About Kyoto National Museum
The Kyoto National Museum opened in 1897 in Tokuma Katayama's brick neo-Renaissance Imperial Museum building. The Heisei Chishinkan Wing by Yoshio Taniguchi opened in 2014 to display the permanent collection.
The museum focuses on pre-modern Japanese art produced in or related to Kyoto, including paintings, sculpture, calligraphy, ceramics, lacquer, and metalwork.
Collections & Highlights
Frequently Asked Questions
A small ask before you go
You've just explored one of humanity's greatest collections of beauty. Art has the power to move us, inspire us, and change how we see the world. But millions of people will never see beauty like this — not because the art isn't there, but because they can't see at all.
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