Miyajima History and Folklore Museum

This museum is a jewel in the island a Must to visit. It looks like a simple beautiful classic japanese house from the outside, on the inside it begins like a modest place showing some history and instruments used on the island. Then it has a second floor with more history like a normal museum but what bring this place on top of most places is that it provides you the chance to go inside the house and seat in the living room, try to do some Japanese Origami, heard the little fountain on the garden of the house and feel what could have been living in a place like that on the old days, absolutely gorgeous. I highly recommend to visit this place.

Very good history of the island. Beautiful garden. Opportunity to fold your own origami crane. I thoroughly enjoyed this museum.

It is worth to see inside. Photo were not allow for building A, B,C, and D. Some area, we must take off our shoes. We have to follow the direction arrow for viewing. We can see many old stuffs which were used in old time. The traditional house in Miyajima also display.

Loved this place! The gardens were stunning and the local history was so interesting & well displayed. They advised it takes 30m to 1hr to see all of it, but we ended up spending 1hr 20, honestly could've gone longer but we got too hungry!

This remarkably detailed museum of the island’s history and shrine is housed in a beautiful old building and holds many wonderful artefacts. A must see when visiting Miyajima - be advised it’s cash only for entry tickets

A great place to learn about the Itsukushima shrine: it provides many more explanations than at the shrine itself. It has lots of interesting pieces to show, about the shrine, its history and the customs of the local people. It is located in a former merchant house with a very nice garden. It is cheap for all it offers and there was virtually nobody there whereas the shrine was very crowded.

Much more to this museum than you might think from the street. Multiple buildings and exhibits, and a section with shoes not allowed near the end. Well worth the low price!

I went there during consecutive holidays, but there weren't any guests, so I was able to enjoy the tour calmly." The courtyard is very beautiful and elegant.We can feed carp free of charge.There are only a limited view of wheelchair users, but I think they can fully enjoy it. The exhibition description was unique and humorous and interesting.