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21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art
金沢21世紀美術館Kanazawa, Ishikawa
Museum
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At a Glance
The 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art is a circular glass museum in central Kanazawa. It stands close to Kenroku-en garden and the Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, and opened on 9 October 2004. Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA designed it around the idea of a museum open to the town like a park. The circle measures 112.5 metres across, and four entrances let people walk in from any side.
Galleries occupy the middle of the building, while a library, a lecture hall and a children's workshop sit around the edge, and four glazed courtyards bring in daylight. The collection focuses on work made since 1980, including installations made for the museum, such as Leandro Erlich's Swimming Pool, Olafur Eliasson's Color Activity House and a room by James Turrell. Its nickname is Marubii, from the Japanese for round museum.
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Visit Duration
90 minutes
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