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National Museum of Western Art

The National Museum of Western Art is the premier public art gallery in specializing in art from the Western tradition. The museum is in the Ueno Park in , central . It received 1,162,345 visitors in 2016.
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  • Opening hours:
    Sunday and Tuesday—Thursday: 9:30 AM—5:30 PM
    Friday—Saturday: 9:30 AM—8:00 PM
    Monday: closed
    December 28th—January 1st: closed
  • Email: info@nmwa.gov.jp
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: art museum in Tokyo, Japan
  • Also known as: “Kokuritsu Seiyo Bijutsukan”, “NMWA”, and “The National Museum of Western Art”
  • Address: 7, 台東区, 東京都 110-0007
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Museum of Nature and Science and Tokyo National Museum.

Museum
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The is in the northeast corner of Ueno Park in Tokyo. The museum has exhibitions on pre-Meiji science in Japan. It is the venue of the taxidermied bodies of the legendary dogs Hachikō and Taro and Jiro.

Museum
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The or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the ward of , Japan. It is one of the four museums operated by the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, is considered the oldest national museum and the largest art museum in Japan. is situated 410 metres north of National Museum of Western Art.

Railway station
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is a major railway station in 's ward. It is the station used to reach the district and Ueno Park—which contains , The National Museum of Western Art, , and other famous cultural facilities. is situated 230 metres south of National Museum of Western Art.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ueno and Ikenohata.

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If you want to get a feel for old , in the district is a good place to start. Entirely lacking in high-rise condos or whiz-bang shopping malls, by Tokyo standards it's distinctly downmarket, in contrast to places like , but that means that eating, shopping and drinking are all affordably priced.

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is a quarter.

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is a quarter.

National Museum of Western Art

Latitude
35.71541° or 35° 42′ 56″ north
Longitude
139.77585° or 139° 46′ 33″ east
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Inception
June 10th, 1959
Operator
Independent Administrative Institution National Museum of Art
Open location code
8Q7XPQ8G+58
Open­Street­Map ID
way 203960903
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
7911170
Wiki­data ID
Q1362629
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“National Museum of Western Art” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المتحف الوطني للفن الغربي”
  • Armenian: “Արևմտյան արվեստի ազգային թանգարան”
  • Basque: “Mendebaldeko Artearen Museo Nazionala”
  • Bulgarian: “Национален музей на западното изкуство”
  • Catalan: “Museu Nacional d’Art Occidental”
  • Chinese: “國立西洋美術館”
  • Chinese: “日本國立西洋美術館”
  • Croatian: “Nacionalni muzej zapadnjačke umjetnosti”
  • Czech: “Kokuricu sejdžó bidžucukan”
  • Czech: “Národní muzeum pro západní umění”
  • Czech: “Národní muzeum západního umění”
  • Czech: “National Museum of Western Art”
  • Czech: “NMWA”
  • Czech: “国立西洋美術館”
  • Danish: “Nationalmuseum for vestlig kunst”
  • Dutch: “Nationaal Museum voor Westerse Kunst”
  • Dutch: “National Museum of Western Art”
  • Dutch: “NMWA”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المتحف الوطنى للفنون الغربيه”
  • Esperanto: “Kokuricu-Seijo-Biĝucukan”
  • Esperanto: “Nacia Muzeo de Okcidenta Arto”
  • Esperanto: “Nacia Okcident-Arta Muzeo”
  • French: “Musée national d’art occidental de Tokyo”
  • French: “musée national de l’art occidental”
  • French: “Musée national de l’art occidental”
  • French: “Musée national de l’Art occidental”
  • French: “Musée national de lart occidental”
  • Georgian: “დასავლური ხელოვნების ეროვნული მუზეუმი”
  • German: “National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo”
  • German: “Nationalmuseum für westliche Kunst”
  • German: “NMWA”
  • Hebrew: “המוזיאון הלאומי לאמנות מערבית”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Nasional Seni Barat”
  • Italian: “Museo nazionale d’arte occidentale”
  • Italian: “Museo nazionale darte occidentale”
  • Japanese: “Kokuritsu seiyō bijutsukan”
  • Japanese: “こくりつせいようびじゅつかん”
  • Japanese: “国立西洋美術館”
  • Japanese: “西美”
  • Korean: “국립 서양미술관”
  • Korean: “국립서양미술관”
  • Korean: “국립서양박물관”
  • Lithuanian: “Nacionalinis Vakarų meno muziejus (Tokijas)”
  • Lithuanian: “Nacionalinis Vakarų meno muziejus”
  • Mazanderani: “غربی هنرون ملی موزه”
  • Mirandese: “Museu Nacional de Arte Oucidental”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nationalmuseum for vestlig kunst”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nationalmuseum for vestlig kunst”
  • Persian: “موزه ملی هنر غرب”
  • Persian: “موزهٔ ملی هنر غرب”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Sztuki Zachodniej”
  • Polish: “National Museum of Western Art”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Nacional de Arte Ocidental”
  • Russian: “Национальный музей западного искусства”
  • Slovenian: “Kokuricu sejdžo bidžucukan”
  • Slovenian: “Narodni muzej zahodne umetnosti”
  • Spanish: “Museo nacional de arte occidental”
  • Spanish: “Museo Nacional de Arte Occidental”
  • Swedish: “National Museum of Western Art”
  • Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑ์ศิลปะตะวันตกแห่งชาติ”
  • Turkish: “Ulusal Batı Sanatları Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний музей західноєвропейського мистецтва, Токіо”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний музей західноєвропейського мистецтва”
  • Vietnamese: “Bảo tàng Quốc gia Mỹ thuật phương Tây”
  • Welsh: “Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Celf y Gorllewin”
  • Welsh: “Amgueddfa Kokuritsu Seiyō Bijutsukan”
  • Yue Chinese: “國立西洋美術館”

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