The oldest museum in Japan. It began with the Exposition held in Tokyo in 1872. The museum's collection, which has been passed down over 150 years, is in the hundreds of thousands of pieces, and includes a wide variety of items, including Japanese and Eurasian antiquities, historical materials, archaeological materials, and ethnic materials. The collection includes 89 national treasures and 649 important cultural properties (as of April 2023), and is one of the world's leading collections of Japanese art in both quality and quantity. The "Regular Exhibition", which consists of items in collection and deposited items, has 3,000 items on display at any given time. Additionally, exhibits are changed in some of the exhibition rooms almost every week. The number of events is approximately 400 times a year. This is a museum where you can discover something new no matter how many times you visit.