Museums in Chiyoda

Yonbancho Historical Folk Museum

Address: 1, Yonbancho
Tel: 3238-1139
Built as a place to learn about the history and culture of Chiyoda City, this museum collects, safekeeps, researches and studies cultural assets in addition to displaying them.
Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Monday through Saturday and 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sundays
Closed: The first Sunday, during the New Year holidays and exhibit changeover periods (irregular)

Art Museums

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

Address: 3-1, Kitanomaru-Koen
Tel: 5777-8600 (Hello Dial Information Service)
This art museum houses 9,000 items, including paintings, pieces of sculpture, woodblock prints and photographs concerned with modern art. Located on the same site as Kitanomaru Park is the Crafts Museum (Tel: 3211-7781), remodeled from the former Imperial Guards Headquarters Bldg., which regularly displays pottery, lacquerware, dyeing, weaving work and metal work. It also holds special exhibitions.
Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (last entry at 4:30 p.m.)
Admission: ¥420 for adults, ¥130 for students and ¥70 for children. (Admission fees vary for special exhibitions.)
Closed: Mondays (Tuesday if Monday is a national holiday), the New Year holidays, and during preparation for new exhibits
http://www.momat.go.jp/english_page/index_e.html

Idemitsu Art Gallery

Address: 3-1-1, Marunouchi (9th Floor, Teigeki Bldg.)
Tel: 5777-8600 (Hello Dial Information Service)
This art museum houses genre paintings, ukiyo-e woodblock prints, and pottery mainly from Japan and China.
Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (last entry at 4:30 p.m.)
Admission: ¥800 for adults, ¥500 for college and senior high school students, and free for junior high school students and younger (must be accompanied by an adult)
Closed: Mondays (Tuesday if a Monday is a holiday) and during the New Year holidays

Museums

Communications Museum Teishin Park

Address: 2-3-1, Otemachi
Tel: 3244-6811
Every aspect of telecommunications – broadcasting, international telecommunications, telephone and postal systems – from pioneer to the latest systems are displayed in this museum in an easy-to-understand and fun-oriented exhibition style.
Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (last entry at 4:00 p.m.), until 6:30 p.m. on Fridays (last entry at 6:00 p.m.)
Admission: ¥110 for adults and ¥50 for children (free for senior high school students and younger children on Sundays and holidays)
Closed: Mondays (Tuesday if a Monday is a holiday) and during the New Year holidays

Parliamentary Museum

Address: (National Diet Building Park) 1-1-1, Nagatacho
Tel: 3581-1651
The materials included in this museum, documentation dating from the beginning of Japan’s parliamentary democracy and information on politicians who helped shape the course of Japanese politics, are an excellent source from which to learn about Japan’s political history.
Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (last entry at 4:30 p.m.)
Admission: Free
Closed: The last day of each month (the preceding day if it is a holiday), and during the New Year holidays

Meiji University Archaeological Museum

Address: 1-1, Kanda-Surugadai
Tel: 5777-8600 (Hello Dial Information Service)
This museum displays unearthed artifacts from Japan’s Old Stone Age to the Period of Ancient Burial Mounds.
Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays, until 4:30 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and until 12:30 p.m. on Saturdays
Admission: Free
Closed: Sundays, national holidays and during the New Year holidays. (As the museum may also be temporarily closed on other days, call in advance to confirm if it is open.)

Science Museums

Science Museum

Address: 2-1, Kitanomaru-Koen
Tel: 5777-8600 (Hello Dial Information Service)
This, Japan’s largest science museum, is equipped with exhibitions ranging from outer space, nuclear technologies and agriculture. The 5-story museum is designed to promote easy understanding of advanced science and technology even for children.
Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 4:50 p.m.
Admission: ¥600 for adults, ¥400 for junior and senior high school students and ¥250 for children aged 4 and older
Closed: During the New Year holidays