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Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo

Travel Guide - Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo

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It is one of the largest modern art museums in Japan with permanent collection galleries, temporary exhibitions, and an art library. The theme of the museum with its approximately 4,000 works has been the development of Japanese at since World War II. It also added artworks by major foreign artists, dozens of which are permanently exhibited as part of the MOT collection. Visitors can see modern art from an international perspective.

Opening HoursOpening Hours

  • 10:00 – 18:00 *admission until 30 minutes before closing
  • Thursdays and Fridays: 10:00 – 20:00 *admission until 30 minutes before closing

ClosedClosed

  • Mondays (or the following day when it falls on a national holiday)
  • New Year’s holidays

Price / Entrance FeePrice / Entrance Fee

  • MOT Collection: 500 yen (General, Adult)
  • MOT Collection: 250 - 400 yen (Student)
  • MOT Collection: Admission Free (Child)

Access / Public TransportAccess / Public Transport

  • 9 minutes walk from Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Station on the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line (Z11)
  • 13 minutes walk from Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Station on the Toei Oedo Line (E14)

Address / LocationAddress / Location

  • 4-1-1, Miyoshi, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-0022
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Don't mind us, we are just admiring the work of the late Eiko Ishioka and mourning the fact we couldn't see her wor… https://t.co/ft05Dg41O6
Japan Society @japansociety - 2021-02-19
2003. Yoko Ono (center) visits her exhibition YES Yoko Ono at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo. With her are… https://t.co/tO3Pn8A9Sy
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北川都喜子 @Kitagawa_Tokiko - 2021-02-13
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Jan Adams AO PSM ジャン・アダムズ @AusAmbJPN - 2021-02-12
Delighted to meet with Ms Naoe Mogi, Vice Director and the excellent curators at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tok… https://t.co/kOgpQDErBS
La Gazette Drouot – International @Gazette_Inter - 2021-02-12
Shiga Lieko & Takeuchi Kota have won the 2021 Tokyo Contemporary Art Award.

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Hirofumi Motoyama @motoyan2009 - 2021-02-11
visited Yesterday. truly inspiring about Eiko Ishioka: Blood, Sweat, and Tears—A Life of Design | Exhibitions | MUS… https://t.co/N1AD6ajYQf
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Shunsuke Iwai @shunsukeiwai - 2021-01-30
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【#TCAA】SHIGA Lieko and TAKEUCHI Kota as the winners of 'Tokyo Contemporary Art Award 2021-2023'!
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Maction Planet @mactionplanet - 2021-01-14
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Hugh Mungus Phungus @humongousfungus - 2021-01-11
@spondonicle @JennInJapan @tokyoiteee The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo is one of my favorite places in the Kiyosumi neighborhood.
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[Masato KOBAYASHI]

Masato Kobayashi is participating in the group exhibition titled Garden of Life: Eight Contemp… https://t.co/TfiXuYWPHa
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Canina @caninarosa_ - 2020-12-31
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ITSLIQUID @itsLIQUID - 2020-12-29
STARS: Six Contemporary Artists from Japan to the World
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31 July, 2020 – 3 January, 2021

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