Nagoya Museums

Nagoya is the fourth largest city in Japan and also a place where affluence has taken a flight skywards after being exposed on the ground. Much like a wealthy patron during the feudal days, Nagoya has extremely supportive towards art and culture. The various museums in Nagoya may be seen as offshoots of such patronage.

Some of the Museums in Nagoya are as follows-

Nagoya City Science Museum, Nagoya-

Nagoya City Science Museum houses one of the largest planetariums in Japan. This Museum in Nagoya is extremely popular with the school children. The Museum reveals the various aspects of Science hidden behind the mundane everyday appliances. The Museum organizes numerous exhibitions which are popular with people of all age group.

Little World Museum of Man, Nagoya-

Little World Museum of Man is dedicated to Anthropology. Quite obverse to being highly dense and intellectual- as Anthropology is commonly known to be- the Museum is a fun place for the visitors. You can visit the traditional homes of people from 22 countries and also dress in their attires.

Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology, Nagoya

Founded by the 13 companies of the Toyota Group, Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology is the friendly face with which the industry giant greets the people. Through its various exhibits, the Museum traces the growth of both textile and automotive industries in Japan. The exhibition area of the Museum is a massive 10,750 sq mt.

Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya

Tokugawa Art Museum houses in its permanent collection a large slice of Japanese culture, which come in the shape of war weapons, paintings, ceramics and priceless scrolls. The objects in the Museum were once the proud possession of Tokugawa Yoshichika, a nineteenth century lord of Owari Province (now Aichi Prefecture).

Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Nagoya

Nagoya Museum of Fine Arts is the sister museum of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Each year, the Museum receives plenty of loan exhibitions from the Museum in Boston.

Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya

Located in Shirakawa Park in Nagoya, Nagoya City Art Museum was opened in 1983. One of the objectives of the Museum was to encourage regional talent and to endorse the region's achievements in art and cultural sphere.

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art has an impressive collection ranging from 19th century paintings of American and European artists to the sculptures of the German impressionist artists.