National Crafts Museum

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National Crafts Museum

Visitors will be exposed to numerous masterpieces at Japan's only national museum specializing in crafts and design.

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In October 2020, the Crafts Gallery of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, which had been located in Kitanomaru on the banks of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, relocated and opened in Kanazawa, the "City of Arts and Crafts".
The museum is the only national museum in Japan specializing in crafts and design, and houses approximately 4,000 works in various fields, including ceramics, glass, lacquerware, wood, bamboo, dyeing and weaving, metalwork, dolls, and design.
It is rare for an art museum to have such a broad collection of modern crafts and design, and its valuable collection is the best in Japan.
The museum is working to enhance its collection systematically as a source of modern and contemporary crafts in Japan.

The building was built in the late Meiji period (1868-1912) and registered as a Tangible Cultural Property of Japan in 1997. It is a reconstruction and utilization of a wooden former army facility, the "Former Army 9th Division Headquarters Building" and the "Former Army Kanazawa Kaikosha," which was originally a social hall for officers.
The exhibition rooms were reconstructed using reinforced concrete construction, and the exterior of the building is reproduced in the colors used at the time of construction.

From time to time, exhibitions of works from the collection, special exhibitions, or co-sponsored exhibitions are held.
Lectures and other events are also held in conjunction with each theme.

Highlights

  • Exhibitions of works from the museum collection, special exhibitions, and co-sponsored exhibitions are held at any time.
  • Strollers and wheelchairs are available for rent at free of charge.

Photos

  • Exterior view of the National Crafts Museum
Photo : Takumi Ota

    Exterior view of the National Crafts Museum Photo : Takumi Ota

  • Jun Kaneko "Untitled (13-09-04)" 2013
Photo : Takumi Ota

    Jun Kaneko "Untitled (13-09-04)" 2013 Photo : Takumi Ota

  • Masayuki Hashimoto “Orchard: Sunlight Penetrating Fruit, Fruit in Sunlight Filtering Through Leaves “ (1978-88)
Photo : Takumi Ota

    Masayuki Hashimoto “Orchard: Sunlight Penetrating Fruit, Fruit in Sunlight Filtering Through Leaves “ (1978-88) Photo : Takumi Ota

  • Former Army 9th Division Headquarters Building (1st floor stair hall)
Photo : Takumi Ota

    Former Army 9th Division Headquarters Building (1st floor stair hall) Photo : Takumi Ota

  • Matsuda Gonroku's workplace
Photo : Takumi Ota

    Matsuda Gonroku's workplace Photo : Takumi Ota

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  • 簡蓉

    這座城市作為日本傳統工藝中心而蓬勃發展哦

Details

Name in Japanese
国立工芸館
Postal Code
920-0963
Address
3-2 Dewamachi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa
Telephone
050-5541-8600
Closed
Mondays (if Monday is a national holiday, closed on the following weekday), year-end and New Year holidays, during exhibition changeover periods
Hours
9:30am-5:30pm(Admission allowed until 5:00pm)
Admission
Varies by exhibition
Directions
From JR Kanazawa Station, take the city bus and get off at "Hirosaka/Nijuisseiki Bijutsukan" stop and walk for 7 minutes.
Credit Cards
Accepted
Official Website
Official Website (English)