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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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ISCP @ISCP_NYC - 2020-04-07
Congratulations to Hikaru Fujii on being one of the two recipients of the second Tokyo Contemporary Art Award! An e… https://t.co/Qr9I1n6JHu
G @itsGEZA - 2020-04-02
While in Paris last year Lucy and I stumbled upon a gem of a museum. The Palais De Tokyo was started as an anti-mus… https://t.co/FmsHOTdYB3
G @itsGEZA - 2020-04-02
While in Paris last year Lucy and I stumbled upon a gem of a museum. The Palais De Tokyo was started as an anti-mus… https://t.co/FmsHOTdYB3
StudioOlafurEliasson @olafureliasson - 2020-04-02
‘Day and night lava’, 2018. Part of the exhibition ‘Sometimes the river is the bridge’ at Museum of Contemporary Ar… https://t.co/GZFxAbEwT6
HigherED Zone @HigherEDZone - 2020-04-01
Ten Tweets w/ visual impact via Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo @MOT_art_museum

h/t @Tokyo_Art_Days

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Romang Antiques @RomangAntiques - 2020-03-31
From our Japanese collection:
SEIJI KOBAYASHI, Contemporary beautiful Geometric Design Vase Kasama Yaki with the or… https://t.co/3GXdaNrCw6
StudioOlafurEliasson @olafureliasson - 2020-03-27
Methane matter, 2019. Part of the exhibition ‘Sometimes the river is the bridge’ at Museum of Contemporary Art, Tok… https://t.co/S6R1ASQzCF
東京都現代美術館 @MOT_art_museum - 2020-03-27
【Notice】As part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus,… https://t.co/5FJCB3CbAU
東京都現代美術館 @MOT_art_museum - 2020-03-27
【Notice】As part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus,… https://t.co/5FJCB3CbAU
StudioOlafurEliasson @olafureliasson - 2020-03-23
Sometimes the river is the bridge - new exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo is now online, check out the… https://t.co/emqaQkvwnG
Art Limited @artlimitednet - 2020-03-19
Collective Exhibition STARS: Six Contemporary Artists from Japan to the World #Mori #Tokyo #Japan @mori_art_museum… https://t.co/ZiM2VDfYE2
HRD FINE ART @hrdfineart - 2020-03-19
[ Artist Information ] Sajik Kim, who took part in HRD's exhibition 'Boundaries' (https://t.co/4SLN3lT9z8) in 2019,… https://t.co/LKQIhg2Qer
東京都現代美術館 @MOT_art_museum - 2020-03-13
【Notice】As part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus,… https://t.co/cMdQLChlPv
Metrolink @Metrolink - 2020-03-10
Little Tokyo's Japanese American National Museum latest contemporary art exhibit, 'Transcendients: Heroes at Border… https://t.co/gp0Ya4jIFG
Niall Huffman @kneel28 - 2020-03-04
#DTLA folks: don't vote at the Ace. Go to the Hall of Admin on Temple, Japanese American Museum or Miyako Hotel in… https://t.co/mYjVf3kaa0
HigherED Zone @HigherEDZone - 2020-03-02
Ten Tweets w/ visual impact via Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo @MOT_art_museum

h/t @Tokyo_Art_Days

https://t.co/CC1ehNCcly

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MATTHEW ROSE @mistahcoughdrop - 2020-03-02
@whereistirta @karuizawa_twt No, I have not. I did see the Modern Art Museum in Hiroshima which I loved and I walk… https://t.co/84dlX9mpiN
東京都現代美術館 @MOT_art_museum - 2020-03-02
【Notice】As part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus,… https://t.co/TBANj0UvVW
Artifex Press @ArtifexPress - 2020-02-27
The @artnews Spring Preview lists the coming season’s must-see shows, from #Tokyo to #NYC: https://t.co/TY0ITBpNGX.… https://t.co/w6a03jaiaf
Gary Tatintsian Gallery @Tatintsian - 2020-02-27
Personal exhibition of Yasumasa Morimura @ymorimura ‘Ego Obscura’ is on view now at the Hara Museum of Contemporary… https://t.co/e8NTxMusPj
Highlighting Japan @HighlightingJ - 2020-02-25
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Metrolink @Metrolink - 2020-02-25
Little Tokyo's Japanese American National Museum latest contemporary art exhibit, 'Transcendients: Heroes at Border… https://t.co/Js2X5LNDTd
🧿w🧿 @TOO_WRONG - 2020-02-24
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Ay-O (Japanese, b. 1931), Pastoral, 1956. Oil on panel, 183 x 370 cm. Museum of Contemporary Art,… https://t.co/gPtrrKayLA
studio international @studiolatest - 2020-02-21
#YasumasaMorimura: #EgoObscuraTokyo2020

“In his search for ‘the self’, Morimura takes on the guise of well-known h… https://t.co/oScsLbV5Qo
Susan Best @Sueamabrasil - 2020-02-18
❤️💛🖤QCA alumnus Dale Harding in “Entangling Things” at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo @AEL_DeanR @qca… https://t.co/smRc3rswNs
Noriyuki Konishi@歌い人コニタン @konitanmb - 2020-02-16
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aicco＊ @AikoM84259028 - 2020-02-16
Today , I went to the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo to see a Dumb type exhibition. It was so fantastic！
#MOT… https://t.co/ggbS0NCZLn
901 Editions @901editions - 2020-02-15
Akio Suzuki's album for 901 Editions 'Resonant Spaces' is available in Japan at MOT / Museum of Contemporary Art To… https://t.co/HE5uBnAluI
// 雪国 💥 @schneelandblog - 2020-02-14
@DKundic 3/3 ... Yoshimura intended it as background music for Tokyo’s Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, after he wa… https://t.co/taBF7ndrvf
PUGMENT @pugment1 - 2020-02-14
Spring 2020 Installation can be seen in the group exhibition “MOT Annual 2019 Echo after Echo” at the Museum of Con… https://t.co/yCTGSHoeQW
Shift Mag Japan @shift_en - 2020-02-14
The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo will feature solo exhibition “Actions + Reflections” by leading Japanese media… https://t.co/oTAl6Rawsx
losles_official @losles_official - 2020-02-14
only 3 days left.

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exhibition by Kenji Seo & Nana Shimomura

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