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The Paper Museum was established in Oji, Tokyo ・ in 1950 （ (Showa 25) ） as one of the world's leading comprehensive paper museums, collecting ・ preserving ・ and exhibiting a wide range of paper-related materials from all ages and countries, including Japanese paper ・ and Western paper.

Oji is known as the birthplace"of paper, where the paper company （which pioneered the modern paper mill ）was established in the early Meiji era.

In 1949 （ Showa 24 (1949) ）, under the Occupation Policy's Law for Eliminating Excessive Concentration of Economic Power, Oji Paper was divided into three companies: Tomakomai Paper ・ Jujo Paper ・ and Honshu Paper. Taking this opportunity, the following year in 1950 （ Showa 25, ） the Paper Museum, the predecessor of the Paper Museum, was established in the only remaining burned-out power plant building at the Oji Mill, in order to make the materials of the Oji Paper Industry Historical Office available to the public and to contribute to social education in general.

Later, it was decided to leave the factory site due to the construction of the Oji Line of the Central Loop of the Metropolitan Expressway, and in 1998 （ 1998 ） it was newly opened as one of the "Asukayama 3 museums" in Asukayama Park.

Today, the museum is operated as a "Public Interest Incorporated Foundation of Paper Museum" with the cooperation of many related companies, including paper companies, paper tool manufacturers, and paper sales companies.