Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum
The Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum is an art museum founded in 1968. It was reconstructed in 1996. It is located near Shukkei-en in Hiroshima, Japan.Photo: Wpcpey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours:
Saturday—Thursday and public holidays: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
Monday: closed
December 25th—January 1st: closed - Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Japan
- Also known as: “Hiroshima Kenritsu Bijutsukan”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shukkei Garden and Hiroshima Castle.
Shukkei Garden
Garden
Photo: Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0.
Shukkei-en is a historic Japanese garden in the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum is located adjacent to the garden. Shukkei Garden is situated 140 metres east of Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum.
Hiroshima Castle
Park
Photo: Reggaeman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hiroshima Castle, sometimes called Carp Castle, is a castle in Hiroshima, Japan that was the residence of the daimyō of the Hiroshima Domain. The castle was originally constructed in the 1590s, but much of it was dismantled in the Meiji era, and what remained was largely destroyed by the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945. Hiroshima Castle is situated 640 metres west of Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum.
Hiroshima
Railway station
Hiroshima Station is a major railway station in Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company. Hiroshima Station is the terminal station for several lines, and all San'yō Shinkansen trains stop here. Hiroshima is situated 1 km east of Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nagarekawacho and Higashi-ku.
Higashi-ku
Suburb
Photo: Taisyo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Higashi-ku is one of the eight wards located in Hiroshima, Japan. It is located on the uppermost delta of the Ōta River. Within Higashi-ku is the Fudoin Temple in Ushita-shinmachi.
Minami-ku
Suburb
Photo: Lemon-s, Public domain.
Minami-ku is one of the eight wards of the city of Hiroshima, Japan. As of March 1, 2012, the ward had an estimated population of 138,471, with 66,706 households and a population density of 5,307.44 persons per km2. The total area was 26.09 km2.
Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum
- Categories: art museum, prefectural museum, building, tourism, public building, and tourist attraction
- Location: Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Chugoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.39998° or 34° 23′ 60″ northLongitude
132.4662° or 132° 27′ 58″ eastInception
September 22nd, 1968Open location code
8Q6J9FX8+XFOpenStreetMap ID
way 69827597OpenStreetMap feature
building=publicOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q3330773
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Uzbek—“Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “廣島縣立美術館”
- Esperanto: “Hiroŝima Gubernia Arta Muzeo”
- French: “Hiroshima kenritsu bijutsukan”
- French: “musée préfectoral d’art de Hiroshima”
- French: “Musée préfectoral d’art de Hiroshima”
- Fulah: “Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum”
- German: “Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum”
- German: “Kunstmuseum der Präfektur Hiroshima”
- Japanese: “Hiroshima-ken ritsu bijūkan”
- Japanese: “ひろしまけんりつびじゅつかん”
- Japanese: “広島県立美術館”
- Korean: “히로시마 현립 미술관”
- Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑ์ศิลปะประจำจังหวัดฮิโรชิมะ”
- Uzbek: “Xirosima prefekturasi san’at muzeyi”
- “Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum”
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