- 図書館【としょかん】 - library 
- 博物館【はくぶつかん】 - museum 
- 美術館【びじゅつかん】 - art museum, art gallery 
- 映画館【えいがかん】 - movie theatre, movie theater, cinema 
- 大使館【たいしかん】 - embassy 
- 旅館【りょかん】 - ryokan, traditional Japanese inn 
- 公民館【こうみんかん】 - public hall, community center, community centre 
- 水族館【すいぞくかん】 - aquarium 
- 領事館【りょうじかん】 - consulate 
- 会館【かいかん】 - meeting hall, assembly hall 
- 館長【かんちょう】 - superintendent, director, curator, chief librarian 
- 迎賓館【げいひんかん】 - reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries), guest house, State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto) 
- 本館【ほんかん】 - main building (in contrast to an annex, etc.), main building (of a multi-site library, museum, etc.) 
- 館内【かんない】 - inside a library, museum, cinema, etc., on the premises 
- 開館【かいかん】 - opening (for that day's business; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.), opening (of a new library, museum, cinema, etc.) 
- 別館【べっかん】 - annex (to a building), annexe, extension, supplementary building 
- 休館【きゅうかん】 - closure (of a library, museum, etc.) 
- 公館【こうかん】 - official residence 
- 在外公館【ざいがいこうかん】 - diplomatic mission, overseas diplomatic establishment 
- 入館料【にゅうかんりょう】 - admission fee