonago Waterbirds Sanctuary
* Yukamuri Gallery - Osaki Midori Museum
* Yumeminato Tower
* Yurihama Town Hawai History and Folklore Museum
* Yūsei Museum

#### Shimane
##### Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

* Abe Eishirō Memorial Museum
* Adachi Museum of Art
* Hamada Children's Museum of Art
* Hirata Honjin Memorial Museum
* Imaoka Art Museum
* Itohara Memorial Museum
* Iwami Adachi Art Museum
* Iwami Art Museum
* Izumo Taisha Hōmotsuden
* Kabeya Shūseikan
* Kamei History Hall
* Kanō Art Museum
* Matsue History Museum
* Sekishō Art Museum
* Shimane Art Museum
* Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo
* Tanabe Art Museum
* Tezen Museum
* Wakō Museum

##### Museum-like facilities, etc

* Ama Town Gotobain Museum
* Anno Mitsumasa Art Museum
* Hamada Local History Museum
* Hanzake Nature Museum of Mizuho
* Imai Museum
* Iwami Ginzan Museum
* Izumo Cultural Heritage Museum
* Izumo Folk Crafts Museum
* Izumo Science Center
* Izumo Tamatsukuri Museum
* Izumo Yayoi-no-Mori Museum
* Kōjindani Archaeological Museum
* Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum
* Matsue Castle
* Nakamura Hajime Memorial Museum
* Nima Sand Museum
* Oki Kyōdokan
* Okuizumo Tane Museum of Natural History
* Okuizumo Tatara Sword Museum
* Sanbe-Azukihara Buried Forest Park
* Sesshū Memorial Museum
* Shimane Prefectural Sanbe Nature Museum Sahimeru
* Shimane Prefectural Yakumotatsu Fudoki-no-Oka Museum
* Tsuwano Japan Heritage Centre
* Yunotsu Yakimono no Sato

#### Okayama

* Bizen Traditional Industry Hall, located in Imbe Station
* Okayama Prefecture Bizen Ceramics Museum
* Hayashibara Museum of Art
* Kawasaki Medical School
* Nagi Museum Of Contemporary Art
* Ohara Museum of Art
* Okayama Castle
* Okayama Orient Museum
* Okayama Prefectural Museum
* Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art
* Tsuyama Railroad Educational Museum
* Yumeji Art Museum

#### Hiroshima Prefecture
##### Registered museums

As of 31 January 2019, and in line with the Museum Act, there were twenty-eight registered museums in Hiroshima Prefecture:
* Akitakata City History and Folk Museum
* Fukuyama Auto & Clock Museum
* Fukuyama Castle Museum
* Fukuyama City Shinichi Museum of History and Folklore
* Fukuyama Museum of Art
* Hirayama Ikuo Museum of Art
* Hiroshima Castle
* Hiroshima Children's Museum
* Hiroshima City Ebayama Museum of Meteorology
* Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
* Hiroshima City Museum of History and Traditional Crafts
* Hiroshima City Transportation Museum
* Hiroshima Museum of Art
* Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum
* Hiroshima Prefectural History and Folklore Museum
* Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of History
* Hiwa Natural Science Museum
* Itsukushima Jinja Hōmotsukan
* Izumi Museum of Art
* Kōsan-ji Museum
* Kure Municipal Museum of Art
* Onomichi City Museum of Art
* Rai San'yō Historic Site Museum
* Shibuya Art Museum
* Taishaku Gorge Museum Jiyūkan
* Takehara Museum of Art
* Umi-Mori Art Museum
* Wood One Museum of Art

##### Designated museum-equivalent facilities

As of 31 January 2019, and in line with the Museum Act, there were five designated museum-equivalent facilities in Hiroshima Prefecture:
* Fude-no-Sato Kōbō
* Fukuyama City Zoo
* Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park
* Hiroshima University Museum
* Miyajima Public Aquarium

##### Museum-like facilities, etc

* Atatajima Lighthouse Museum
* Fukuromachi Elementary School Peace Museum
* Fukuyama City Human Rights Peace Museum
* Fukuyama City Kannabe Historical Folklore Museum
* Fukuyama City Tomonoura Museum of History and Folklore
* Fukuyama Museum of Literature
* Health Sciences Museum
* Higashihiroshima City Museum of Art
* Hiroshima Botanical Garden
* Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
* Hiroshima Teishin Hospital Former Outpatients Ward Exhibition Room
* Holocaust Education Center
* Hon'inbō Shūsaku Igo Memorial Museum
* Honkawa Elementary School Peace Museum
* Innoshima Flower Center
* Innoshima Suigun Castle
* Irifuneyama Memorial Museum
* Iroha-maru Tenjikan
* Japan Coast Guard Museum
* JMSDF Kure Museum
* Kuchiwa Historical Museum
* Matsunaga Footwear Museum
* Mazda Museum
* Nakagawa Art Museum
* Nakata Museum
* Okuda Gensō Sayume Art Museum
* Ōkunoshima Poison Gas Museum
* Onomichi Film Museum
* Onomichi Historical Museum
* Onomichi Mansion of Literature
* Yachiyo no Oka Museum of Art
* Yamato Museum

##### Former museums

* Glass Village (Garasu no Sato) Museum
* Japan Folk Toy and Doll Museum
* Japan Footwear Museum

#### Yamaguchi Prefecture
##### Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

* The Hagi Museum
* Hagi Uragami Museum
* Iwakuni Art Museum
* Iwakuni Chōkokan
* Kikkawa Historical Museum
* Kumaya Art Museum
* Mōri Museum
* Nomura Art Museum
* Shimonoseki City Archaeological Museum
* Shimonoseki City Art Museum
* Shimonoseki City Museum of History
* Shūnan City Museum of Art and History
* Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum
* Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art
* Yoshika Taiba Memorial Museum

##### Museum-like facilities, etc

* Hoshino Tetsurō Museum
* Kaiten Memorial Museum
* Murata Seifū Memorial Museum
* Museum of Japanese Emigration to Hawaii
* Mutsu Memorial Museum
* Nakahara Chūya Memorial Museum
* Ube Tokiwa Museum
* Yamaguchi Prefectural Government Museum

### Shikoku
#### Tokushima Prefecture
##### Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

* Hall of Awa Japanese Handmade Paper
* Matsushige Town Museum of History and Folklore - Ningyō Jōruri Theater Museum
* Ōtsuka Museum of Art
* Tokushima Archaeological Museum
* Tokushima Castle Museum
* Tokushima Modern Art Museum
* Tokushima Prefectural Museum
* Tokushima Prefectural Torii Ryūzō Memorial Museum

##### Museum-like facilities, etc

* Ai no Yakata
* Aioi Shinrin Museum of Art
* Ataka Museum of Art
* Anan Awa Kubō Folk Museum
* Awa City Donari Historical Museum
* Awa Ikeda Tobacco Museum - Awa Ikeda Udatsu House
* Awa Odori Kaikan
* Heike Yashiki Museum of Folklore
* Hiwasa Chelonian Museum Caretta
* Kagawa Toyohiko Memorial Museum
* Kaiyō Town Museum
* Kawata Folk Museum
* Mima Kyōdo Museum
* Misato Hotaru Museum
* Moraes Museum
* Naruto Galle No Mori Art Museum
* Naruto German House
* Ōnaruto Bridge Memorial Museum
* Sūō Art Museum
* Tokushima Botanical Garden
* Tokushima City Tenguhisa Museum
* Tokushima Prefectural Awa Jūrōbe Yashiki
* Tokushima Prefectural Buried Cultural Properties Research Centre
* Tokushima Prefectural Museum of Literature and Calligraphy
* Tokushima Science Museum
* Tokushima War Dead Memorial Museum

#### Kagawa Prefecture
##### Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

* Chichū Art Museum
* Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum
* The Kagawa Museum
* Kamada Museum
* Kotohira-gū Museum
* Shikoku Mura
* Takamatsu Art Museum
* Takamatsu City Stone Folk Museum
* Takamatsu Historical Museum

##### Museum-like facilities, etc

In addition to the above, the following are member museums of the Kagawa Museum Association (香川県資料館協議会):
* Araki Kazuo Memorial Folk Tool Museum (Sanuki Senshintei)* Ayagawa Lifelong Learning Center
* Henro Exchange Salon
* Higashikagawa City History and Folk Museum
* Hiraga Gennai Memorial Museum
* Ibukijima Folk History Museum
* Kagawa Glove Museum
* Kagawa Memorial Water Park Water Museum
* Kagawa Prefectural Goshikidai Children's Nature Center
* Kan'onji City Museum
* Kinryō-no-Sato Sake Museum
* Kotohira Town History and Folklore Museum
* Local Doll Museum
* Marugame Museum
* Marukin Soy Sauce Museum
* Mitoyo City Takuma Town Folk Museum
* Mount Shiude Archaeological Museum
* Sakaide City Museum
* Sakaide City Salt Industry Museum
* Sanuki City History and Folk Museum
* Sanuki Kokubun-ji Site Museum
* Sea Science Museum
* Seto Inland Sea Folk History Museum
* Seto Ōhashi Memorial Museum
* Sōkichi Kawara no Sato Exhibition Hall
* Tadotsu Town Museum
* Takamatsu City Kōnan History and Folk Museum
* Takamatsu Suidō Museum
* Toramaru Puppet Theater Museum
* Toyohama Folk Museum (Cotton Museum)
* Ushiyaguchi Shūkokan
* Utazu industrial Museum
* World Coin Museum
* Yoshima Museum
* Zentsūji City Local Folk Museum
Other related facilities include:
* Benesse Art Site Naoshima
* Benesse House
* George Nakashima Memorial Gallery
* Kagawa Prefectural Higashiyama Kaii Setouchi Art Museum
* Lee Ufan Museum
* Marugame Art Museum
* Marugame Castle
* Marugame Hirai Art Museum
* Marugame Inokuma Genichirō Museum of Contemporary Art
* Marugame Uchiwa no Minato Museum
* Museum of JGSDF Camp Zentsuji
* Ozaki Hōsai Memorial Museum
* Teshima Art Museum
* Teshima Yokoo House
* Tsuboi Sakae Museum of Literature
* Shodoshima Yokai Art Museum

#### Ehime Prefecture
##### Registered museums

As of 1 April 2020, and in line with the Museum Act, there were eighteen registered museums in Ehime Prefecture:
* Ehime Bunkakan
* Ehime Mingeikan
* Ehime Prefectural Science Museum
* Ikata Town Museum
* Itami Jūzō Memorial Museum
* Murakami Kaizoku Museum (also referred to as the Murakami Suigun Museum)
* The Museum of Art, Ehime
* Museum of Ehime History and Culture
* Niihama City Museum of Art
* Ōmishima Maritime Museum
* Ōmishima Museum of Art Honkan
* Ōmishima Museum of Art Annex: Iwata Ken Mother and Child Museum, Imabari City
* Ōmishima Museum of Art Annex: Tokoro Museum Ōmishima
* Ōyamazumi Jinja Hōmotsukan
* Ōzu City Museum
* Shiki Memorial Museum
* Tōon City Museum of History and Folklore
* Uwajima City Date Museum

##### Designated museum-equivalent facilities

As of 1 April 2020, and in line with the Museum Act, there were six designated museum-equivalent facilities in Ehime Prefecture:
* Kuma Museum of Art
* Hirose Memorial Museum
* Saijō City Saijō Folk Museum
* Saka no Ue no Kumo Museum
* Takabatake Kashō Taishō Roman-kan
* Tobe Zoological Park of Ehime Prefecture

##### Museum-like facilities, etc

* Akagane Museum
* Besshi Copper Mine Memorial Museum
* Ehime Prefectural Lifelong Learning Center
* Ehime University Museum
* Higurashi Villa Memorial Museum
* Ikazaki Kite Museum
* Imabari City Kōno Museum of Art
* Itō Toyoo Museum of Architecture, Imabari
* Kaimei School
* Kawara-kan
* Kubota Palm Garden
* Matsuyama Archaeological Museum
* Murakami Santō Memorial Museum
* Omogo Mountain Museum
* Paper Museum
* Railway History Park, Saijō
* Shikokuchūō City Museum of History and Archaeology
* Tamagawa Museum of Modern Art, Imabari
* Tobe Ware Traditional Industry Hall
* Towel Museum Ichihiro
* Uwajima City Historical Museum

#### Kōchi Prefecture
##### Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

* Aki City Calligraphy Museum
* Aki City Museum of History and Folklore
* Kami City Art Museum
* Kami City Takashi Yanase Memorial Hall & Anpanman Museum
* Kochi Liberty and People's Rights Museum
* Kōchi Prefectural Museum of History
* Katsurahama aquarium
* Muroto Schoolhouse Aquarium
* The Museum of Art, Kōchi
* Ryūga Cave Museum
* Sakawa Town Aoyama Bunko
* Sukumo City History Museum
* Yokoyama Memorial Manga Museum

##### Museum-like facilities, etc

* Ekin Museum
* Former Yamauchi Residence
* Ino Paper Museum
* Kōchi Castle
* Kōchi Castle Museum of History
* Kōchi Literary Museum
* Makino Botanical Garden
* Ryōma's Birthplace Memorial Museum
* Sakamoto Ryōma Memorial Museum
* Tosa Yamauchi Family Treasury and Archives
* Yanase Takashi Memorial Hall
* Yokokurayama Natural Forest Museum
* Yoshii Isamu Memorial Museum
* Zuizan Memorial Museum

### Kyushu
#### Fukuoka

* Fukuoka Art Museum
* Fukuoka City Museum
* Fukuoka Oriental Ceramics Museum
* Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art
* Gorōyama kofun
* Idemitsu Museum of Arts
* Itokoku History Museum
* Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art
* Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History & Human History
* Kokura Castle
* Kubote Historical Museum
* Kurume City Art Museum
* Kyushu Historical Museum
* Kyushu National Museum
* Matsumoto Seichō Memorial Museum
* Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum

#### Saga Prefecture
##### Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

* Arita Ceramic Art Museum
* Arita Porcelain Park
* Chōkokan
* Imaemon Museum of Ceramic Antiques
* Kawamura Art Museum
* Kyūshū Ceramic Museum
* Nakatomi Memorial Medicine Museum
* Saga Castle History Museum
* Saga Prefectural Art Museum
* Saga Prefectural Museum
* Saga Prefectural Nagoya Castle Museum
* Yōkō Art Museum
* Yūtoku Museum

##### Museum-like facilities, etc

* Arita Folk and History Museum East Building & Arita Ware Reference Museum
* Fukagawa Porcelain China On The Park Chūjikan
* Genkai Town Museum of History and Folklore
* Imari City Ceramic Merchants Museum
* Imari History and Folklore Museum
* Imari-Nabeshima Gallery
* Kamimine Town Furusato Gakkan
* Karatsu Castle
* Karatsu City Kodai no Mori Kaikan
* Kashima City Folk Museum
* Kōhoku Town Museum
* Matsurokan
* Muraoka Sōhonpo Yōkan Museum
* Nakabayashi Gochiku Memorial Museum
* Ogi City Historical Museum
* Ōkuma Shigenobu Memorial Museum
* Saga City History and Folklore Museum
* Saga Prefecture Agricultural Research Center Museum
* Saga Prefecture Space and Science Museum
* Saga University Art Museum
* Sano Tsunetami Memorial Museum
* Shida Ware Museum
* Taihei-an Sake Brewery Museum
* Takeo City Library and History Museum
* Taku City Museum
* Tara Town Museum of History and Folklore
* Ureshino City Museum of History and Folklore
* Yoshinogari site Yayoi Life Museum

#### Nagasaki Prefecture
##### Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

* Confucius Shrine & Historical Museum of China
* Huis Ten Bosch Museums
* Iki City Ikikoku Museum
* Ikitsuki Island Museum, Shima no Yakata
* Matsura Historical Museum
* Nagasaki Junshin Catholic University Museum
* Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture
* Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum
* Sasebo City Museum, Shimase Art Center
* Shin-Kamigotō Geihinkan Museum
* Unzen Vidro Museum

##### Museum-like facilities, etc

* Endō Shūsaku Literary Museum
* Glover Garden
* Gunkanjima Museum
* Former Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Nagasaki Branch Memorial Multi-Purpose Hall
* Gotō Kankō History Museum
* Hirado Castle
* Hirado Dutch Trading Post
* Hirado Kirishitan Museum
* Inori-no-Oka Picture Book Museum
* Kamitsushima Town Museum of History and Folklore
* Matsunaga Yasuzaemon Memorial Museum
* Matsuura City Buried Cultural Property Center
* MDSF Sasebo History Museum
* Mine Town Museum of History and Folklore
* Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works Historical Museum
* Mount Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall
* Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
* Nagasaki City Bekkō Crafts Museum
* Nagasaki City Father de Rotz Memorial Museum
* Nagasaki City Iōjima Lighthouse Memorial Museum
* Nagasaki City Kameyama Shachū Memorial Museum
* Nagasaki City Maizō Shiryōkan
* Nagasaki City Museum of History and Folklore
* Nagasaki City Noguchi Yatarō Memorial Museum of Art
* Nagasaki City Old Photograph Museum
* Nagasaki City Science Museum
* Nagasaki City Sotome Museum of History and Folklore
* Nagasaki City Takashima Coal Museum
* Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims
* Nagasaki Peace Museum
* Nagasaki Prefectural Tsushima Museum of History and Folklore
* Santo Domingo Church Museum
* Satotabaru Museum of History and Folklore
* Shimabara Castle
* Shimizu Kon Exhibition Hall (Nakano Chaya)
* Siebold Memorial Museum
* Suka Gogodō Art Museum
* Toyotama Museum
* Tsushima Museum
* Twenty-Six Martyrs Museum and Monument

##### Former facilities

* Nagasaki Subtropical Botanical Garden

#### Kumamoto Prefecture
##### Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

* Honmyō-ji Hōmotsukan
* Hoshino Tomihiro Museum of Art, Ashikita
* Kikuchi Shrine Historical Museum
* Kumamoto City Museum
* Kumamoto International Folk Craft Museum
* Kumamoto Prefectural Ancient Burial Mound Museum
* Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art
* Kumamoto University Memorial Museum of the Fifth High School
* Matsui Bunko Museum Kisai
* Shimada Museum of Arts
* Shinpūren Museum
* Tamana City Historical Museum Kokoropia
* Yamaga City Museum
* Yatsushiro City Museum Future Forest Museum
* Yunomae Manga Museum

##### Museum-like facilities, etc

* Amakusa Archives
* Amakusa Christian Museum
* Amakusa City Itsuwa Museum of History and Folklore
* Amakusa Collegio Museum
* Amakusa Rosary Museum
* Arao City Miyazaki Brothers Museum
* Arao Cultural Center & Children's Science Museum
* Aso Volcano Museum
* Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto
* Goshoura Cretaceous Museum
* Gotō Zezan Memorial Museum
* Higo no Satoyama Gallery
* Hondo Museum of History and Folklore
* Inukai Memorial Museum of Art
* Itsuki Village History and Culture Exchange Center, Historia Terrace Itsukidani
* The Janes' Residence, Kumamoto
* Kitasato Shibasaburō Memorial Museum
* Kiyoura Memorial Museum
* Koizumi Yakumo Former Residence in Kumamoto
* Kōshi City Kōshi Historical Museum
* Kōshi City Nishi-Gōshi Historical Museum
* Kumamoto City Tabaruzaka Seinan Civil War Museum
* Kumamoto City Tsukahara Historical Museum,
* Kumamoto City Water Science Museum
* Kumamoto City Zoological and Botanic Gardens
* Kumamoto Museum of History and Literature
* Kumamoto Prefectural Traditional Arts Center
* Kyūsendō Forest Museum
* Matsumae Shigeyoshi Memorial Museum
* Mifune Dinosaur Museum
* Minamata Disease Museum
* Minamiaso Luna Observatory
* Nagomi Town Museum of History and Folklore
* Natsume Sōseki Former Residence in Uchitsuboimachi
* Newspaper Museum
* Ōzu Town Museum of History and Cultural Tradition
* Reihoku History Museum
* Riddell-Wright Memorial Hall
* Sakamoto Zenzō Museum of Art
* Seiwa Bunraku Museum
* Shiken Fujin Memorial Museum
* Sohō Memorial Museum
* Tsunagi Art Museum
* Tokutomi Memorial Garden
* Uki City Shiranuhi Museum (cf. shiranui)
* Yamae Village History and Folklore Museum
* Yamaga Lantern Folk Craft Museum
* Yokoi Shōnan Memorial Museum

#### Ōita Prefecture
##### Registered museums

As of 1 April 2020, and in line with the Museum Act, there were five registered museums in Ōita Prefecture:
* Kunisaki City Historical Learning Centre
* Nakatsu History Museum
* Nikaidō Museum of Art
* Ōita City Art Museum
* Ōita Prefectural Museum of History

##### Designated museum-equivalent facilities

As of 1 April 2020, and in line with the Museum Act, there were ten designated museum-equivalent facilities in Ōita Prefecture:
* Beppu University Museum
* Hirose Museum
* Hita City Museum
* Kurushima Takehiko Memorial Hall
* Kyūshū Natural Animal Park African Safari
* Ōita Fragrance Museum
* Ōita Marine Palace Aquarium "Umitamago"
* Ōita Prefectural Art Museum
* Ōita Prefecture Ancient Sages Historical Archives
* Yabakei Museum

##### Museum-like facilities, etc.

In addition to the above, the following facilities are member museums of the Ōita Prefectural Museum Council (大分県博物館協議会):
* Asakura Fumio Memorial Museum
* Beppu City Art Museum
* Bungo-Ōno City Museum of History and Folklore
* Hiroike Chikurō Memorial Museum
* Kitsuki Castle Town Museum
* Miura Baien Museum, Kunisaki
* Nakatsu Castle
* Nakatsu City Museum of History and Folklore
* Ōita City Historical Museum
* Ōita Takasaki-yama Natural Wildlife Park
* Taketa City Historical Museum
* Usa Jingū Hōmotsukan
Other facilities include:
* Ama Kofun Shiryōkan
* Beppu Art Museum
* Comico Art Museum Yufuin
* Nogami Yaeko Memorial Museum of Literature
* Nada-gū Hōmotsukan
* Ōita Kenritsu Geijutsu Kaikan
* Saiki History Museum
* Sano Botanical Garden
* Tenryō Hita Museum
* Yufuin Modern Art Museum
* Yufuin Retro Motor Museum

#### Miyazaki Prefecture
##### Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

* Miyakonojō City Museum of Art
* Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum
* Miyazaki Prefectural Museum of Nature and History
* Saitobaru Archaeological Museum of Miyazaki Prefecture
* Shiiba Folk Arts Museum
* Takanabe Museum of Art

##### Museum-like facilities, etc

* Agricultural Museum, University of Miyazaki Faculty of Agriculture
* Aoshima Subtropical Botanical Garden
* Aya International Craft Castle
* Ebino History and Folklore Museum
* Former Yoshimatsu Family Residence
* Gokase Town Museum of the Blessings of Nature
* Hyūga City History and Folk Museum
* Hyūga City Hososhima Port Museum
* Ishii Jūji Shiryōkan
* Kadogawa History and Folk Museum
* Kunitomi Sōgō Bunka Kaikan
* Miyakonojō History Museum
* Miyakonojō Shimazu Residence
* Miyazaki Art Center
* Miyazaki City Museum of History & Ikime-no-Mori Yūkokan
* Miyazaki Jingū Chōkokan
* Miyazaki Prefectural Buried Cultural Property Center
* Miyazaki Science Center
* Morotsuka Folk Museum
* Naitō Memorial Museum
* Nishimera Museum of History and Folklore
* Nobeoka Botanical Garden
* Nojiri Museum of History and Folklore
* Obi Castle History Museum
* Ōyodo River Study Center
* Saito City Museum of History and Folklore
* Takachiho Community Center
* Takanabe Town Museum of History
* Wakayama Bokusui Memorial Museum of Literature
* Yasui Sokken Memorial Museum

##### Former museums

* Miyazaki Museum of History and Culture

#### Kagoshima Prefecture
##### Registered museums and designated museum-equivalent facilities

* Harano Agricultural Museum
* Ibusuki Archaeological Museum, Jiyūkan Cocco Hashimure
* The International University of Kagoshima Faculty of Intercultural Studies Museum of Archaeology
* Iwasaki Art Museum
* Jigen-ryū Swordsmanship Museum
* Kagoshima City Modern Literature Museum & Kagoshima City Märchen Fairy Tale Museum
* Kagoshima City Museum of Art
* Kagoshima Prefectural Museum
* Kagoshima University Museum
* Kodama Museum of Art
* Matsushita Museum of Art
* Miyake Museum of Art
* Nagashima Museum
* Nakamura Shinya Art Museum
* Reimeikan, Kagoshima Prefectural Center for Historical Material
* Shōko Shūseikan
* Yoshii Junji Art Museum
* Yōzan Museum of Art

##### Museum-like facilities, etc

As of 20 June 2019, other than the above, the following were members of the Kagoshima Prefecture Museum Association (鹿児島県博物館協会):
* Aira City History and Folk Museum
* Akune City History Museum
* Amami City Amami Museum (also a member museum of Okinawa Prefecture Museum Society)
* Amami City Museum of History and Folklore (member museum of Okinawa Prefecture Museum Society)
* Amami Park (Amami no Sato, Tanaka Isson Memorial Museum of Art)
* Chin Jukan Museum
* Flower Park Kagoshima
* Hioki City Fukiage Museum of History and Folklore
* Hirota Site Museum & Park
* History Museum Kimpō, Minamisatsuma City
* Isen Town Museum of History and Folklore
* Ishibashi Park & Memorial Hall
* Izumi City Crane Museum, Crane Park Izumi
* Izumi City History and Folk Museum
* Izumi Fumoto History Museum
* Japan Mandarin Orange Center
* Kagoshima Aquarium
* Kagoshima City Hirakawa Zoological Park
* Kagoshima City Museum of Archaeology
* Kagoshima Immaculate Heart University Museum
* Kagoshima Municipal Science Hall
* Kagoshima Women's Junior College Museum
* Kasasa Art Museum, Minamisatsuma (Kurose Lookout Museum)
* Kasasa Ebisu
* Kihoku Historical Folk Museum, Kanoya City
* Kimotsuki Museum of History and Folklore
* Kirishima City Hayato Museum of History and Folklore
* Kirishima Open Air Museum
* Kirishima Kokubu Museum of History
* Kishinkan, Bōnotsu Center for Historical Material
* Makurazaki Nanmeikan Cultural Resource Center
* Minamisatsuma Municipal Museum on Kaseda Local History
* Minamitane Town Museum
* Miyanojō Historical Center, Satsuma
* Muku Hatojū Memorial Museum of Literature
* Museum Chiran
* Museum of the Meiji Restoration
* Nagashima Town Museum of History and Folklore
* Nakatane Town Museum of History and Folklore
* Saigō Nanshū Memorial Museum
* Sakurajima Visitor Center
* Satsuma Denshōkan
* Satsuma Students Museum
* Satsumasendai History Museum
* Satsumasendai Magokoro Museum of Literature
* Setouchi Town Library & Setouchi Municipal Museum (also a member museum of Okinawa Prefecture Museum Society)
* Shibushi City Buried Cultural Property Center
* Sueyoshi Museum of History and Folklore, Soo City
* Tanegashima Akagome Museum
* Tanegashima Development Center
* Tokunoshima Town Museum
* Uenohara Jōmon no Mori
* Wadomari Town Museum of History and Folklore (also a member museum of Okinawa Prefecture Museum Society)
* Yakushima Environmental and Cultural Village Center
* Yakushima Town History and Folk Museum
* Yakusugi Museum
In addition to the above, the following facilities are in Kagoshima Prefecture:
* Bansei Tokkō Peace Museum
* Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots
* Ei Museum of History and Folklore, Minamikyūshū
* Kanoya Air Base Museum
* Kihoku Astronomical Museum
* Kirishima City Museum of History and Folklore
* Little Miyata Museum
* Nansatsu Railway Museum
* Nihonga Memorial Museum of Art, Sōbun
* Sakurajima International Volcanic Sabō Center
* Sendai Space Hall
* Yokogawa Museum of History and Traditional Crafts, Kirishima

### Okinawa Prefecture
#### Registered museums

As of 1 May 2018, and in line with the Museum Act, there were eleven registered museums in Okinawa Prefecture:
* Ginowan City Museum
* Himeyuri Peace Museum
* Ishigaki City Yaeyama Museum
* Kumejima Museum
* Miyakojima City Museum
* Nago Museum
* Naha Municipal Tsuboya Pottery Museum
* Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
* Okinawa Municipal Museum
* Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum
* Urasoe Art Museum

#### Designated museum-equivalent facilities

As of 1 May 2018, and in line with the Museum Act, there were six designated museum-equivalent facilities in Okinawa Prefecture:
* Haebaru Culture Center
* Okinawa Kodomo Future Zone
* Okinawa World
* Southeast Botanical Gardens
* Ryūkyū University Museum (Fūju-kan)
* Tsushima-maru Memorial Museum

#### Museum-like facilities, etc.

In addition to the above, and as of 1 May 2018, the Okinawa Prefectural Government lists the following facilities:
* Anti-War Peace Museum (Nuchi du Takara no Ie)
* Ayamihabiru Museum
* Butterfly Museum Kabira
* Former Navy Headquarters
* Ginoza Village Museum
* Higashi Village Mountain and Water Life Museum
* Iheya Village History and Folk Museum
* Iriomote Wildlife Conservation Center
* Ishigaki Island Limestone Cave
* Ishigaki Yaima Mura
* Izena Fureai Folk Museum
* Kihō-in Shūshūkan
* Kohama Folk Museum
* Kumejima Firefly Museum
* Kumejima Sea Turtle Museum
* Kumejima-tsumugi no Sato, Yuimāru-kan
* Kadena Folk Material Hall
* Kuroshima Research Station
* Manko Waterbird & Wetland Center
* Mekaru Family Residence
* Minamidaitō Furusato Culture Center
* Minamidaitō Visitor Center Shima Marugoto Museum
* Minsa Weaving Craft Hall
* Miyakojima City Tropical Plant Garden
* Miyakojima Kaihōkan
* Old Miyaradunchi
* Moromi Folkcraft Museum
* Motobu Town Museum
* Mukashi-kan
* Naha City Museum of History
* Naha City Traditional Arts and Craft Center
* Nakamura Family Residence
* Nakijin Village History and Culture Center
* Neo Park Okinawa
* Nantō Folk Museum
* Oceanic Culture Museum
* Ōhama Nobumoto Memorial Museum
* Okinawa City Street Corner Data Hall
* Okinawa Nature School Museum
* Okinawa Peace Hall
* Okinawa Postal Material Center
* Okinawa Prefectural Buried Cultural Property Center
* Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum
* Omoro Botanical Garden
* Onna Village Museum
* Ryūkyū Black Pearl Center
* Ryūkyū Shimpō Newspaper Museum
* Ryukyu Village
* Sakima Art Museum
* Satake Yaeyama Palm Memorial Museum
* Shimamuraya Sightseeing Park Folk Museum
* Shuri Castle Park
* Shuri Ryūsen Traditional Craft Museum
* Tarama Village Furusato Minzoku Gakushūkan
* Tokashiki Village History and Folk Heritage Museum
* Tomigusuku City History and Folk Material Exhibition Room
* Tropical & Subtropical Arboretum
* Tropical Dream Center
* Ueno German Culture Village Kinder House
* Uezu Family Residence
* Uruma City Ishikawa History and Folk Museum
* Uruma City Sea Culture Museum
* Uruma City Yonashiro History and Folk Museum
* Yaese Town Gushikami Museum of History and Folklore
* Yaeyama Peace Memorial Museum
* Yambaru Wildlife Conservation Center, Ufugi Nature Museum
* Yomitan Village Art Museum
* Yomitan Village History and Folklore Museum
* Yonabaru Town Tsunahiki Museum
* Yui Rail Exhibition Hall
In addition to the above, the following appear on the list of member museums of the Okinawa Prefecture Museum Society (沖縄県博物館協会):
* Eisa Museum
* Minamikaze Museum
* Nakagusuku Village Gosamaru Historical Materials Library
* National Theatre Okinawa
* Okinawa Army Hospital Haebaru Bunker No.20