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Yamadera Goto Museum

Yamagata · Yamagata · Art & Crafts

Japanese name: 山寺後藤美術館

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Yamadera Goto Museum
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WHAT TO DOYamadera Goto Museum

A private collection of 19th-century European painting, strong in the Barbizon school.

WHEREYamagata

Murayama · Yamagata

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A private collection of 19th-century European painting, strong in the Barbizon school.

About this place

The Yamadera Goto Museum of Art was a museum in Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture. It was a museum centred on the collection of European paintings (especially French) gathered over many years by the businessman Goto Sueijiro, a native of Kahoku, Yamagata Prefecture. It was built in the Yamadera district and opened in 1994. It closed from May 1, 2021, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, and closed on October 31 of the same year without reopening. 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. (admission until 5 p.m.)

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Founded / opened:1991 Highlights / collection:Barbizon school, British landscape paintings Genre:Western art, Western-style painting

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