Museum Listings

[shikisoku]

If you know any museum outside of Japan that have Japanese armor or weapon collection, please post here.

1. Name of the museum
2. Location
3. Summary of the collection
4. URL (if available)

[shikisoku]

1. Tower of London, Oriental Gallery
2. London EC3N 4AB
3. Naito Joan's armor. Early Edo period presentation armor sent to James I from Tokugawa Hidetada.(1613)
4. http://www.hrp.org.uk/TowerOfLondon/

[JLBadgley]

1. Bangkok National Museum
2. Across from Sanum Luang, Bangkok, Thailand
3. Mostly on Thai history, but includes a large selection of Japanese and Japanese-inspired weaponry, though kept in very poor condition.
4. http://www.thailandmuseum.com

2. Smithsonian Museum of Natural History (I think that is the one), Washington D.C., USA; it has a suit of armour that was donated to one of the presidents (Theodore Roosevelt?).

1. Smithsonian Institute, Museum of Natural History
2. 10th St. & Constitution Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20560
3. Not much, but there is a suit of armor that was a gift to one of the US presidents (Theodore Roosevelt?).
4. http://www.mnh.si.edu/

[lordameth]

1. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2. 465 Huntington Ave, Boston MA (USA)
3. Largest collection of Japanese art under one roof in the world. Includes large number of blades, tsuba, etc, at least one naginata, suits of armor, etc.
4. www.mfa.org

See especially here, the museum's online interactive tour of its Japanese arms and armor collection.
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My blog on Japanese art & history: http://chaari.wordpress.com

紫水晶殿 - The Amethyst Lord

[Tsubame1]

Stibbert Museum
Florence - Italy
One of the largest collection of japanese weaponry in Europe.
http://www.museostibbert.it/


Museo d'Arte Orientale di Cà Pesaro
Venice - Italy
Another great collection, once owned by a prince.
Again any type of japanese weaponry.
http://www.arteorientale.org/sito/home.html

Museo d'Arte Orientale Chiossone
Genoa - Italy
One of the finest (public) collections of Tsuba in Europe.
http://www.museochiossonegenova.it/
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Carlo

[lordameth]

Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave & 82nd St, New York
Considerable amount of Japanese weaponry, armor, and related objects on permanent display (I don't know much about their total collection...)
www.metmuseum.org
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My blog on Japanese art & history: http://chaari.wordpress.com

紫水晶殿 - The Amethyst Lord

[shikisoku]

1. Real Armeria
2. Madrid, Spain
3. Azuchi Momoyama Period armors.(From Hideyoshi to Phellipe II)
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[shikisoku]

1. Schloss Ambras
2. Schloss Strasse 20, Innsbruck 6020, Austria
3. Momoyama Period presentation armors (from Hideyoshi to Kaiser Rudolf II)
4. http://www.khm.at/schloss-ambras/

[shikisoku]

1. Musee de l'Armee(L'Hotel des Invalides)
2. 129 rue de Grenelle,75700 PARIS (France)
3. Momoyama-Edo Period presentation armors. Horse armor. Air gun?(Fusil a vent 国友次郎助重則作気砲)
4. http://www.invalides.org/

[evalerio]

Glenbow Museum
130-9 Avenue S.E. Calgary, Alberta CANADA T2G 0P3
Largest collection of Japanese armour in Canada.
http://www.glenbow.org/collections/museum/military/arms.cfm

[maikeruart]

Higgins Armory
Worcester, MA
Daisho, Kabuto, Armor and saddles.

[goldendragon]

Japanese Tower and Chinese Pavilion (MUSEA VAN HET VERRE OOSTEN)
= Museum of Japanese Art
Van Praetlaan 44
1020 Brussels (Laken)
BELGIUM
http://www.kmkg-mrah.be/newnl/index.asp?id=755

This museum holds about 7500 Japanese prints, the largest collection of prints outside Japan (they claim). They also claim to hold 12000 objects (mainly Edo Period), but not all are displayed (because lack of space to exhibit without damaging) and can be seen in changing exhibits yearly.