Museums in Gifu

Gifu Prefecture offers a wide array of museums, from the Sengoku Yamajiro Museum to the Mizunami Ceramic Museum. Visitors can find diverse collections that cater to many interests.

Not sure where to start? Read our guide to the 20 best

Sengoku Yamajiro Museum

Sengoku Yamajiro Museum

A museum in Gifu Prefecture, it preserves and exhibits cultural properties from mountain castles...

Mizunami Ceramic Museum

Mizunami Ceramic Museum

Explore Mino ware ceramics and their history at this museum in Mizunami City.

Gifu Sekigahara Battlefield Memorial Museum

Gifu Sekigahara Battlefield Memorial Museum

Modern museum on a historic battlefield, offering panoramic views and insights into a pivotal mo...

Ōgaki Castle

Ōgaki Castle

Ōgaki Castle is a reconstructed historic castle with a rich past.

Magome Wakihonjin Museum

Magome Wakihonjin Museum

Step into a restored Edo-period inn and discover local history and artifacts.

Takehana Matsuri Dashi Hall

Takehana Matsuri Dashi Hall

See two rotating festival floats up close at this modern exhibition hall.

Enkū Art Museum

Enkū Art Museum

See original Enku Buddha statues and other ancient art in Gifu City.

Hakusan Ryūhōden

Hakusan Ryūhōden

Hakusan Ryūhōden is a museum of cultural properties, including national treasures, related to Ha...

Kakamigahara City Kisogawa Cultural History Museum

Kakamigahara City Kisogawa Cultural History Museum

A local history museum in Gifu focusing on the Kiso River, traditional industries, and regional...

Wara Historical Museum

Wara Historical Museum

Museum in Gifu Prefecture preserving local history, folklore, and ancient artifacts.

Kusakabe Folk Museum

Kusakabe Folk Museum

Explore a merchant's 19th-century home and folk art museum, a designated National Important Cult...

Forest-Folk Museum Kasuga

Forest-Folk Museum Kasuga

Explore Kasuga's forest history and culture in a relocated 1852 house, offering a unique glimpse...

Taishō Roman-kan

Taishō Roman-kan

Explore Taisho-era culture and art in this museum, dedicated to two notable figures.

Nihon Kokusai Poster Museum

Nihon Kokusai Poster Museum

This museum showcases international posters, including famous artists, offering a free and uniqu...

Tsuchimaya Resource Center

Tsuchimaya Resource Center

This museum in Magome-juku preserves local history and literary heritage.

Gifu-Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum

Gifu-Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum

Explore Japan's aviation history and space technology at this large museum.

Children's Pottery Museum

Children's Pottery Museum

A unique museum in Tajimi City showcasing children's tea bowls and pottery making.

Sakura Museum

Sakura Museum

Learn about the famous Usuzumi-zakura cherry tree at this museum, a short walk from Tarumi Stati...

Saitō Museum

Saitō Museum

Explore a private museum in Gifu, showcasing art collected by an old Edo period family.

Gujō Hachiman History Museum

Gujō Hachiman History Museum

Learn about Gujo Hachiman's history and culture in a new wooden museum.

Tajimi City Cultural Properties Preservation Center

Tajimi City Cultural Properties Preservation Center

Explore Tajimi's history through excavated artifacts and folk items at this free center.

Feather Museum

Feather Museum

This corporate museum showcases razors and blades, offering a unique look at precision manufactu...

Shūnya Museum

Shūnya Museum

This free private museum in Gifu exhibits works by local painter Tetsuo Awata.

Kamiishizu Local Museum

Kamiishizu Local Museum

Kamiishizu Local Museum: explore local history and culture in a unique setting.

Suitopia Center

Suitopia Center

Suitopia Center is a multi-purpose public facility in Ogaki City, offering culture, learning, an...

Heartpia Anpachi

Heartpia Anpachi

Heartopia Anpachi is a modern complex offering a library, planetarium, and local history for all...

Sankō Museum

Sankō Museum

Sanko Museum, founded in 1973, is a Gifu art museum worth visiting for its diverse collection.

Gero Onsen Gasshō-mura

Gero Onsen Gasshō-mura

This outdoor museum showcases historical thatched-roof houses, offering insight into rural Edo p...

Hiroshige Museum of Art, Ena

Hiroshige Museum of Art, Ena

See a large ukiyo-e collection, including rare Hiroshige prints, and try printing yourself.

Nakasendō Unuma-juku Machiya-kan

Nakasendō Unuma-juku Machiya-kan

Explore a historic merchant house and silkworm hut, offering a glimpse into local culture.

Ōno Akebono Museum

Ōno Akebono Museum

Explore Ōno Town's history through its preserved and exhibited buried cultural properties.

Stone Museum Hakusekikan

Stone Museum Hakusekikan

This private museum showcases diverse minerals, including unique atomic bomb-affected stones and...

Field Museums of Kokindenju no Sato

Field Museums of Kokindenju no Sato

An open-air museum in Gifu Prefecture dedicated to classical Japanese poetry and literature.

Kofun to Kaki no Yakata Museum

Kofun to Kaki no Yakata Museum

This museum in Gifu Prefecture showcases local history and persimmon cultivation.

Kani Local Museum

Kani Local Museum

Kani Local Museum: explore local history, from fossils to religious art, on an old mansion site.

Museum of History and Folklore

Museum of History and Folklore

This museum preserves and exhibits Kakamigahara City's history and folklore, offering a glimpse...

Meitetsu Museum

Meitetsu Museum

The Meitetsu Museum was a corporate museum in Gifu, commemorating Meitetsu's 100th anniversary.

Toki City Historical Museum of Mino Ceramics

Toki City Historical Museum of Mino Ceramics

Explore Mino ware pottery history and excavated ceramics at this museum, closing in 2024 for reb...

Seismic Faults Observation and Experience House

Seismic Faults Observation and Experience House

See the Neo Valley Fault up close and experience earthquake simulations.

Tsukahara Ruins

Tsukahara Ruins

Explore reconstructed ancient dwellings and burial mounds at this free outdoor museum.

Ōmatsu Art Museum

Ōmatsu Art Museum

Ohmatsu Art Museum was a private museum that closed in 2009.

Ohashi Collection Kan Museum

Ohashi Collection Kan Museum

This museum showcases a diverse private collection, including a famous gold bar, next to a large...

Tomika Town Local Museum

Tomika Town Local Museum

Tomika Town Local Museum: a small museum showcasing local history from ancient times to the Seng...

Ginan-chō Folk Historical Museum

Ginan-chō Folk Historical Museum

Explore Ginan-cho's past through tools and a historic farmhouse, sharing an entrance with the li...

Gifu Nagara River Museum of Ukai Tradition

Gifu Nagara River Museum of Ukai Tradition

Learn about the 1300-year-old tradition of cormorant fishing on the Nagara River.

Gifu Collection of Modern Arts

Gifu Collection of Modern Arts

Modern art museum in Gifu Prefecture, showcasing works by Shinoda Toko and other contemporary ar...

Museum Hida

Museum Hida

Museum Hida showcases Hida craftsmanship and design, offering a glimpse into local culture.

Science World

Science World

Science World is a science museum in Gifu Prefecture, offering interactive exhibits and a unique...

Gifu Seki Cutlery Hall

Gifu Seki Cutlery Hall

Explore Seki's cutlery heritage, see ancient ruins, and shop for blades at this modern hall.

Gifu Prefectural Museum

Gifu Prefectural Museum

Explore Gifu's nature and history at this museum within a park.

Gifu Prefectural Archives

Gifu Prefectural Archives

Explore Gifu's history through 380,000 documents, including Oda Nobunaga materials, in a unique...

Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu

Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu

Explore modern and contemporary ceramics in a unique building designed by Arata Isozaki.

Kawai Museum of Archaeology

Kawai Museum of Archaeology

Archaeological museum in Kani City, Gifu, displaying Jomon and Kofun artifacts, with free admiss...

Ichinokura Sakazuki Art Museum

Ichinokura Sakazuki Art Museum

See exquisite sake cups and pottery by master artists in Tajimi City.

Hirayu Folk Museum

Hirayu Folk Museum

Explore historic buildings and a hot spring in this free open-air museum.

Tokuyama Local Museum of Folklore

Tokuyama Local Museum of Folklore

See 5,890 tools from a mountain village, a National Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property.

Hirota Ichinose Memorial Art Museum, Mizunami

Hirota Ichinose Memorial Art Museum, Mizunami

Discover sculptor Hirota Ichinose's works and more at this museum in Mizunami.

Nihon Taishomura

Nihon Taishomura

Step back in time to Japan's Taisho era at this unique retro theme park.

Nihon Taishomura Museum

Nihon Taishomura Museum

Step back in time to the Taisho era in a historic bank building.

Hichisō Precambrian Museum

Hichisō Precambrian Museum

Explore Earth's ancient history and unique stones at this museum with a UFO-like building.

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