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Overview
A circular glass building with no front or back; large free zones let people cross through as if it were a park.
About this place
The 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (金沢21世紀美術館, Kanazawa Nijūisseiki Bijutsukan) is a museum of contemporary art located in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. The museum was designed by Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of the architectural office SANAA in 2004. In October 2005, one year after its opening, the Museum marked 1,570,000 visitors. In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic it attracted only 971,256 visitors, a drop of 63 percent from 2019, but it still ranked tenth on the list of most-visited art museums in the world. Since its founding, the museum's director has been Yuko Hasegawa.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened：2004 Architect / artist：SANAA Highlights / collection：Leandro Erlich, Swimming Pool, Circular glass building, Turrell room Genre：Contemporary art, Architecture
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