What other travelers are saying about Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum
My family visited this museum to learn about Okinawan culture. It was very informative, inclusive and overall educational. It is dense so you can see a lot without getting exhausted by exhibits. The museum covers folk history, war and postwar, and modern day Okinawa.
I would definitely recommend a visit, especially on a rainy day!
Honestly one of the best places to visit in Naha! We only had a few hours and could only visit the permanent (history) museum collection so I can't comment about the art museum, but I would highly urge anyone to add this to your itinerary to gain an understanding and insight to the people and culture of Okinawa. So insightful and it helped that most exhibits had English translations. We spent a lovely afternoon here escaping from the heat and could easily spend the whole day if given the chance! Beautiful space to hang out as well.
If you bring along your tickets from the Churaumi Aquarium or Shuri Castle, you get a discount too.
Okinawa Prefectural Museum is a lovely museum! Admission fee is required and for visitors who are interested in visiting the Art Museum, a separate admission fee will be charged.
The museum is not big and consists of one level but is very informative. It was an enjoyable visit and all the displays in the museum were very well done! The museum was very clean, organized, and quiet. A dinosaur fossil can be seen at the entrance of the museum. There is also a souvenir shop and a good place to buy gifts & local arts & crafts items.
was a great experience especially art exhibition was stunning you are not allowed to take photos though. If you still have you shuri castle ticket or if you have an 1 or 2 day rail pass they are making a discount for the ticket. There are two seperate ticket one of them is for museum and the other one is for art exhibition. The price is 420 yen for each if you have an rail pass or shuri castle ticket.
A nice stop,
Naha Museum has a combination of local history as well as history that ties it to the land and trade of ancient Okinawa. I also appreciated that it also raised the history of WWII. That so devastated the area and people.
