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Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

東京都美術館

Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
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About Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum is a museum of art located in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan. The first public art museum in Japan, it opened in 1926 as the Tokyo Prefectural Art Museum and was renamed in 1943 after Tokyo became a metropolitan prefecture. The original building was replaced by one built in 1975 designed by modernist architect Kunio Maekawa.

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