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Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum
広島県立美術館Hiroshima
Museum
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At a Glance
The Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum is an art museum in Naka Ward, Hiroshima, right next to the garden Shukkei-en. It opened in 1968 as the first public art museum in the Chūgoku region, and the present building dates from 1996.
The collection of more than 5,000 works is built around artists connected with Hiroshima, Asian crafts and art from the 1920s and 1930s. Highlights include Salvador Dalí's Dream of Venus, works by Jean Arp and Isamu Noguchi, and an Imari porcelain horse that serves as the museum's mascot. The site was once the villa of the Asano family, former lords of Hiroshima, and a private museum called Kankokan opened here in 1913. The building was planned to be seen together with Shukkei-en, and the museum has a restaurant and a tea room.
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Visit Duration
90 minutes
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