Kyoto International Manga Museum

Kyoto International Manga Museum
Kyoto International Manga Museum is located in Central Japan
Kyoto International Manga Museum
Location within Central Japan
EstablishedNovember 25, 2006 (2006-11-25)
LocationKyoto, Japan
Coordinates35°00′42″N 135°45′33″E / 35.011649°N 135.759243°E / 35.011649; 135.759243
TypeArt museum, Library
CollectionsComics
Collection size300,000 items (2015)
Visitors290,000 (2016)
DirectorHiroshi Aramata
Websitewww.kyotomm.jp/en/
Buildings and grounds of the museum
Exhibit

The Kyoto International Manga Museum (京都国際マンガミュージアム, Kyōto Kokusai Manga Myūjiamu) is located in Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The museum's collection includes approximately 300,000 items as of 2016,[1] with 50,000 volumes of manga that can be accessed and read by visitors and approximately 250,000 items in its closed-stack collection, which can be accessed via a dedicated research room supported by reference facilities.[2] Collected materials include Edo period woodblock prints, pre-war magazines, post-war rental books, and popular modern series from around the world.[1]

The museum is a public–private partnership of Kyoto Seika University and the city of Kyoto. The city provided the building and land. The university operates the facility under the oversight of a joint committee. The museum acts as a manga library and history resource for the public, as well as serving the manga-related research interests of Kyoto Seika University's International Manga Research Center.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Summary | 京都国際マンガミュージアム". www.kyotomm.jp. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  2. ^ "Function of Museum | 京都国際マンガミュージアム". www.kyotomm.jp. Retrieved 2021-03-26.