Himeji City Museum of Art

姫路市立美術館Himeji, Hyogo

Museum

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At a Glance

The Himeji City Museum of Art stands in Himeji Park, in the northern part of the middle compound of Himeji Castle, Hyogo Prefecture. It opened in 1983 to promote the city's arts and culture, inside red brick buildings put up in 1905 as a warehouse of the Himeji army arsenal and enlarged in 1913. The buildings later served as the city hall and are registered as a national cultural property.

The collection covers local art, modern Japanese art and modern art from abroad, with about 350 Belgian works because Himeji is a sister city of Charleroi. Western paintings include works by Corot, Monet, Sisley, Degas and Pissarro, and the prints include Goya's four major series and Matisse's Jazz. A garden displays many sculptures outdoors.