The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts

The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts is a school building in Taito, Tokyo, Tokyo. The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts is situated near the university Faculty of Fine Arts, as well as near Faculty of Music.

Type: School building
Also known as: “東京藝術大学大学美術館”
Address: 12, 台東区, 東京都 110-8714

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Tokyo National Museum and Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.

Tokyo National Museum

Museum

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The Tokyo National Museum or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is considered the oldest national museum and the largest art museum in Japan. Tokyo National Museum is situated 380 metres east of The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts.

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

Museum

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The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum is a museum of art located in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan. The first public art museum in Japan, it opened in 1926 as the Tokyo Prefectural Art Museum and was renamed in 1943 after Tokyo became a metropolitan prefecture. Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum is situated 280 metres southeast of The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts.

National Museum of Western Art

Museum

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The National Museum of Western Art is the premier public art gallery in Japan specializing in art from the Western tradition. The museum is in the Ueno Park in Taitō, central Tokyo. It received 1,162,345 visitors in 2016. National Museum of Western Art is situated 580 metres southeast of The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ikenohata and Yanaka.

Ikenohata

Quarter

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Ikenohata is a quarter.

Yanaka

Quarter

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Yanaka is a sector of Taito, Tokyo, Japan and, along with nearby Nezu and Sendagi neighborhoods in Bunkyo ward, together called Yanesen, is one of the few Tokyo neighborhoods in which the old Shitamachi atmosphere can still be felt.