Tokyo National Museum
The Tokyo National Museum (東京国立博物館, Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan) or TNM[1] is the oldest and largest museum in Japan.[2]
| Tokyo National Museum | |
|---|---|
| 東京国立博物館 | |
Honkan building | |
| Established | 1872 |
| Location | Tokyo, Japan |
| Type | Art museum |
| Website | http://www.tnm.go.jp/en/ |
TNM collects houses, and preserves a collection of art works and archaeological objects of Asia. In the collection, there is an emphasis on Japan.[3]
History
In 1882, the museum was established in its Ueno Park location.[4]
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.
Tokyo National Museum Media
The front of the original Honkan after the Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
Jin Watanabe's 1937 plans for the second Honkan, front and side elevations
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
- ↑ TNM is an English acronym. TNM stands for "Tokyo National Museum".
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsu-kan" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 982.
- ↑ IAI National Institutes for Cultural Heritage. (2007). Outline, p. 2 [PDF/p. 5 of 44]; retrieved 2012-2-7.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Tokyo National Museum (TNM), history; retrieved 2012-2-7.
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