Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
Opened in November 1933 as the second large-scale public museum in Japan, after the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum.
Director: Kozo Shioe
Architect: Kenjiro Maeda
Building completed: 1933
Total floor area: 9,349 m²
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[Installation views]
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[Address]124 Okazaki Enshoji-cho (inside Okazaki Park), Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8344
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[Dates closed]Closed on Mondays (except for March 9 and May 4)
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[Hours]9:00 AM–5:00 PM
Extended hours on March 27–April 12 and April 29–May 10; open until 7:00 PM (Susan Philipsz The Internationale: until 5:00 PM)
Last admission: 30 minutes before closing -
[Admission]Ticket requred
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[Directions]By subway/train
- Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line Higashiyama Station (Station T10) → 10 min. walk
- Keihan Main Line or Ōtō Line Sanjō Station → Kyoto City Bus no. 5 (toward Iwakura Sōshajō) from Sanjō Keihan-mae to Okazaki Kōen/Bijutsukan, Heian Jingū-mae (approx. 5 min.)
- Keihan Main Line Gion-Shijō Station (KH39) → Kyoto City Bus no. 46 (toward Heian Jingū) from Shijō Keihan-mae to Okazaki Kōen/Bijutsukan, Heian Jingū-mae (approx. 10 min.)
- Hankyū Kyoto Line Kawaramachi Station (HK-86) → Kyoto City Bus no. 5 (toward Iwakura Sōshajō), no. 32 (toward Ginkakuji), or no. 46 (toward Heian Jingū) from Shijō Kawaramachi to Okazaki Kōen/Bijutsukan, Heian Jingū-mae (approx. 10 min.)
- JR Kyoto Station → Kyoto City Bus no. 5 (toward Iwakura Sōshajō) from Kyoto Station to Okazaki Kōen/Bijutsukan, Heian Jingū-mae (approx. 30 min.) or no. 100 (express bus toward Ginkakuji) from Kyoto Station to Okazaki Kōen/Bijutsukan, Heian Jingū-mae (approx. 25 min.)
By bus
- Get off at Okazaki Kōen/Bijutsukan, Heian Jingū-mae
By car
- From Osaka: Approx. 10 km from Meishin Expressway (part of AH1) Kyoto-minami Interchange (Interchange Nos. 33/33-1/33-2)
- From Nagoya: Approx. 7 km from Meishin Expressway (part of AH1) Kyoto-higashi Interchange (Interchange No. 32)
* Please note that the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art does not have a parking lot. Parking is available at the Okazaki-kōen municipal prking lot on the north side of the museum, or at the Miyakomesse parking lot on the west side of the museum.
* Parking spaces for bicycles and motorcycles are available on the museum grounds. Please enter from the north gate and park in the reserved area to the right-hand side (west side) of the property.
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[Artists showing work at this venue]Lisa Anne Auerbach, Nairy Baghramian, Cai Guo-Qiang, Joost Conijn, Stan Douglas, Harun Farocki, Simon Fujiwara, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Hoefner/Sachs, Hedwig Houben, Yoshimasa Ishibashi, Brandt Junceau, Emiko Kasahara, William Kentridge, Ragnar Kjartansson, Keiko Kurachi & Satoru Takahashi, Louise Lawler, Ann Lislegaard, Tatsuo Majima, Ahmed Mater, Susan Philipsz, Florian Pumhösl, Arin Rungjang, Allan Sekula, Gustavo Speridião, Tadasu Takamine, Koki Tanaka, Ana Torfs, Rosemarie Trockel, Jean-Luc Vilmouth, Danh Vo, Hong-Kai Wang, Xu Tan, Miwa Yanagi
(All artists except for Aernout Mik, Yasumasa Morimura, Pipilotti Rist, Aki Sasamoto, The Sekula Reader in Japan, and Alexander Zahlten)
Photo by Kazuo Fukunaga
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Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
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Annex, The Museum of Kyoto
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Horikawa Housing Complex (Kamichoja-machi Building)
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Kyoto Art Center
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Areas near the cross streets of Kawaramachi and Shiokoji Streets
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Kamo River Delta (Demachiyanagi)
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Display window at Books Ogaki Karasuma Sanjo
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Temporary wall in front of Kyoto BAL
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