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Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

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Japanese name: 東京都写真美術館

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WHAT TO DOTokyo Photographic Art Museum

Japan's largest public museum for photography and moving image, from 1860s albumen prints to video art.

WHERETokyo

Jonan · Meguro

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Overview

Japan's largest public museum for photography and moving image, from 1860s albumen prints to video art.

About this place

The Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (東京都写真美術館, Tōkyō-to Shashin Bijutsukan) is an art museum concentrating on photography. As the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, it was founded by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and is in Meguro-ku, a short walk from Ebisu station in southwest Tokyo. The museum also has a movie theater. Until 2014, the museum nicknamed itself "Syabi" (pronounced shabi); since 2016, it has called itself "Top Museum".

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Key facts

Founded / opened：1995 Highlights / collection：Collection on the history of Japanese photography, Video works Genre：Photography, Media art

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