Summary of Museums in Osaka

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国立国際美術館 NMAO(@nmaojp)がシェアした投稿

The National Museum of Art, Osaka is an art museum in Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka, that collects, stores, and exhibits mainly contemporary art from Japan and abroad since World War II. The museum was originally opened in the former World Exposition Museum, which was built as a pavilion for the 1970 Japan World Exposition. Then, in 2004, a new building was constructed in the western part of Nakanoshima, and the museum was relocated. The renovated new building was designed by Cesar Pelli and Associates Japan and is a completely underground museum. In addition to the vitality of the bamboo, the innovative design is inspired by the development and growth of contemporary art, and the ingenious installation of a public zone that creates interaction between people and art, providing a more comfortable place to view art. The entrance, auditorium, restaurant, museum store, etc. are located on the B1 level, with exhibitions of works from the museum collection usually held on the B2 level and special exhibitions on the B3 level.

"Basic Information "
Address: 4-2-55 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-0005, Japan
Access: 5 min. walk from "Watanabebashi Sta. on Keihan Nakanoshima Line "
Phone number: 06-6447-4680
Hours: Regular hours: 10:00 - 17:00 (admission until 16:30) / every Friday and Saturday: 10:00 - 20:00 (admission until 19:30)
Closed: Mondays (if Monday is a national holiday, the museum will be open on Monday and closed the following Tuesday), year-end and New Year holidays (December 28 - January 3), exhibition change periods
Admission to the Collection Exhibition: Adults=430 yen/University students=130 yen
Official website: https://www.nmao.go.jp/

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大阪中之島美術館(@nakkaart2022)がシェアした投稿

Osaka Nakanoshima Art Museum collects, stores, and exhibits modern and contemporary art from the late 19th to 21st centuries in Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka. The collection consists of over 6,000 works of art, including "works and materials of modern art centering on Yuzo Saeki ", "works and materials of modern and contemporary art related to Osaka ", "representative works and materials of modern and contemporary art ", "works and materials of modern and contemporary design related to Osaka ", "representative works and materials of modern and contemporary design " The museum has a collection of more than 6,000 works, mainly representative modern and contemporary design works and materials. The first passages on the second floor, which are connected to the surrounding facilities, are designed to be easily accessible to all visitors, with entrances and exits in various directions. Exhibition rooms are located on the fourth and fifth floors, where special exhibitions are held focusing on the collection. Large glass windows at both ends of the north-south passage provide a panoramic view of the aquatic city of Osaka.

"Basic Information "
Address: 4-3-1 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, 530-0005, Japan
Access: 5 min. walk from "Watanabebashi Sta. on Keihan Nakanoshima Line "
Phone number: 06-6479-0550
Hours: 10:00-17:00 (admission until 16:30)
Closed: Mondays (or the following weekday if Monday is a national holiday)
Admission: Varies depending on the exhibition.
Official website: https://nakka-art.jp/

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大阪市立東洋陶磁美術館(@moco_press)がシェアした投稿

The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka is an art museum in Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka City that mainly collects, stores, and exhibits a collection of oriental ceramics called the Ataka Collection. The museum opened in November 1982 in Nakanoshima Park, surrounded by greenery and water in the heart of Osaka City. The Ataka Collection is highly valued worldwide and was donated by 21 Sumitomo Group companies. Other collections of oriental ceramics include "the Lee Byung-Chang Collection ", which focuses on Korean ceramics, "the Irie Masanobu Collection ", a rich collection of unique Chinese ceramic drinking vessels, and "the Sanae Takada Collection "of earthenware, pottery, bronze, and glassware collected in Iran between 1959 and 1960. The collection is one of the world's first-class collections of oriental ceramics in terms of quality and quantity. The exhibition rooms are equipped with naturally-lit display cases, rotating display stands, and seismically isolated display stands, allowing visitors to leisurely view the fascinating works to their heart's content. However, since February 2022, work has been underway to renovate the entrance and facilities. The reopening is scheduled for spring 2024.

"Basic Information "
Address: 1-1-26 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, 530-0005, Japan
Access: Keihan Nakanoshima Line, "Naniwabashi Station, ", right next to Exit 1
Phone number: 06-6223-0055
Hours: 9:30-17:00 (admission until 16:30)
Closed: Mondays (or the following day if Monday is a national holiday), year-end and New Year holidays, and exhibition change periods
(The museum is currently closed for a long period of time until spring 2024 for renovation work.)
Admission: General=1400 yen/High school and university students=700 yen
Official website: https://www.moco.or.jp/

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【2025.3.1リニューアル】大阪市立美術館(@ocmfa_since1936)がシェアした投稿

The Osaka Municipal Museum of Art is located in Tennoji Park in Tennoji Ward, Osaka City. The site on which the museum stands is the former main residence of the Sumitomo family, which was donated to Osaka City, along with the garden Keisakuen, and opened in May 1936. In addition to the original main building, an underground exhibition room was newly constructed in the front basement in 1992. The museum building is registered as a Tangible Cultural Property of Japan. The museum's collection includes more than 8,000 items, many of which have been donated from private collections or purchased by the City of Osaka. Representative collections include: "Abe Collection "with 160 pieces of Chinese calligraphy and paintings; "Yamaguchi Collection "with 224 pieces, including 125 Chinese stone sculptures, 5 gilt bronze Buddhas, and 94 crafts; "Taman Collection "with 615 pieces of Buddhist art, modern paintings, and other Oriental art; ; and 340 lacquer works from the Edo period to the Meiji period. " The Kazar Collection ", which has 3409 lacquer works from the Edo period to the Meiji period, is a treasure trove of Oriental art. However, the museum has been closed for a long period of time since October 2022 for seismic reinforcement and complete renewal of facilities, and is scheduled to reopen in the spring of 2025.

"Basic Information "
Address: 1-82 Chausuyama-cho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 543-0063
Access: JR / Osaka Metro "Tennoji Station "soon
Phone number: 06-6711-4874
Hours: 9:30-17:00 (admission until 16:30)
Closed: Mondays (if Monday is a national holiday, the museum will be open on Monday and closed the following weekday), year-end and New Year holidays (December 28 - January 4), and during exhibition change periods
(The museum is currently closed for a long period of time until spring 2025 for renovation work.)
Admission (Collection Exhibition): Adults=300 yen/High school and university students=200 yen
Official website: https://www.osaka-art-museum.jp/

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あべのハルカス美術館(@abeno_harukas_art_museum)がシェアした投稿

Abeno Harukas Museum of Art is located on the 16th floor of Abeno Harukas in Abeno Ward, Osaka City. Abeno Harukas is a skyscraper commercial complex that fully opened in March 2014, and at approximately 300 meters tall, was the tallest building in Japan until 2022. The museum aims to make the most of its location near the Kintetsu, JR, and Osaka Metro terminal stations to create a base where people and art can easily and deeply interact. The museum constantly holds exhibitions that are diverse and appealing, regardless of genre, including exhibitions of national treasures and important cultural properties, projects focusing on cultural properties along the Kintetsu railway line, and introductions of Western and contemporary art works. The building is equipped with a shopping area, offices, a hotel, and an observation deck, making it seem as if art is an integral part of everyday life. The building is open from Tuesday to Friday until 8:00 p.m., so you can enjoy art on your way home from work.

"Basic Information "
Address: 1-1-43 Abenosuji, Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 545-6016
Access: Kintetsu "Osaka Abenobashi Station ", JR and Osaka Metro "Tennoji Station "soon
Phone number: 06-4399-9050
Hours: Tuesday-Friday=10:00-20:00 / Monday, Saturday, Sunday, and holidays=10:00-18:00 (admission until 30 minutes before closing)
Closed: Some Mondays, exhibition change periods, year-end and New Year's holidays
Admission: Depends on the exhibition
Official website: https://www.aham.jp/

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新田玲/安江玲(@nitta_rei)がシェアした投稿

The Sanno Art Museum is an art museum in Chuo-ku, Osaka City that displays and exhibits the collections collected by the founders of Hotel Monterey over a period of more than 50 years. Originally opened in the hotel's building in August 2009, it opened as an independent museum in September 2022 in the Osaka Business Park, north of Osaka Castle Park. The new museum is a five-story building with three floors of exhibition rooms. The museum's collection of approximately 600 works covers a wide range of subjects, including modern Western paintings, Japanese and Western-style paintings, ceramics, and sculpture. In addition to the permanent collection, the museum holds special exhibitions of the collection twice a year in spring and fall.

"Basic Information "
Address: 2-2-27 Shiromi, Chuo-ku, Osaka, 540-0001, Japan
Access: JR "Kyobashi station (about 4 min. walk from ")
Phone number: 06-6942-1117
Hours: 10:00-17:00 (admission until 16:30)
Closed: Tuesdays and Wednesdays (open on national holidays)
Admission: Adults=1300 yen/University/High school students=800 yen/Junior high school students and younger=500 yen
Official website: https://www.hotelmonterey.co.jp/sannomuseum/

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上方浮世絵館(@kamigataukiyoekan)がシェアした投稿

Kamigata Ukiyoe Museum is a private museum in Chuo-ku, Osaka City that permanently exhibits Kamigata Ukiyoe. It opened in April 2001 in front of Hozenji Temple in Dotonbori, which has deep connections with Kabuki and Ukiyo-e in the Kamigata region. It is probably the only museum in the world that specializes in Kamigata Ukiyo-e. Kamigata Ukiyoe are Ukiyoe prints produced mainly in Osaka from the latter half of the Edo period to the early Meiji period (1868-1912), and are characterized by the fact that most of them depict actors in kabuki plays in Dotonbori, with few portraits of beautiful women or landscapes. Unlike Edo yakusha-e (portrayals of actors), these prints do not glorify the actors, but depict them with a human touch. Kamigata Ukiyo-e are highly valued overseas and are collected by museums around the world, including the British Museum and the California Museum, as "OSAKA PRINTS ". The Kamigata Ukiyo-e Museum exhibits Kamigata Ukiyo-e from the museum's collection under a theme about every three months.

"Basic Information "
Address: 1-6-4 Namba, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 542-0076
Access: 2 min. walk from "Nihonbashi Sta. on the Kintetsu Namba Line "
Phone number: 06-6211-0303
Hours: 11:00-18:00 (admission until 17:30)
Closed: Mondays (or the following day if the Monday is a holiday)
Admission: General=700 yen/High school student=500 yen/Elementary/Junior high school student=300 yen
Official website: http://kamigata.jp/kmgt/

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The Fujita Museum of Art is an art museum in Miyakojima-ku, Osaka City that mainly exhibits oriental antiques. The museum houses the collections of Denzaburo Fujita, who was a leading figure in the Kansai business world and made a fortune during the Meiji era, and his eldest and second sons. The museum has thousands of masterpieces, including 9 national treasures and 53 national important cultural properties. The museum's collection covers a wide range of genres, including paintings, calligraphy, ceramics, sculpture, lacquerware, metalwork, textiles, archaeological materials, Buddhist scriptures, Buddhist paintings, Buddhist statues, tea ceremony utensils, tea bowls, and tea utensils. The museum was built on the site of the Amishima Goten, the Fujita family's main residence, which once housed numerous warehouses, and the doors, windows, and wood of the warehouses were used. The museum is unique in that it does not hold permanent exhibitions, but only opens in the form of special exhibitions in spring and fall, each lasting three months. In addition, "in the hope of providing young people with more opportunities to appreciate art ", admission is free for those 19 years old and younger.

"Basic Information "
Address: 10-32, Amishima-cho, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 534-0026
Access: JR Tozai Line "Osaka-jo Kitazume Station "about 1 min. walk
Phone number: 06-6351-0582
Opening hours: 10:00～18:00
Closed: 12/29～1/5
Admission: 1000 yen (free for children under 19 years old)
Official website: https://fujita-museum.or.jp/

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絹谷幸二 天空美術館Koii Kinutani Tenku Art Museum(@kojikinutani_tenkuartmuseum)がシェアした投稿

Koji Kinutani Tenku Art Museum is located on the 27th floor of the Umeda Sky Building Tower West in Kita-ku, Osaka City. Koji Kinutani was born in Nara Prefecture and was introduced to the classical alfresco technique at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He studied at the Accademia di Venezia, where he mastered the modern expression of the alfresco technique, and returned to Japan to teach younger students at Tokyo University of the Arts and Osaka University of Arts. He then opened a unique art museum in Umeda, Tokyo. Inside the museum, visitors can experience a powerful 3D video experience that plunges them into paintings that are unparalleled anywhere in the world. In addition to exhibiting a large number of paintings and sculptures using a mixture of classical alfresco and mixed media techniques, the museum also offers playful workshops and studio spaces. From the Tenku Gallery and Tenku Café, visitors can enjoy a panoramic view of the Osaka cityscape with the Yodo River flowing lazily below. The evening view is particularly spectacular, making it a good spot for a spot to take in the sights. Bench seats are provided near the windows, making it a good choice for couples.

"Basic Information "
Address: 27F Umeda Sky Building Tower West, 1-1-30 Oyodonaka, Kita-ku, Osaka 531-0076, Japan
Access: JR "Osaka station, about 10 min. walk from "
Phone number: 06-6440-3760
Hours: Regular hours: 10:00 - 18:00 / Friday, Saturday, and days before holidays: 10:00 - 20:00 (admission until 30 minutes before closing)
Closed: Tuesdays (if Tuesday is a national holiday, the museum will be open on Tuesday and closed on the following weekday), December 30 - January 3, and during exhibition change periods.
Admission: General=1000 yen / University, high school, junior high school students=600 yen
Official website: https://www.kinutani-tenku.jp/

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日本取引所グループ🌸 Japan Exchange Group(@jpx_official)がシェアした投稿

Located in Chuo-ku, Osaka, the Osaka Entrepreneurs Museum is dedicated to entrepreneurs who were active in Osaka. It opened in 2001 to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Osaka has produced many outstanding entrepreneurs to this day, contributing to the development of art. Each of the museum's six areas has its own themed exhibition. "The Prologue Theater "introduces the roots of Osaka's entrepreneurial spirit through the activities of Kashimaya, Konoike Zaibatsu, Yodoya, and Sumitomo Zaibatsu, all of which were active in Osaka, and through the use of videos. The main exhibition area is divided into three chronological blocks. "The first block "features entrepreneurs who focused on the development of spinning and finance as modern industries in the Meiji era. "The second block "features entrepreneurs who promoted the development of Western liquors and cosmetics, which spread throughout Japanese society after the Meiji era and before World War II due to the westernization of life, and railroad development associated with urban modernization. "The third block "features entrepreneurs who promoted the development of home appliances and distribution after World War II. In the third block (), entrepreneurs who contributed to the creation of an affluent society through home appliances, distribution, and other industries since World War II will be featured.

"Basic Information "
Address: Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan B1, 1-4-5 Honmachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka, 541-0053, Japan
Access: 3 minutes walk from Osaka Metro "Sakaisuji-Honmachi Station "
Phone number: 06-4964-7601
Hours: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday = 10:00 - 17:00 (last admission at 16:30) / Wednesday = 10:00 - 20:00 (last admission at 19:30)
Closed: Sundays, Mondays, national holidays, year-end and New Year's holidays, Bon Festival
Admission: Adults = 300 yen / Members of Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry = 200 yen / Junior high, high school, and university students = 100 yen
Official website: https://www.kigyoka.jp/