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Japan · Shimo-Renjaku
Ghibli Museum
三鷹の森ジブリ美術館
Designed by Hayao Miyazaki himself, the museum is built to be part of the exhibit, offering an uplifting and relaxing experience that makes visitors feel more enriched upon leaving.
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The Ghibli Museum is a museum showcasing the work of the Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli. It is located in Inokashira Park in Mitaka, a western city within the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, in Japan. The museum combines features of a children's museum, technology museum, and a fine arts museum and is dedicated to the art and technique of animation. Features include a replica of the Catbus from My Neighbor Totoro (1988), a café, bookstore, rooftop garden, and a theater for exclusive short films by Studio Ghibli.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Notable Works
- ロボット兵Wikipedia (ja)宮崎駿
天空の城ラピュタ
- Bouncing TotoroWikipedia (en)
Three-dimensional zoetrope with models of characters from My Neighbor Totoro
- Robot SoldierWikipedia (en)Kunio Shachimaru
Life-size, five-meter-tall statue of a robot from Castle in the Sky
Exhibitions
Past and present exhibitions aggregated by artible.
Museum basics
- Founded
- 2001
- Architect
- 日本設計
- Building completed
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- Renovated
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- Director
- 安西香月
- Operated by
- 公益財団法人徳間記念アニメーション文化財団
- Annual visitors
- 580,000(2019)
- National treasures
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- Important cultural properties
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- Site area
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- Floor area
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- Exhibition area
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Frequently asked questions
Can I take photos inside the Ghibli Museum?⌃
No, photography and video recording are prohibited inside the museum to preserve its atmosphere as a 'portal to a storybook world'.
Sources
The structured data and prose on this page are grounded in the following primary sources.
- Official website — ghibli-museum.jp ↗
- Wikipedia (Japanese) ↗CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikipedia (English) ↗CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikidata — Q947907 ↗CC0
- Official PDF — PDF ↗1 pages
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