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Tokyo National Museum

The Tokyo National Museum or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the ward of , Japan. It is one of the four museums operated by the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, is considered the oldest national museum and the largest art museum in Japan.
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  • Opening hours: 9:30 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: art museum in Tokyo, Japan
  • Also known as: “TNM” and “Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan”
  • Address: 9, 上野公園, 台東区, 東京都 110-8712
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Museum of Western Art and National Museum of Nature and Science.

Museum
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The is the premier public art gallery in specializing in art from the Western tradition. The museum is in the Ueno Park in , central . It received 1,162,345 visitors in 2016. is situated 410 metres south of Tokyo National Museum.

Museum
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The is in the northeast corner of Ueno Park in Tokyo. The museum has exhibitions on pre-Meiji science in Japan. It is the venue of the taxidermied bodies of the legendary dogs Hachikō and Taro and Jiro. is situated 350 metres south of Tokyo National Museum.

Museum
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The is a museum of art located in Ueno Park, , . It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefectural government. is situated 320 metres southwest of Tokyo National Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ikenohata and Yanaka.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Quarter
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is a sector of Taito, Tokyo, and, along with nearby Nezu and Sendagi neighborhoods in Bunkyo ward, together called Yanesen, is one of the few Tokyo neighborhoods in which the old Shitamachi atmosphere can still be felt.

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If you want to get a feel for old , in the district is a good place to start. Entirely lacking in high-rise condos or whiz-bang shopping malls, by Tokyo standards it's distinctly downmarket, in contrast to places like , but that means that eating, shopping and drinking are all affordably priced.

Tokyo National Museum

Latitude
35.71907° or 35° 43′ 9″ north
Longitude
139.77582° or 139° 46′ 33″ east
Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)
Inception
April 17th, 1872
Operator
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
Open location code
8Q7XPQ9G+J8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 33439660
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
7911169
Wiki­data ID
Q653433
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Tokyo National Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف طوكيو الوطني”
  • Armenian: “Տոկիոյի ազգային թանգարան”
  • Asturian: “Muséu Nacional de Tokiu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Tokio Milli Muzeyi”
  • Bashkir: “Токио милли музейы”
  • Basque: “Tokioko Museo Nazionala”
  • Belarusian: “Такійскі нацыянальны музей”
  • Belarusian: “Такійскі нацыянальны музэй”
  • Bulgarian: “Токийски национален музей”
  • Catalan: “Museu Nacional de Tòquio”
  • Chinese: “东京国立博物馆”
  • Chinese: “東京國立博物館”
  • Croatian: “Nacionalni muzej Tokiо”
  • Croatian: “Nacionalni muzej u Tokiju”
  • Czech: “Národní muzeum v Tokiu”
  • Dutch: “Nationaal museum van Tokio”
  • Dutch: “Tokyo National Museum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف طوكيو الوطنى”
  • Esperanto: “Tokia Nacia Muzeo”
  • Estonian: “Tokyo rahvusmuuseum”
  • Estonian: “Tokyo Rahvusmuuseum”
  • Estonian: “Tōkyō Rahvusmuuseum”
  • Finnish: “Tokion kansallismuseo”
  • French: “musée national de Tokyo”
  • French: “Musée national de Tokyo”
  • Galician: “Museo Nacional de Tokyo”
  • Galician: “Museo Nacional de Toquio”
  • Georgian: “ტოკიოს ეროვნული მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Nationalmuseum Tokio”
  • German: “Nationalmuseum Tokyo”
  • German: “Tokyo National Museum”
  • Hebrew: “המוזיאון הלאומי של טוקיו”
  • Hungarian: “Tokiói Nemzeti Múzeum”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Nasional Tokyo”
  • Italian: “Museo nazionale di Tokyo”
  • Japanese: “Tōkyō Kokuritsu-hakubutsukan”
  • Japanese: “トーハク”
  • Japanese: “とうきょうこくりつはくぶつかん”
  • Japanese: “上野博物館”
  • Japanese: “文部省博物館”
  • Japanese: “東京国立博物館”
  • Japanese: “東京帝室博物館”
  • Japanese: “東博”
  • Javanese: “Muséum Nasional Tokyo”
  • Javanese: “Musiyum Nasiyonal Tokyo”
  • Korean: “도쿄 국립 박물관”
  • Korean: “도쿄 국립박물관”
  • Korean: “도쿄국립박물관”
  • Korean: “동경국립박물관”
  • Latvian: “Tokijas Nacionālais muzejs”
  • Macedonian: “Токиски национален музеј”
  • Malay: “Muzium Negara Tokyo”
  • Malayalam: “ടോക്കിയോ നാഷണൽ മ്യൂസിയം”
  • Mazanderani: “توکیو ملی موزه”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tokyos nasjonalmuseum”
  • Norwegian: “Tokyos nasjonalmuseum”
  • Panjabi: “ਟੋਕੀਓ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰੀ ਅਜਾਇਬ ਘਰ”
  • Panjabi: “ਟੋਕੀਓ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰੀ ਅਜਾਇਬਘਰ”
  • Persian: “موزه ملی توکیو”
  • Persian: “موزهٔ ملی توکیو”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Narodowe w Tokio”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Nacional de Tóquio”
  • Russian: “Токийский национальный музей”
  • Serbian: “Nacionalni muzej u Tokiju”
  • Serbian: “Национални музеј (Токио)”
  • Serbian: “Национални музеј Токио”
  • Serbian: “Национални музеј у Токију”
  • Serbian: “Токијски национални музеј”
  • Slovenian: “Tokijski narodni muzej”
  • Spanish: “Museo Nacional de Tokio”
  • Swedish: “Tokyo Nationalmuseum”
  • Tamil: “டோக்கியோ தேசிய அருங்காட்சியகம்”
  • Tatar: “Токио дәүләт музее”
  • Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑสถานแห่งชาติ โตเกียว”
  • Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑสถานแห่งชาติโตเกียว”
  • Turkish: “Tokyo Ulusal Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Токійський державний музей”
  • Ukrainian: “Токійський музей”
  • Ukrainian: “Токійський національний музей”
  • Vietnamese: “Bảo tàng Quốc gia Tokyo”
  • Western Panjabi: “ٹوکیو قومی عجائب گھر”
  • Yue Chinese: “東京國立博物館”

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