The core collection housed in this 1959 Le Corbusier-designed building, Japan’s only national museum devoted to Western art, was assembled by Kawasaki shipping magnate Matsukata Kojiro in the early 1900s. Works range from 15th-century icons to Monet to Pollock.
The National Museum of Western Art
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- Address
- 7-7 Ueno Koen, Taito-ku
- Tokyo
- Transport:
- Ueno Station (JR lines), Park exit; (Ginza, Hibiya lines), exit 7 or 9
- Price:
- ¥500 for adults, ¥250 for university students, free for high school students and younger. Free admission on May 18, Nov 3 and the 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month (for permanent collection galleries only)
- Opening hours:
- 9.30am-5.30pm Tue-Thu, Sun; 9.30am-8pm Fri, Sat. (Admission ends 30 mins before closing time), closed Mon (Tue if Mon is a holiday). Closed Dec 28-Jan 1
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