Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art

Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
京都市美術館
Kyoto city
Established 1933
Location 124, Okazaki Enshojicho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Coordinates 35°00′46.21″N 135°47′00.85″E / 35.0128361°N 135.7835694°ECoordinates: 35°00′46.21″N 135°47′00.85″E / 35.0128361°N 135.7835694°E
Type Art museum
Owner Kyoto City
Public transit access Okazaki Koen, Bijutsukan, Heian Jingu-mae, Kyoto City Bus
Okazaki Koen, Dobutsuen-mae, Kyoto City Bus
Higashiyama Station, Municipal Subway Tozai Line
Nearest car park Okazaki Koen Parking Lot (can be used for fee)
Website www.city.kyoto.jp/bunshi/kmma/en/

The Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (京都市美術館 Kyōto-shi Bijutsukan) is one of the oldest art museums in Japan.[1] It is located in Okazaki Park in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto and opened in 1928 as a commemoration of the Showa emperor's coronation ceremony as it was initially called the Showa Imperial Coronation Art Museum of Kyoto.


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Surroundings

References

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Museums" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 671-673.

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