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Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture

[KyotoKyoto AreaKiyomizu, Tofukuji Area]

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Kokuritsukubutsukan

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Kyoto National Museum

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    〒605-0931 527, Chayacho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

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    Business Hours
    [Business hours] From 9:30 to 17:00 (open until 20:00 on Friday) ※ Admission until 30 minutes before closing. ※ Special exhibitions are subject to change. 【Closed holiday】 Every Monday (closed on the following Tuesday if it is a holiday), New Year's holidays, and temporary closures From March 24 to April 16, 2026 Only the garden is open April 17, 2026 The entire building is closed Open from June 16 to July 12, 2026 only Open from September 8 to October 4, 2026 only Open from December 1 to December 20, 2026 only Open from December 28, 2026 to January 1, 2027 All closed from March 24 to April 18, 2027 only Open from gardens
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    Masterpiece Gallery General 700 yen University student 350 yen ＊ High school students and younger, under 18 years old, over 70 years old, disabled persons and their caregivers, Campus members (including faculty and staff) free (all required proof) ＊ Extra charge for special exhibitions
    Access
    Get off at "Shichijo" station on the Keihan Railway and walk east for 7 minutes. Get off at "Museum Sanjusanma Domae" bus stop.
    Languages
    Audio guides (Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean) can be used in the exhibition room ※ Specialty Gallery Only visitors at the time of the event are charged

    Notes & Remarks

    ■ Heisei Chishinkan Designed by Yoshio Taniguchi, a world-renowned architect who worked on the new building of the Museum of Modern Art and the Treasure Museum of Horyu-ji Temple at the Tokyo National Museum. It is an exhibition space based on a straight line that incorporates a Japanese spatial composition. ■ Front gate of the former Imperial Kyoto Museum An important cultural property of the Meiji period facing Yamatooji-dori Street on the west side of the Kyoto National Museum. Like the main building of the former Imperial Kyoto Museum, it is a brick Western-style building designed by Tokuma Katayama. ■ Main building of the former Imperial Kyoto Museum An important cultural property of the Meiji period. A brick Western-style building designed by Imperial architect Tokuma Katayama. The interior consists of 11 large and small exhibition rooms. Exhibitions are being suspended for the time being due to seismic isolation repair plan. ■ Rodin's "Thinkers" image The work of French sculptor Rodin. The original is said to have been written in 1880. It was imported at the end of the Taisho era, and after being handed over to individuals, it became owned by the Kyoto National Museum. It is very valuable because it was cast during Rodin's life or early after his death.

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