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Kyoto National Museum

Kyoto National Museum

Kyoto, Japan
Established in 1897 as the Imperial Museum of Kyoto, the Kyoto National Museum is one of Japan's four prestigious national art museums. Located in the historic Higashiyama district, the museum is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and displaying pre-modern Japanese and East Asian cultural properties, with a special emphasis on works associated with Kyoto's temples, shrines, and imperial history.
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Established in 1897 as the Imperial Museum of Kyoto, the Kyoto National Museum is one of Japan's four prestigious national art museums. Located in the historic Higashiyama district, the museum is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and displaying pre-modern Japanese and East Asian cultural properties, with a special emphasis on works associated with Kyoto's temples, shrines, and imperial history.

Selected Exhibitions

  • Features regular thematic rotations in the Heisei Chishinkan displaying Buddhist sculptures, scroll paintings, calligraphy, textiles, lacquerware, and archaeological artifacts, alongside major seasonal special exhibitions highlighting designated National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties.
  • Features regular thematic rotations in the Heisei Chishinkan displaying Buddhist sculptures, scroll paintings, calligraphy, textiles, lacquerware, and archaeological artifacts, alongside major seasonal special exhibitions highlighting designated National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties.

Details

Country
Japan
City
Kyoto
Address
527 Chaya-machi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto

Contact

Email
goiken_kyohaku@nich.go.jp
Website
www.kyohaku.go.jp