Kyoto National Museum

Kyoto National Museum
京都国立博物館
Façade of museum, Kyoto National Museum
Façade of museum
Kyoto National Museum is located in Kyoto city
Kyoto National Museum
Location of the museum
Kyoto National Museum is located in Japan
Kyoto National Museum
Kyoto National Museum (Japan)
EstablishedMay 1897 (1897-05)
LocationHigashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Coordinates34°59′24″N 135°46′23″E / 34.99°N 135.773°E / 34.99; 135.773
TypeArt museum
Visitors384,340 (2016)[1]
Public transit accessShichijō Station, Keihan Main Line
Websitewww.kyohaku.go.jp/eng/
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The Kyoto National Museum (京都国立博物館, Kyōto Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan) is one of the major art museums in Japan.[2] Located in Kyoto's Higashiyama ward, the museum focuses on pre-modern Japanese and Asian art.

  1. ^ "2017 Outline of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage" (PDF). p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  2. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Museums" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 671-673.