Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography

Information

Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography was opened in 1995 as Japan's first art museum specializing in photography and video images. The museum with three exhibition halls and a theater hall keeps a collection of more than 28,000 works created by artists from both within and outside Japan. In the library on the 4th floor of the museum, you can read the books related to photography and video for free.
The museum holds a 10-day event called "Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions" every year.

Opening Hours

10:00 – 18:00 *admission until 30 minutes before closing
10:00 – 20:00 (Thursday and Friday) *admission until 30 minutes before closing

Closed

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

Price / Entrance Fee

Varies according to the exhibition

Access / Public Transport

7 minutes walk from JR Ebisu Station
10 minutes walk from Ebisu Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (E02)

Address / Location

1-13-3, Mita, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-0062

Tweets

aoki masaru @mazzy0108 - 2018-02-21: 'Enjoying some art' 2018.2.4
At Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum on a Sunday evening
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Juria @JuriaTRM - 2017-12-28: Saw some Van Gogh and amazing Japanese realist painters at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum today. No photography allo… https://t.co/B3AqdDcNKe
Kevin WY Lee @kevinwylee - 2017-12-08: Good morning Mr. Smith. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. #Tokyo #Japan #ontheroad @… https://t.co/3OeSQ81tzq
yumiaota @yum_aota - 2017-12-02: Yesterday, reception of 2 exhibitions in Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, 'Eugène Atget: The Eternal Inspi… https://t.co/TQXhmus4YK
TOMOO Igarashi @hinonantaro - 2017-08-27: It is wonderful for the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography to choose a photographer… Museumhttps://www.instagram.com/p/BYSd4LgDlJW/
Takobuu @takobuu - 2017-06-13: The World Press Photo 2017 exhibition opened at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, where the video's on. https://t.co/deAFMwCjfu
michy @michy_kmpnote - 2017-04-15: Hiroshi Yamazaki Plan and Coincidence / Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography https://t.co/g1Fid6zI6E
PGI @PGI_jp - 2016-11-17: SATO Shintaro will be on view at 'Contemporary Japanese Photography, vol13 Tokyo Tokyo and TOKYO' Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.
Davide Agnelli @da5ide - 2016-10-29: #hiroshisugimoto Sea of Buddha @ Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography https://t.co/IR4WlMyWiI
ABEPHOTO @abe_photo - 2016-10-19: Just posted a photo @ Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography https://t.co/5ydAu1hHIC
ABEPHOTO @abe_photo - 2016-10-19: Just posted a photo @ Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography https://t.co/fS7FtcfFZY
ABEPHOTO @abe_photo - 2016-10-19: Just posted a photo @ Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography https://t.co/zlcSTB1HhX
Daisukeve @god24hrs - 2016-10-15: Just posted a photo @ Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography https://t.co/aTD3GVAmgr
Hiroyuki Takahashi @hiro8disc - 2016-10-01: We have seen the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography of the exhibition was renewed in Ebisu. https://t.co/EGh0sCeJpI
kouhei @kouhei11591159 - 2016-09-22: #東京都写真美術館
#杉本博司
#ロストヒューマン展 @ Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography https://t.co/k9e26UquYJ
rina uchibori @rinauchibori - 2016-09-13: #dayoff#chillout#art#photo#gallery#ebisu#tokyo#lfl#l4l @ Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography https://t.co/AdRUuP5fA8
uɐpnʞɐƃɐʇnʞɐɹɐƃ @garakutagakudan - 2016-09-11: Just posted a photo @ Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography https://t.co/C8wOp3BbJN
緑碧 @jadegreengarden - 2016-09-10: TOPヽ(￣▽￣)ノ @ Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography https://t.co/qwE89GR53E
藤本環也 @kanyafujimoto - 2016-09-10: さて。 @ Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography https://t.co/skMSTES0cV
Masaki Maeda @msk_IX - 2016-09-09: #hiroshisugimoto #tokyo #photo #musium @ Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography https://t.co/hqqeeeVO3W
Tomoya Kishimoto @tmskymt - 2016-09-09: #hiroshisugimoto #topmuseum @ Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography https://t.co/NT8ryjVtUB
Film Rules @filmphotorules - 2016-09-04: The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography in Ebisu reopened this weekend- and has been... - https://t.co/yF0FXNPGzP #filmphotography
てぃーやま @k11080 - 2016-09-02: Just posted a photo @ Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography https://t.co/cq1SyA7uV3
Tanja @T__twitt - 2016-07-30: @T__twitt Her work is in the permanent collection of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
James Hadfield @JamesHadfield - 2016-06-22: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography is now Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, but still 東京都写真美術館? Er, okay. https://t.co/TEwezviooP
Kansuke Yamamoto @Surrealism_KY - 2016-04-26: Portrait of My Wife 1949.
Collection of Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. ©Toshio Yamamoto. https://t.co/Nt6RfIhLAl
조세현 @3photo - 2016-03-04: I'm here
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography @ Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography https://t.co/JT3oLyWw6W
Nick Ruechel @padartha - 2016-01-07: 📷 shihlun: Poster of Daido Moriyama’s exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography from... https://t.co/KVWRWwUMq8
Alberto T Peroni @titoperoni - 2015-12-08: #art #photography #vintage

Photographer #ShimookaRenjo at the Metropolitan Museum of Photography, #Tokyo

#Geisha https://t.co/lbicpwA1KA
RioghnachNíGhrioghai @rioghnachNiG - 2015-11-19: When you go all the way to the thing and... @ Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography https://t.co/ITE6Gju7td