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Sakura City Museum of Art

Chiba · Sakura · Art & Crafts

Japanese name: 佐倉市立美術館

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Sakura City Museum of Art
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WHAT TO DOSakura City Museum of Art

Its entrance is a 1918 brick-and-stone bank; inside, modern art connected with the Boso peninsula.

WHEREChiba

Hokuso · Sakura

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Its entrance is a 1918 brick-and-stone bank; inside, modern art connected with the Boso peninsula.

About this place

Sakura City Museum of Art is a municipal art museum in Shinmachi, Sakura, Chiba Prefecture. It is located in the center of the former castle town. It opened on November 16, 1994 (Heisei 6). From its first year, it held a group exhibition of contemporary artists called "Chiba Art Now." Its main collected artists are mainly those connected with Sakura and Boso, such as Asai Chu, Araya Naonosuke, Katori Hotsuma, Tsuda Nobuo, Hori Ryujo and Tsudori Hideki. It is an art museum with two basement floors and four floors above ground.

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Key facts

Founded / opened:1994 Highlights / collection:Former Kawasaki Bank Sakura Branch, Chu Asai and Ogawa Usen Genre:Architecture, Western-style painting, Nihonga (Japanese-style painting)

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