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Niigata City Art Museum

Niigata · Niigata · Art & Crafts

Japanese name: 新潟市美術館

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Niigata City Art Museum
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WHAT TO DONiigata City Art Museum

A late work by Kunio Maekawa, its tiled walls kept low along the edge of the park.

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Kaetsu · Niigata

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A late work by Kunio Maekawa, its tiled walls kept low along the edge of the park.

About this place

Niigata City Art Museum is a Niigata municipal art museum at 5191-9 Nishiohatamachi, Chuo Ward, Niigata. Its English name is "Niigata City Art Museum." The site is the former site of Niigata Prison. It opened on October 13, 1985, and set out three mottos: "look, create, talk." In 2011 the operating structure was revised, and in 2012 five new pillars of operating policy were formulated.

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Key facts

Founded / opened:1985 Architect / artist:Kunio Maekawa Highlights / collection:Japanese modern and contemporary art, Artists connected with Niigata Genre:Western-style painting, Contemporary art, Architecture

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