Amuse Museum
| 「布文化と浮世絵の美術館」アミューズミュージアム | |
View of the front of the museum
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 Amuse Museum
Location of Amuse Museum in Japan
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| Established | 1 November 2009 |
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| Location | Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan |
| Coordinates | 35°42′52.2″N 139°47′52.4″E / 35.714500°N 139.797889°E |
| Type | Art museum |
| Key holdings | Miracle Textile Art "Boro" |
| Curator | Kiyoshi Tatsumi |
| Owner | Amuse, Inc. |
| Website | Official site (English site) |
The Textile Culture and Ukiyo-e Art Museum – Amuse Museum (「布文化と浮世絵の美術館」アミューズミュージアム Nuno Bunka to Ukiyoe no Bijutsukan Amyūzu Myūjiamu?), or simply Amuse Museum, is a private museum specializing in Japanese textile culture and ukiyo-e. It opened on 1 November 2009 in Asakusa, Tokyo, not far from Ueno Park, where multiple other museums are located.
The museum houses a collection of everyday clothing and other textiles from the private collection of folklorist Chūzaburō Tanaka. While only about 1500 of the items are on display at any time, the museum rotates through the collection every few months.
The talent and entertainment agency Amuse is the owner of the museum.
Amuse Museum was established on 1 November 2009 as a private Japanese textile culture and ukiyo-e museum in the Asakusa district of the Taitō special ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is located just east of Sensō-ji. The museum is operated and owned by the talent and entertainment agency Amuse. The concept of the museum curation, Don't be wasteful (もったいない Mottainai?, lit. "Wasteful"), is based on the environmental and social activism of Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai.
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