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Japan · Kita-ku
National Museum of Art, Osaka
国立国際美術館
Most of the museum facilities are located underground, next to the Osaka Science Museum. Pelli suggested that the externally visible design structure represents waving reeds in the wind.
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The National Museum of Art, Osaka is a subterranean Japanese art museum located on the island of Nakanoshima, located between the Dōjima River and the Tosabori River, about 10 minutes west of Higobashi Station in central Osaka.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Museum basics
- Founded
- 1977
- Architect
- シーザー・ペリ
- Building completed
- 2004
- Renovated
- —
- Director
- 島敦彦
- Operated by
- 独立行政法人国立美術館
- Annual visitors
- —
- National treasures
- —
- Important cultural properties
- —
- Site area
- 16,000 m²
- Floor area
- 13,500 m²
- Exhibition area
- 3,811.1 m²
Visit info
- Hours
Sources
The structured data and prose on this page are grounded in the following primary sources.
- Official website — nmao.go.jp ↗
- Wikipedia (Japanese) ↗CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikipedia (English) ↗CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikidata — Q1055037 ↗CC0
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