National Museum Of Modern Art Tokyo
- Published on : 27/12/2012
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National Museum Of Modern Art Tokyo (MOMAT) 東京国立近代美術館
National Museum of Modern Art (MOMAT), Tokyo
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (MOMAT) is an art gallery in Chiyoda ward, just north of the Imperial Palace, specializing in contemporary Japanese art from the Meiji Period (1868-1912) onward.
Exhibits
Permanent exhibits include both Japanese and Western-style painting, drawings, prints, and sculpture. The museum also hosts regular international exhibitions.
The Crafts Gallery, National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo, just 5 minutes walk west of the Museum, is also part of MOMAT, as was the National Film Center (now the National Film Archive of Japan or NFAJ) in Kyobashi in central Tokyo - about 2.5 km south-east, on the other side of Tokyo Station.
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The regular collection of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo is admission-free on the first Sunday of the month.
Access - Getting There
National Museum of Modern Art
3-1 Kitanomaru-koen
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo
102-8322
Tel: (03) 5777 8600
Open Tuesday-Sunday 10 am-5 pm (Admission till 4.30 pm);
Late night opening (Museum only) on Fridays till 8 pm (Admission till 7.30 pm)
The nearest subway station is Takebashi (Tozai Line), exit 1B.
Nearby
The Science Museum Tokyo is a five-minute walk from MOMAT.
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