The National Museum of Art, Osaka
A unique art museum that is completely underground.
The impressive entrance gate was inspired by the vitality of a bamboo plant.
The National Museum of Art, Osaka was established in 1977 to collect, preserve, and exhibit works of contemporary art from Japan and abroad, and to conduct related research and projects.
It was opened within Expo'70 Commemorative Park with the purpose of [purpose].
Due to the aging of the original facility, it was rebuilt and relocated in 2004 to Nakanoshima, Osaka, as a completely underground art museum.
The building's exterior is designed to evoke the vitality of bamboo and the development and growth of contemporary art, and the design is by an Argentinian-born artist.
It was designed by César Pelli.
The museum houses approximately 8,300 works of art and regularly holds a variety of exhibitions.
【Fee】
Please check the official website for details.
https://www.nmao.go.jp/
Basic information
- Child
- Business hours
- 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Last entry at 4:30 PM)
*Fridays until 8:00 PM (last entry at 7:30 PM)
*Opening hours may be subject to change.
- Holidays
- Monday (if it is a holiday, closed on the following day), and when exhibits are being rotated and changed
*The museum may be temporarily closed besides the above dates and situations.
- Access
- Higobashi Station on the Osaka Metro Yotsubashi Line
Fukushima Station on the JR Osaka Loop Line, Shin-Fukushima Station on the JR Tozai Line
10-minute walk from the Hanshin Fukushima Station, or a 5-minute walk from the Watanabebashi Station on the Keihan Nakanoshima Line
- Address
- 4-2-56 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi,
530-0005
- Telephone
- 06-6447-4680
- Fax
- 06-6447-4699
- URL
- http://www.nmao.go.jp/
