Top rated Archaeological museums in Japan

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Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum image
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Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum
Natural history museum
Modern paleontology museum featuring reconstructed dinosaur bones, fossils & outdoor excavations.
4.50 (11.4K reviews)
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Fukui Prefectural Varve Museum
Archaeological museum
👍👍 2022.07 Visited Wednesday / Fukui Prefectural Annual Stripe Museum (Hokuriku Trip) [Time required] 1 hour 20 minutes [Cost] Wakasa Mikata Jomon Museum and 2 common tickets are 700 yen / person. 500 yen / person alone. 20% discount on JAF only [Parking lot] Free [Impression] I forgot what the progra...
4.50 (812 reviews)
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Kokugakuin University Museum
History museum
👍👍 Do you think it's a museum that doesn't exist at Kinman University? The exact opposite. The collection of Jomon pottery is incredible. If you like Jomon pottery, this is a must-visit archaeological museum. Our university was established in the Meiji era to disseminate research on national studies....
4.50 (707 reviews)
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Kitora Tumulus Mural Experiential Museum Shijinno Yakata
Archaeological museum
👍👍 ちょうど白虎の壁画の限定公開期間中でラッキーでした。 双眼鏡とかあると便利。 地下の展示場は一部写真撮影禁止でしたが、ほとんど可能です。 予約時間までゆっくり観てまわることができました。 公開時間は各班ごとで10分ほどですが、双眼鏡を持っていている人もいて、それは便利と思いました。 ほかの四神の公開の時...
4.40 (483 reviews)
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Moyoro Shell Mound Museum
Archaeological museum
👍 It is not famous enough to be included in textbooks, and the excavated items are generally plain and lacking in content, but it is a historical site of unexplored Okhotsk culture that deviates from the mainstream of Japanese history, so it is of great interest. The Okhotsk culture is a culture of no...
4.40 (162 reviews)
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North Burial Mound
Historical landmark
👍👍 とにかく広い、エリアごとにバス停があり敷地内をバスで移動出来ます。私達は歩いてまわり2時間半の滞在。休憩所などもありますし　弥生時代の住居内で　お弁当を食べることも出来るようです。案内の方もエリア事にいらして　説明や見所を教えてくれます。2100年前の墓の再現がされている展示は素晴らしく感激しました。ト...
4.40 (140 reviews)
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Chino City Togariishi Jomon Archaeological Museum
Archaeological museum
👍👍 This is where you can see the National Treasure Masked Goddess and Jomon Venus. The real thing is still overwhelming. I thought that many mysteries and mysteries fascinated the viewer. Other exhibits include pottery and ornaments worn by ancient people. The explanation of the motif was carefully do...
4.30 (964 reviews)
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Miyazaki Prefectural Saitobaru Archaeological Museum
Archaeological museum
👍👍 As big as the tumulus group It was against. This museum has almost no guests I was surprised at the high level. If you like history, make no mistake You will love it. It's definitely above the Kyushu National Museum. After seeing the mysterious scene of the tumulus group Especially, it is possi...
4.30 (628 reviews)
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Korekawa Jōmon Museum
Archaeological museum
👍👍 公共交通機関では八戸駅東口から4番のバスで行く事が出来ます(土日祝限定バス)。 一方で行きも帰りも本数が少ないので注意です。 こちらは世界遺産登録された北海道・北東北の縄文遺跡群の構成資産の1つである、 是川石器時代遺跡の出土品等を主に展示しています。 建物立地は是川石器時代遺跡を構成する3つの内の1つの一王...
4.30 (585 reviews)
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The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture
Archaeological museum
👍👍 ビデオコーナーは見ごたえあり雨の日の半日を過ごしました。 コロナ禍とリニューアルで行けなかったのが22.4.3に やっと訪問しました 入館400円で65才以上無料です 入館しなくともホール入口にビデオシアターと小さい図書室と土産物有り又コーヒー150円有り ⬜️パンフより⤵️ この博物館は、 橿原考古学研究所が1938年以来...
4.30 (519 reviews)
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Tokyo Metropolitan Archaeological Center
Archaeological museum
Spacious museum featuring exhibits & artifacts that showcase 30,000 years of history in Tama Hills.
4.30 (294 reviews)
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Remains of the Kan-in-no-miya Residence
Local history museum
👍 Free! And in Kyoto where many places charge admission to view places like this it’s a great place to visit. Not many tourists stop by here as they continue on into the imperial palace grounds (basically a big park and garden) and don’t realize they can stroll through a old imperial villa with lots o...
4.30 (257 reviews)
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Idojiri Archaeological Museum
Archaeological museum
👍👍 It is a top-class archaeological museum that left an impression on me during my tour of the national ruins. The facility is a little old, but the earthenware and excavated items that cover it, and the staff on the soft side are too wonderful. In addition, the history and folklore museum that was gu...
4.30 (197 reviews)
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宗像大社 辺津宮 神宝館
Archaeological museum
😐 ♨️国宝だらけ〜♨️ 鏡や勾玉、金製指輪など沖ノ島から発見された8万点にも及ぶ膨大な数の神宝は、どれも第一級品ですべて国宝に指定☝🏻日本国内でもっとも多数の国宝を保有する神社博物館。 とにかく国宝だらけなので、沖ノ島の凄さが分かります。 ⭐︎入館料¥800 ⭐︎写真撮影可
4.30 (184 reviews)
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Umataka Jomon Museum
Archaeological museum
👍 The long-awaited flame earthenware! The entire Katoen family is here🔥I'll be looking around for a while, but it's okay. Anyway, there are a lot of flame pottery, or rather, there are too many flame pottery...😻 Earthenware with birth patterns often seen in Yamanashi-Nagano There are no pottery wit...
4.30 (163 reviews)
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Gyoda Haniwa no Yakata
Archaeological museum
👍👍 Many cute clay figures lined up at the entrance of the museum welcomed us. Haniwa are made by kneading the clay, dried for about a month, and then fired before being received. The staff will carefully guide you, so even first-timers can feel at ease. They were very kind and offered support when th...
4.30 (108 reviews)
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Goshono Jōmon Museum
Archaeological museum
👍👍 大人300円、高校生以下は無料！中に入ってみて下さい。見応え充分にありますよ。 特に必見は円形になっている展示室のプロジェクトマッピングは感動します。始めは岩手県の最北部の田舎にある町起こして何か造らなければ感覚の税金無駄使いの博物館と思っていました(かなり失礼)…素晴らしいです！頑張っているのが見ていて...
4.30 (99 reviews)
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Gorōyama kofun Museum
Archaeological museum
👍👍 五郎山古墳館に行ってきました。筑紫野散歩にちょうどよい、、有酸素運動。古墳館は無料です。駐車場も５台ほど無料で停車出来ます☺️✨ストーリーというか、古墳のいろいろがわかるビデオ視聴。実際の古墳の中を体験できます☺️💕💕案内人のかたが丁寧に案内してくれます。わくわく石室模型体験。車いすの方でも体験ができる...
4.30 (72 reviews)
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Oishi Fossils Gallery of Mizuta Memorial Museum, Josai Unversity Educational Corporation
Natural history museum
👍👍 This is a university-affiliated fossil museum located a few minutes walk from Hanzomon Station. Although there are some fossils of plants and insects on display, the collection is mostly devoted to fish fossils. There are many well-preserved fossils, so it's worth seeing. There is a particularly ric...
4.30 (60 reviews)
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上野原縄文の森展示館
Archaeological museum
👍👍 学術的に大変貴重な出土品が展示されています。 九州最古の土偶や国指定重要文化財にもなっている壺形土器等があります。 竪穴式住居の復元集落もあり、中に入られます。
4.30 (57 reviews)
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