Museums & Galleries
美術館・博物館 · MUSEUMS
What each collection holds, what a ticket covers, and which day it closes.
Osaka's collections are scattered rather than concentrated, and the useful thing to know before planning around them is which day they close.
Monday
Most museums here close on Monday, and those that do not often close on Tuesday instead. A Monday in Osaka is better spent on the streets, the markets and the shrines, all of which are open.
Where they are
Nakanoshima carries the highest concentration — the museum of art and several others within a few minutes of each other. The castle park holds the museum of history, and the bay holds the science and maritime collections.
Tickets
There is no city-wide museum pass. Individual admissions are modest by international standards, and special exhibitions are usually ticketed separately from the permanent collection — check which one you are buying.
This section is being written. The guide above is the section for now. New articles are published across the site about twice a week rather than a section being filled in a day, so this page grows steadily — it is worth looking in again. In the meantime the sixteen sight pages and the plans by trip length are finished, and they are the best place to start.
Coming next in this section
- Which Osaka museums are free, and on which days?
- How much time do you need at the Osaka Museum of History?
- What is at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art?