Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens

Art center, museum, and gardens in Delray Beach, FL

The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens is a center for Japanese arts and culture located west of Delray Beach in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The campus includes two museum buildings, the Roji en Japanese Gardens: Garden of the Drops of Dew, a bonsai garden, library, gift shop, and a Japanese restaurant, called the Cornell Cafe, which has been featured on the Food Network and Vizcaya Television. Rotating exhibits are displayed in both buildings, and demonstrations, including tea ceremonies and classes, are held in the main building. Traditional Japanese festivals are celebrated several times a year. The park and museum are named after George Morikami, a native of Miyazu, Japan, who donated his farm to Palm Beach County to be used as a park. George Morikami was the only member of the Yamato Colony, Florida to stay in Delray Beach after World War II. He originally proposed donating the land to the City of Delray Beach which declined. in a building that is now named the Yamato kan. The principal museum building opened in 1993. Construction of the Roji en gardens began in 1993. The Morikami Park, which includes the museum, is .

The original museum building, Yamato kan, is designed as a Japanese villa. It features a dry landscape garden and a permanent exhibit on the history of the Yamato Colony in Boca Raton, and a hands on exhibit, "Japan Through the Eyes of a Child". The main museum building houses three exhibits, a 225 seat theater, a tea house, classrooms, a research library, a store, and the Cornell Cafe. From May 2024 until August 2024 the museum will showcase Kip Fulbeck's The Hapa Project exhibit.

The Roji en Japanese Gardens were designed to complement the museum. The six gardens making up Roji en are inspired by famous garden styles throughout Japan's history.