As of October 2018, there were 5,738 museums in Japan. This total comprises, in line with the Museum Act, 914 registered museums, 372 designated museum-equivalent facilities, and 4,452 museum-like facilities.[1]
As of 31 March 2020, and as listed by the Aomori Prefectural Government, there were eighty-four museum-like facilities in Aomori Prefecture, including:[3]
^ ab道内の登録博物館・博物館相当施設 [Registered Museums and Museum-Equivalent Facilities in Hokkaidō] (PDF) (in Japanese). Hokkaido Government Board of Education. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
^ abc青森県内博物館等施設一覧 [List of Museum Facilities in Aomori Prefecture] (in Japanese). Aomori Prefecture. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
^ ab県内の登録博物館及び博物館に相当する施設の一覧 [List of Registered Museums and Designated Museum-Equivalent Facilities in Hiroshima Prefecture] (in Japanese). Hiroshima Prefecture. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
^ ab愛媛県内の登録博物館・博物館相当施設 [Registered Museums and Museum-Equivalent Facilities in Ehime Prefecture] (in Japanese). Ehime Prefectural Board of Education. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
^ ab登録博物館・博物館相当施設一覧 [List of Registered Museums and Museum-Equivalent Facilities] (in Japanese). Ōita Prefecture. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^博物館を探す [Find a Museum] (in Japanese). Ōita Prefectural Museum Council. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^鹿児島県博物館協会加入館一覧 [List of Member Museums of the Kagoshima Prefecture Museum Association] (in Japanese). Kagoshima Prefecture. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^"Kagoshima Museum Guide"(PDF). Kagoshima Prefecture Museum Association. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^ abcde加盟博物館一覧 [List of Member Museums] (in Japanese). Okinawa Prefecture Museum Society. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^ abc博物館に関すること [Matters Relating to Museums] (PDF) (in Japanese). Okinawa Prefecture. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2020.