Best places: Art museums in Kyoto

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Kawai Kanjiro's House
Art museum
Museum & home of late Japanese artist Kawai Kanjiro with pottery, woodwork & a huge kiln on display.
4.60 (628 reviews)
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Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art
Art museum
Sprawling museum established in 1933 featuring paintings & sculptures by local artists.
4.40 (5.2K reviews)
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Chishakuin
Buddhist temple
Tranquil Buddhist temple boasting painted panels & screens, plus a picturesque Japanese garden.
4.40 (2K reviews)
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Higashiyama Cube
Art museum
👍👍 アンディーウォーホル展をやっていたので行った。 土日の入館料は2200円で平日に行った方が200円安くなるのでお得である。 画像載せたいところだが、インスタのみsns掲載可能と言うことなのでこちらで載せないことにする。 昔、東京の美術館に行った時に見たウォーホルとは展示されていたものは事なった。 また、販売グッ...
4.40 (766 reviews)
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Kyoto National Museum
National museum
Long-running museum with Japanese sculptures, paintings, calligraphy & metalwork, plus a cafe.
4.30 (7K reviews)
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Shokoku-ji Jotenkaku Museum
Art museum
Displays of ink paintings, calligraphy & tea utensils, plus special exhibitions of Buddhist art.
4.30 (581 reviews)
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Kyōto International Manga Museum
Museum
Museum featuring an extensive array of Japanese comic books & graphic novels, plus reading areas.
4.20 (5.9K reviews)
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Raku Museum
Handicraft museum
Pottery museum showcasing centuries-old, handmade Raku ceramics, plus seasonal exhibitions.
4.30 (408 reviews)
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Fukuda Art Museum
Art museum
👍👍 Those who are keen with works of Basho, Buson & Jakuchu, plan at least 2 hours to visit this museum and the Saga Arashiyama Museum as the exhibition is divided into two museums. Within it has a wonderful cafe and a gift shop too.
4.20 (948 reviews)
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Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum
Handicraft museum
👍👍 The Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum is an art museum that permanently exhibits cloisonné, metalwork, maki-e, and Kyoto Satsuma. It's very small, but I thought it was a museum that Kyoto should have, as there was a thorough explanation of the art exhibits, the production process, and the materials used.I...
4.30 (345 reviews)
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Hakusa Sonso Hashimoto Kansetsu Garden & Museum
Museum
👍👍 This garden and museum was once the atelier and home of Hashimoto Kansetsu, a renowned Japanese painter. The gallery space is small but maintained with great care, operated by the descendants of Kansetsu. As you walk through the gardens you will see there are several traditional tea houses around th...
4.30 (329 reviews)
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Garden of Fine Arts Kyoto
Art museum
Modern open-air museum exhibiting large murals or "pottery paintings" on cement walls.
4.20 (717 reviews)
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Museum EKI Kyoto
Art museum
Museum with exhibitions of modern Japanese & western painting, plus photography, anime & fashion.
4.20 (473 reviews)
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The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Art museum
Modern museum offering a permanent collection by local 20th-century artists, plus rotating exhibits.
4.10 (3.4K reviews)
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Kyoto Seishu Netsuke Art Museum
Handicraft museum
👍👍 Located inside a machiya, this museum houses niche netsuke art, miniature sculptures. Seeing this exhibition for the first time was amazing actually, because the sculptures vary incredibly in their motifs, ranging from cute to realistic, grotesque to heart-warming. Although the museum itself is smal...
4.50 (130 reviews)
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Koryo Museum
Art museum
👍👍 방문만으로 의미있는 곳, 작품의 수를 떠나서 교토를 방문했다면 반드시 가보아야할 곳입니다 조선통신사 그림과 김정희 선생님의 글씨부터 조선인들의 생활집기까지 천천히 둘러볼 수 있습니다 방문 했을 시 일본인들도 상당히 많이 왔는데 우리나라에도 알려져 더 많은 분들이 방문하면 좋을 것 같습니다
4.50 (122 reviews)
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Garden Museum Hiei
Art museum
Roses, aromatic plants & views over Lake Biwa, plus famed paintings reproduced with ceramic tiles.
4.10 (841 reviews)
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Sumiya Cultural Art Museum
Art museum
Elegant establishment with notable latticework, known in the Edo era for food & cultural events.
4.30 (187 reviews)
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Saga Arashiyama Museum of Arts & Culture
Museum
Museum with scenes from a revered anthology of 100 poems & Heian-era costumes for visitors to wear.
4.10 (420 reviews)
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Kahitsukan – Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art
Modern art museum
Sleek & intimate art museum showcasing modern photographs, paintings & sculptures.
4.10 (352 reviews)
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