Ancient Orient Museum

3.5

This museum, located inside Sunshine City in Ikebukuro, is Japan's first dedicated to displaying materials on the ancient Orient. Designed to be a facility where visitors can learn about history by actually seeing it, exhibits include stone tools used by ancient peoples, recreations and models of ancient settlements, clay vessels and handicrafts exchanged between East and West excavated from archeological digs, and numerous priceless artefacts exhumed in Syria. There's also a movie room where you can watch a short video summarizing the history of the area from the origins of civilization through to the time of the Silk Road. The museum's shop sells original merchandise.

Spot details

Address: Tokyo Toshima-ku Higashi-ikebukuro 3-1-4 Sunshine City Cultural Hall 7F Map
Area: Around Ikebukuro Area
Phone: 0339893491
Hours: 10:00-17:00 (Latest entry is 16:30)
Closed: Exhibition changePeriod, New Year's Holiday
Fees: [Admission fee] General 600 yen, University/high school student 500 yen, Junior high/elementary school student 200 yen
*Excluding special exhibitions
Parking Lot: Not available
※Sunshine City Charge Parking Lot Available
Credit Card: Available(VISA, MasterCard)
Smoking: Not available
Wi-Fi: Not available

Information Sources: NAVITIME JAPAN

Review

Small and lacking in oriental exhibits

Reviewed : 2016.05.08

The Ancient Orient Museum is poorly named as we discovered. We visited in the hope of seeing more oriental exhibits but the vast majority of artefacts on display are from the Middle East and not...
Small with an interesting permanent collection and changing exhibitions

Reviewed : 2015.09.30

Located on the upper floor of an office-type building, this museum houses a small collection of interesting objects from Egypt and the Ancient Near East. The day we visited, the Egyptian art was on...
Check the current exhibit before you go.

Reviewed : 2015.06.18

OK, so you are in Tokyo. The world is your oyster. Where do you want to spend your time? If you are on a short visit, then there are other places where your time is better spent. But if you...