Kurashiki City Art Museum

Kurashiki City Museum of Art is an art museum operated by Kurashiki City located in Chuo 2-chome, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture. == Overview == The former Kurashiki City Hall building, which was completed on June 11, 1960, was no longer needed due to the relocation of the city hall, and was renovated and opened as the Kurashiki City Exhibition Museum in November 1983. In April 1987, the name was changed to "Kurashiki City Museum of Art", which remains the current name. In October 1980, prior to the opening of the Kurashiki City Museum of Art, Harukason Ikeda, a Japanese painter from Tamashima-Otoshima, Kurashiki City, donated 489 of his own works to the city, which form the basis of the Kurashiki City Museum of Art's collection. === About the museum building (former Kurashiki City Hall) === The former Kurashiki City Hall building, which became the City Museum of Art, was designed by Kenzo Tange and built based on a plan that was part of Kurashiki City's urban planning in 1958. Even after Kurashiki, Kojima, and Tamashima merged to form New Kurashiki City on February 1, 1967, it continued to be used as the main government building, but was moved when the new government building was completed in June 1980. Soon after, Harukason Ikeda gifted the building, and the building was renovated and opened by Shintaro Urabe, an architect from Kojima, Kurashiki City who designed Kurashiki Ivy Square. The building of the City Museum of Art was registered as a national registered tangible cultural property in August 2020 as the "Former Kurashiki City Hall (Kurashiki City Museum of Art)." == Opening hours == 9:00~17:15 (Admission until 16:45) However, it is closed on Mondays (or the next day if it is a holiday) and the year-end and New Year holidays. == Access == 10 minutes walk from Kurashiki Station on the Sanyo Main Line and Hakubi Line.