Miho Museum

Information

This museum is built so as to melt into the mountains of Shigaraki. To preserve its environment, more than 80% of the building is underground. And the exhibits are as impressive as the architecture. Works on display are selected from a collection more than 2,000, and include pieces of from the Nara and Heian periods (8th – 12th centuries).

Opening Hours

10:00 - 17:00 *admission until 16:00

Closed

Irregular

Price / Entrance Fee

1,100 yen (General, Adult)
800 yen (Student)
300 yen (Child)

Access / Public Transport

50 minutes from JR Ishiyama Station by the bus bound for Miho-Hakubutsukan. Get off at the last stop.

Address / Location

300, Shigarakicho Tashiro, Koka-shi, Shiga, 529-1814

Tweets

Araceli Rego @AraceliRego - 2020-01-18: Late Roman Bronze Bust of a Priest with Silver Inlaid Eyes . Bronze and sliver, 3rd-4th century C.E. Text and image… https://t.co/OMxxr3K6oq
CARAA @CARAA_Center - 2020-01-14: Achaemenid Silver Bowl with Gold Inlay
Silver with gold inlay, 6th century B.C.E.
Diam. 9 cm. Miho Museum https://t.co/PeV9XNOcwS
Karim Lediwa @KarimLediwa - 2020-01-14: @indyfromspace Illicit antiquities machine #2:
Sophisticated cycle from poor looters..to middle-men..to rich greedy… https://t.co/i49EyrAFMm
Araceli Rego @AraceliRego - 2020-01-09: Achaemenid (the first Persian Empire) Golden Goblet With Bulls -- Circa 500 BCE -- Miho Museum,Japan https://t.co/w6gOd8aMNt
mattio ☻ @mattiopattio - 2020-01-07: Tomoko Miho - Friend or Foe poster for the National Air and Space Museum, 1976 https://t.co/hgyO3PEnlU
daphne mir @daphne_mir - 2020-01-04: @thacher @lauraehall Oh! Also the Miho Museum outside Kyoto with architecture by I.M.Pei is wonderful. Take the wal… https://t.co/1aZ5tqN0mu
CARAA @CARAA_Center - 2019-12-22: Sculpture of Deer In Lacquered Wood, China, Eastern Zhou Dynasty (4th-3rd Century B.C.), Miho Museum, Kyoto. https://t.co/kzE7c8zp34
MuseumToday @MuseumToday - 2019-12-22: Hiroshige - Distant View of Miho, Ejiri (1833) https://t.co/GU3jetssxP
kyle @kylefaulknerr - 2019-12-16: i’m literally enraged! my main goal of going to japan was to see my friends and visit the miho museum and kusama ga… https://t.co/yaUnwmigXJ
Len Green @pedasigreen_len - 2019-12-15: Last day...Miho Museum, Japan. https://t.co/sffJVrJEXE
The Real Japan @TheRealJapan1 - 2019-12-11: VIDEO: Electric Shuttle at Miho Museum, Shiga Prefecture

Looking every bit the villain's hidden headquarters in a… https://t.co/CNMuaHPOdg
daphne mir // ダフニミヤ @daphne_mir - 2019-12-07: I went to the Miho Museum today outside Kyoto! Here’s some unedited phone shots I’m fond of. Architecture by I. M.… https://t.co/ehZ4TCS4n2
マイルド奇兵隊 @sfa38BmAhgOhnSU - 2019-12-07: MIHO MUSEUMへ🎵 https://t.co/D4m2vbQjTU
Cassandra Farrin 🐥 @CassaCassaCassa - 2019-12-05: @NotLikeFreddy If I'm remembering right, I went to Miho Museum (INCREDIBLE) and then spent the night at Koya San. T… https://t.co/fWqzy9j0PS
Beatrycze Nagrodzka @barring_maria - 2019-12-04: Panel of the mortuary bed from the Miho Museum with the Turk hunting scene (Miho Museum, 1997, p. 250, fig.C). https://t.co/D1PVwGrP93
Kogatanori @kogatanori - 2019-12-03: rs125 miho museum https://t.co/nwhBE72Idp
Tom James, The Daigo Umehara of Dating Sims @iiotenki - 2019-12-03: Getting back to Tokimemo 2 so I can finally finish my first run and I forgot that Miho's bullshit is the best bulls… https://t.co/sWpKhWuDAO
yokii 篠田玉華 @yyyyyyokii - 2019-12-03: seasons change and our love went cold
feed the flame cause we can't let it go
run away but we're running in circle… https://t.co/2VrORz9Uua
CARAA @CARAA_Center - 2019-12-02: Pair of Bracelets with Lion's-head Terminals,
Iran, Persia, Achaemenid period, Possibly late 5th to 4th centuries… https://t.co/01ODZgzQ4s
GRRRR® @ibbyl - 2019-11-30: @emilynussbaum Yes. And check out the Miho Museum when there. Not in the city proper but worth the effort to get there
Beatrycze Nagrodzka @barring_maria - 2019-11-28: Marble mortuary bed from the Miho Museum in the Japanese city of Shigaraki. The panels of the mortuary bed depict t… https://t.co/1Xr8mQfsqk
Ty Billman @Ty_Billman - 2019-11-23: My thoughts on the Bizen ceramics exhibition at Shiga’s Miho Museum, on until 12.15 https://t.co/nCwPLlgS7i
All Japan Tours @AllJapanTours - 2019-11-21: Designed by I.M. Pei, the Miho Museum displays the Shumei Family's extensive #art collection from the #ancientworld… https://t.co/C2ezxA8nBC
no context mortimer 🇪🇺 @bloodymortimer - 2019-11-19: Went to Miho Museum. (the crazy cult place)
Building is not very interesting, considering the hype.
Collection som… https://t.co/goDXuqHeSW
Amanda467 @Amanda467 - 2019-11-18: [OS] Sculpture of Deer In Lacquered Wood, China, Eastern Zhou Dynasty (4th-3rd Century B.C.), Miho Museum, Kyoto, J… https://t.co/E1zjPuV6CM
Karina Hyett @KarinaHyett - 2019-11-17: Roman cupid • AD 1st Century • in the museum in the mountains, Japan • MIHO Museum https://t.co/lDCjIH5xoR
momotarou@museum_in_mt. @museum_in_mt_u - 2019-11-17: @fifalucia Hi! This museum is near Kyoto, Japan.
Please check this link if you like
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CHYJ @crystarlia - 2019-11-15: Along the way to Miho Museum, a sort of scary 1 hr bus ride with narrow winding roads, and the bus driver was drivi… https://t.co/AK9HNYEFho
CHYJ @crystarlia - 2019-11-15: Waiting for the bus to Miho Museum. The sun is killing me... 🌞🔥🥵

#chyjtravels #japan2019withsis https://t.co/h8JsEjM2pv
Nicholas @ketchupsecret - 2019-11-15: @brb_irl Miho museum - must see
Shrewsbury High Art @shsarty - 2019-11-15: Some Art Alumnae at the Shrewsbury High School Art Department Exhibition currently at Shrewsbury Museum & Art Galle… https://t.co/INUUPMPXKw
Len Green @pedasigreen_len - 2019-11-13: Wide ranging and excellent exhibition. #Miho Museum #pottery #shiga https://t.co/GI9oRiCes9
Snow Monkey Pottery @SnowMonkeyPot - 2019-11-13: Worth the trip to @mihomuseum.official for “The Bizen” exhibition from Momoyama period to present #bizen… https://t.co/uPFn2YAyaL