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Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography

Travel Guide - Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography

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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 HoursOpening Hours

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

  • Varies according to the exhibition

Access / Public TransportAccess / Public Transport

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

Address / LocationAddress / Location

  • 1-13-3, Mita, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-0062
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Aly-Khan Satchu @alykhansatchu - 2020-07-01
Gas Mask Parade, Tokyo, 1936.  (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography Collection) @ddoniolvalcroze The Way we li… https://t.co/U3XPwa5VgL
haythem @HaythemZakaria - 2020-05-27
I am honored to announce that four artworks from my project Interstices Opus I and Opus II officially join the coll… https://t.co/J0YgSVAXK1
haythem @HaythemZakaria - 2020-05-27
I am honored to announce that four artworks from my project Interstices Opus I and Opus II officially join the coll… https://t.co/J0YgSVAXK1
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Tickets for Maiko Endo's latest work < TOKYO TELEPATH 2020 > at the Ebisu Film Festival to be held next m… https://t.co/DRFweC3Ddw
Kristopher Matheson @krismatheson - 2020-04-08
The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography will suspend business operations until May 6 (Wed) to prevent the spre… https://t.co/UemuclnTyO
Kristopher Matheson @krismatheson - 2020-03-13
The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography will suspend business until March 31 (Tue) to prevent the spread of th… https://t.co/QuR8gBAZS6
Out of Print Archive @OoPAvgm - 2020-02-03
When scanning NGC Magazine 91 - march 2004 (UK), I came across something rather special.
A feature on the Level-X F… https://t.co/0SkFj3VZ4F
Retro Gaming Geek @retrogaminggeek - 2020-02-03
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography book documenting every Famicom release. https://t.co/kXQtxtKGTQ
Mr. David Giard @DavidGiard - 2019-11-18
Today I am grateful to visit the Yebisu Museum of Beer and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography yesterday.
Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina - 2019-11-05
@MichaelJLeader TOKYO💖 What I recall from 2009:
Yakitori Alley in Ginza
Golden Gai
Nikko, UNESCO World Heritage sit… https://t.co/CtZXsXBDQT
Eon Fafnir @EonFafnir - 2019-11-02
@JohnAndersen21 So, this is like that book 'Family Computer 1983-1994' that was sold in an exhibition at the Metrop… https://t.co/VHkzpWD6o2
re-how.net @rehownet2 - 2019-09-13
[Clevis Corporation] Photographer Masataka Nakano The first large-scale photo exhibition “Tokyo”. Held at Tokyo Met… https://t.co/GzEI8nLIOs
Images To Die For @darkenedwindow - 2019-08-17
[Tokyo Geisha with Shamisen] by Unknown, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Photography #photography #unknown https://t.co/MMUuA0nvyY
from86 @fushimi244 - 2019-08-03
Yesterday afternoon, I went to the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography and saw a world news photo exhibition a… https://t.co/MFUcjLuK1C
fantasic @FantasticPlanit - 2019-06-30
Family Computer 1983-1994 is a book put out by the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum Of Photography that has pics of every… https://t.co/XhbQikIVIv
🅈🄾🄷🄰🄽 @Yohan_O_ - 2019-06-28
Fushi Kaden: a bound goat at Ginzan Onsen Yamagata, 1976, Issei Suda
Courtesy of the Collection of Tokyo Metropolit… https://t.co/8LpLamt3b2
Sightseeing Japan @SightseeingJap1 - 2019-04-25
Collection exhibition “Journey” Part 3 “the foreign world that the photographers of the Japan to the outsider stare… https://t.co/RN38fY67qk
re-how.net @rehownet2 - 2019-04-23
[Clevis Co., Ltd.] Yoshino Oishi Photography Exhibition “Memory of the Battle” is currently acclaimed at the Tokyo… https://t.co/aUeQnq4uBW
Sightseeing Japan @SightseeingJap1 - 2019-04-10
Masatoshi Naito emergence of different fields [Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography] https://t.co/1jfZHZnUSZ https://t.co/muWFlr6CtY
Sightseeing Japan @SightseeingJap1 - 2019-04-10
TOP collection fun, Manbu in the pictures [Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography] https://t.co/PUPFeYMcxD https://t.co/qZzsvzgEh9
Sightseeing Japan @SightseeingJap1 - 2019-04-09
The history of Magic lantern Light and Shadow [Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography] https://t.co/D96cHRQDqO https://t.co/pJZofg7rnQ
kotaro hachinohe @kotarohatch - 2018-12-03
Walking weekends.
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❄️Michael Kenna tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography #東京都写真美術館
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✨LOVE & PEACE : Robert In… https://t.co/gLOghoYMRH
Misty Miss Christy @MistyMissChrsty - 2018-09-11
Ray Metzker (Sept 10, 1931-Oct 9, 2014) was an American photographer. Metzker’s work is held by more than 45 collec… https://t.co/4JtByetPMR
Max Robinson @Project99over1 - 2018-08-28
Today I nominate the Japanese photographer Kunié Sugiura. Her work which captures light, time, the transience of na… https://t.co/jQpyNc1l3E
Geoffrey Rockwell @GeoffRockwell - 2018-07-04
Got my own copy of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography book/catalogue on the Family Computer 1983-1994 https://t.co/p8uTevLdiL
aoki masaru @mazzy0108 - 2018-02-21
'Enjoying some art' 2018.2.4
At Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum on a Sunday evening
https://t.co/oKCbFHUXRU… https://t.co/Xi0vvnXVt5
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

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