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.

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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” and “Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shukkei Garden and Hiroshima Castle.

Shukkei Garden

Garden

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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

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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

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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.

Nagarekawacho

Neighborhood

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Nagarekawacho is a neighborhood.

Higashi-ku

Suburb

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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

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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

34.39999° or 34° 24′ north

Longitude

132.46621° or 132° 27′ 58″ east

Elevation

2 metres (7 feet)

Inception

September 22nd, 1968

Levels

Height

28 metres (91 feet)

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

8Q6J9FX8+XF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 69827597

OpenStreetMap feature

building=public

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata 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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