Takayama Museum of History and Art

This museum is entirely free, and somewhat hidden away. Upon entering, collecting a free map will guide you around the ~10 exhibition rooms and few small gardens. There's lots of well written information about the town's history and traditions, most of it in English. When we visited there did not seem to be any staff around, despite the clearly well maintained grounds. Regardless of your interest in the local history, there's enough peaceful places to rest quietly to make this worth a visit.

Very nice and free museum within old storehouses. Worth stopping if you enjoy museums and you have already seen as many of the temples and shrines as you can. In November it was better to enjoy the fall colors than spend time indoors. This is also o good place to take a break as there are benches and restrooms. Also some stamps if you are collecting.

Free admission for visitors. There were around 20 display rooms which provided information related to culture, economic, social live, festivals and past stories of Takayama. No picture allowed inside display rooms so I only took photo of the garden. After saw those display I interested to find more about Japanese swords, which they provided it on specific free leaflet (can be requested to museum staff)

Laid back and easy to navigate with very few people. Everything is at your own pace just like the whole of Takayama. There were quite a number of exhibitions though lack of English explanation so we just marvelled at the swords and antique pieces without much knowledge of it. The back garden is very pretty and quiet.

You can learn all you need to know about this beautiful town in this museum. The architecture itself and the garden is also very beautiful and elegant.

Nice museum to visit to learn about history of Takayama. It was especially meaningful since we just visited the Shiroyama Park where the castle ruins is located. At least we got to see how the castle looked like in the old days. No photography allowed in most exhibition rooms. Overall, still a nice time spent there.

This museum is free of charge. It was interesting because I was able to learn a bit about the history of the city and see the various items that were preserved from the past.

It was really interesting to learn something about the history of takayama. The museum is for free but you can not take many pictures there. You can learn about their festivals and their past. You can even fly in an interactive simulation above the destroyed takayama castle and can see what it once looked like. If you like history, that is the place to go. But it is not an must see in takayama.