LibGuides: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo: Museum (博物館）

General Information

Facility:	Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Address:	4-1-1 Miyoshi, Kōtō-ku, Tokyo 135-0022
Phone:	+81-3-5245-4111
Email:	kantyo#mot-art.jp (Please replace # with @)
Hours:	Tuesday-Sunday 10:30-18:00 (last admission 17:30)

About Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo:

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (a.k.a. MOT) was opened in 1995. The museum has about 4,000 items of postwar art collections from both Japan and around the world.

The permanent collection presents a chronological study of 40 years of contemporary art since 1960; there are about 100 works displayed alternately.

Special exhibits are held regularly in accordance with changes in art trend Special exhibitions (they call temporary exhibits) display from Southeast Asian art to a representative selection of Jasper Johns' life work.

Other art works include works by Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter, Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney, Frank Stella, Sandro Chia, Mark Rothko, and Julian Schnabel.

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MOT Educational Programs
MOT offers various programs to educate children and adults about the museum. They include "School Program," "Gallery Talk by Guide Staff," "Workshops (engaging creative activities)," "MOT Art Lecture," and "Gallery Cruise (guided tours for children and their parents."
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
東京都現代美術館
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Exhibition Hours
The museum is temporarily closed due to renovation.

Summary of Collection(s)

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Collection Size: 4,000 items

Focus: Postwar art collection from both Japan and around the world

Notable Collection(s): Some of the prominent collections include works by artists such as Nara Yoshitomo, Tanaka Atsuko, and Shiraga Kazuo.

Access

Directions

How to Use the Facility

Using the Museum

Open to the Public

Admission:

Fees (as of 9/11/2012)


	One person	Group (20 or more)
Adults	500 yen	400 yen
Students (18+)	400 yen	320 yen
High School Students and Senior (65+)	250 yen	200 yen
Middle School Students and under	free	free

Note: Prices may vary for the temporary exhibitions.

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