The Tokugawa Museum

Overview

The Tokugawa Museum is a museum in Migawa, Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture. It collects and displays artworks and historical documents handed down within the Mito Tokugawa family. The museum opened in 1977.

Highlights

• ●Artworks associated with the Mito Tokugawa family
• ●Historical documents preserved and displayed
• ●The attached Shōkōkan Bunko collection
• ●A quiet setting in the Migawa district of Mito

History

Opened in 1977, the museum inherits objects passed down through generations of the Mito Tokugawa family. Its former registered name under the Museum Act was the Shōkōkan Tokugawa Museum. On 1 April 2011, when the founding body, the Suifu Meitokukai foundation, was reorganized into the public-interest incorporated foundation The Tokugawa Museum, the institution took its present name.

Map

36.3717, 140.4458 · Wikidata

Suggested itinerary

1. 1Travel from central Mito to the museum
2. 2View artworks connected with the Mito Tokugawa family
3. 3Examine historical documents on display
4. 4Check exhibits relating to the Shōkōkan Bunko

Did you know?

💡 The current name dates from the 2011 reorganization of the foundation that operates the museum.

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