National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/National_Museum_of_Western_Art,_Tokyo
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:museum
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:NMWA
gptkbp:admission fee required
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Independent_Administrative_Institution_National_Museum_of_Art
gptkbp:annualEvent special exhibitions
gptkbp:annualVisitors over 500,000
gptkbp:architect gptkb:Le_Corbusier
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Matsukata_Kojiro
gptkbp:buildingCompleted 1959
gptkbp:buildingType Modernist architecture
gptkbp:collectionFocus gptkb:Western_art
gptkbp:collectionPeriod Renaissance to early 20th century
gptkbp:country gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:director gptkb:Akiko_Mabuchi
gptkbp:established 1959
gptkbp:expansion 1979
1997
gptkbp:hasCafe yes
gptkbp:hasLibrary yes
gptkbp:hasShoppingCentre yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
gptkbp:JapaneseName gptkb:国立西洋美術館
gptkbp:languageOfService English
Japanese
gptkbp:location gptkb:Ueno_Park,_Taito,_Tokyo,_Japan
gptkbp:nearbyLandmark gptkb:Tokyo_Metropolitan_Art_Museum
gptkb:Ueno_Zoo
gptkb:Tokyo_National_Museum
gptkbp:notableArtist gptkb:Claude_Monet
gptkb:Edgar_Degas
gptkb:Pablo_Picasso
gptkb:Paul_Cézanne
gptkb:Pierre-Auguste_Renoir
gptkb:Vincent_van_Gogh
gptkb:Auguste_Rodin
gptkb:Édouard_Manet
gptkbp:notableCollection gptkb:Matsukata_Collection
gptkbp:notableExhibit Impressionist masterpieces
gptkbp:notableFeature Le Corbusier’s only building in East Asia
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:The_Thinker_by_Auguste_Rodin
gptkb:Water_Lilies_by_Claude_Monet
gptkbp:numberOfBooks over 5,000
gptkbp:owner gptkb:Government_of_Japan
gptkbp:publicTransit gptkb:Ueno_Station
gptkbp:purpose to house and display the Matsukata Collection
gptkbp:type public museum
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:The_Architectural_Work_of_Le_Corbusier,_an_Outstanding_Contribution_to_the_Modern_Movement
2016
gptkbp:website https://www.nmwa.go.jp/en/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Gates_of_Hell
gptkb:The_Thinker
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5