The Tobu Museum (東武博物館, Tōbu Hakubutsukan) is a railway museum in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. It opened in May 1989, and is operated by Tobu Railway.^[1]

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Tobu Museum

東武博物館
1720 series "DRC" car outside the museum
Location within Japan
Established	May 1989
Location	Sumida, Tokyo Japan
Coordinates	35.723456°N 139.819037°E / 35.723456; 139.819037
Type	Railway museum
Public transit access	Higashi-Mukōjima Station
Website	www.tobu.co.jp/museum

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The museum was closed from January 2009 until June 2009 for refurbishment.^[2] It reopened on 22 July 2009.

The following full-size vehicles are on display.

• B1 class steam locomotive – No. 5 (built 1898 by Beyer, Peacock & Company)^[3]
• B1 class steam locomotive – No. 6 (built 1898 by Beyer, Peacock & Company)^[3]
• ED101 class electric locomotive – No. 101 (later ED4000 class No. ED4001, built 1930, moved to museum from Ohmi Railway in January 2009)^[1]
• ED5010 class electric locomotive - No. ED5015 (built 1959)^[3]
• Class DeHa1 electric railcar – No. DeHa5 (built 1924)^[3]
• 1720 series "DRC" electric multiple unit car – cab section only (built 1960)^[3]
• 5700 series electric multiple unit car – No. MoHa5701 (built 1951, moved to museum in January 2009)^[1]
• Nikkō Tramway 200 series tramcar - No. 203 (built 1954)^[3]

The collection includes a reproduction of a station office Including automatic ticket gates outside with see-through covering, ticket vending machines, interlocking board, telephone and railroad exhibits. A season ticket issuing machine and "celebrate admission pass" is issued free of charge.

The museum also owns the 6-car Tobu 8000 series EMU set 8111, which was repainted into its original "royal beige" and "international orange" livery for a series of special event runs on Tobu Lines.^[4]

The museum is located underneath Higashi-Mukōjima Station on the Tobu Skytree Line. Visitors can view trains passing at close range from windows underneath the platform.