Tokyo National Museum

The  or TNMTNM is an English acronym. TNM stands for "Tokyo National Museum". is the oldest and largest museum in Japan.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsu-kan" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 982.

TNM collects houses, and preserves a collection  of art works and archaeological objects of Asia.  In the collection, there is an emphasis on Japan.IAI National Institutes for Cultural Heritage. (2007).  Outline, p. 2 [PDF/p. 5 of 44]; retrieved 2012-2-7.

The museum is in Ueno Park in Tokyo.Tokyo National Museum (TNM),  history; retrieved 2012-2-7.

History
TMN was founded in 1872.

In 1882, the museum was established in its Ueno Park location.

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

References

Other websites

 Tokyo National Museum website ,  

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Category:1872 establishments
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