Fine art museums Japan

The museum, which dates back to 1933, closed between 2015 and 2021 for renovation. The architects, Jun Aoki and Tezzo Nishizawa, succeeded in preserving the historic building while enlarging and modernizing the whole. The main exhibits are by Kyoto artists, both past and present, painters, photographers and sculptors. The collection of paintings from the Meiji and Showa periods is particularly noteworthy, taking us back to the Kyoto of the late ^19th and ^20th centuries. The visit should be combined with that of the nearby Heian Jingu.