The Iwate Museum of Art (岩手県立美術館, Iwate Kenritsu Bijutsukan) is an art museum in Morioka, Japan.[1] It was opened in 2001.
| Iwate Museum of Art | |
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岩手県立美術館 | |
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| General information | |
| Address | 12-3 Matsuhaba, Motomiya |
| Town or city | Morioka, Iwate Prefecture |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 39°41′36.6″N 141°7′29.6″E / 39.693500°N 141.124889°E |
| Opened | October 2001 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 2 above ground |
| Floor area | 10,061.66 m2 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Nihonsekkei |
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The museum has a permanent exhibition of works by local Iwate Prefecture artists Tetsugoro Yorozu, Shunsuke Matsumoto and Yasutake Funakoshi, and houses temporary exhibitions on both Japanese and foreign themes.
References
edit- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Museums" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 671-673.
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