Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
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The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo 東京都現代美術館
Front of the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Koto ward, Japan
The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo houses international and Japanese post-war modern art. Opened in 1995 in Koto ward, east Tokyo, it is the first public art gallery in the metropolis devoted to modern art.
Steps up to the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Koto ward, Japan
Sculpture, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Koto ward, Japan
Entrance, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Koto ward, Japan
Collection and Exhibitions
As well as its permanent collection (entrance fee 500 yen), the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo has regular special exhibitions (usually about 800 yen - 1,000 yen).
The permanent collection has around 4,000 works, about 100 of which are on display at any one time. It includes works by Andy Warhol including his Marilyn Monroe (1967), Roy Lichtenstein including his Girl with Hair Ribbon (1965), David Hockney, Gerhard Richter, Julian Schnabel, Frank Stella, and Sandro Chia.
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Koto ward, Japan
The The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo has free internet access (directly across from the entrance that you use when approaching from Kiba Park), a restaurant on the B2 floor (open11 am-6 pm), a museum shop, an art library, an art information gallery, an observation deck, and indoor parking but for only 50 cars (access by other than car is recommended).
Inside the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Koto ward, Japan
The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo Building
The building was designed by architect Takahiko Yanagisawa. His other works include the New National Theatre Tokyo in Shibuya, the Koriyama City Museum in Fukushima Prefecture and the Utsubo Kubota Memorial Museum in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture.
Sculpture pond, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Koto ward, Japan
Museum Library
The Museum has a library with a total number of 270,000 items: books (55,000 of which 7,000 are from overseas), exhibition catalogs (77,000 of which 11,000 are in languages other than Japanese), periodicals (133,000 or which 16,000 are from overseas), plus some microfilm and audio-visual materials.
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
The museum library includes the Art Library for Children, with art books for the young and young at heart.
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Koto ward, Japan
Library Hours
Library hours at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo are 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. (until 5 p.m. for requests for closed stack materials, and for the materials copying service).
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Koto ward, Japan
Shop
The Museum Shop NADiff contemporary has exhibition catalogues, as well as one-of-a-kind goods designed by artists or derived from their works, MOT-original items, and contemporary art books.
Store hours: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; closed on days the Museum is closed.
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Koto ward, Japan
Cafe
The Sandwich Upstairs cafe is, as the name states, upstairs. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (last orders at 5:30 p.m.); closed on days the Museum is closed.
Restaurant
The 100 Spoons is a family restaurant on the B1 floor of the Museum, with 100 seats. It is all non-smoking, and tables can be reserved on weekdays only.
Restaurant hours: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. (last orders at 5 p.m.); closed on days the Museum is closed.
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Koto ward, Japan
The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (mot-art-museum.jp)
4-1-1 Miyoshi
Koto-ku
Tokyo
135-0022
Tel: 03 5245 4111
Open: 10 am-6 pm (tickets on sale until 5.30 pm). Closed Monday, except if Monday is a national holiday, in which case it closes Tuesday.
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Koto ward, Japan
Access - Getting There
9 min walk from Kiyosumi-shirakawa subway station, exit B2, on the Hanzomon Line.
13 minutes walk from Kiyosumi-shirakawa subway station, exit A3, on the Toei Oedo Subway Line.
15 minutes walk from Kiba subway station, exit 3, on the Tozai Subway Line.
15 minutes walk from Kikukawa subway station, exit A4, on the Toei Shinjuku Line.
