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Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto

Kumamoto · Kumamoto · Art & Crafts

Japanese name: 熊本市現代美術館

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Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto
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WHAT TO DOContemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto

On the third floor of a shopping building and run together with a bookshop, with permanent rooms commissioned from artists.

WHEREKumamoto

Kumamoto · Kumamoto

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On the third floor of a shopping building and run together with a bookshop, with permanent rooms commissioned from artists.

About this place

Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto is a municipal art museum in Chuo Ward, Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture. Its English name is Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto (CAMK). It is on the 3rd floor of the Biprace Kumanichi Building, which stands at the intersection of Torichosuji, with the heaviest traffic, and Kamitori in the very center of Kumamoto's urban area, and is the only museum in Kyushu to bear the name "contemporary."

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Founded / opened:2002 Highlights / collection:Permanent exhibition of Yayoi Kusama, James Turrell room, Museum inside a commercial building Genre:Contemporary art, Architecture

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