Onomichi City Museum of Art
尾道市立美術館
General information
Address17−19 Nishitsuchidō-chō
Town or cityOnomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture
CountryJapan
Coordinates34°24′36″N 133°11′45″E / 34.409917°N 133.195800°E / 34.409917; 133.195800
Opened1980
Renovated11 January 2003
Design and construction
Architect(s)Tadao Ando
Website
www.onomichi-museum.jp

Onomichi City Museum of Art (尾道市立美術館, Onomichi shiritsu bijutsukan) opened in Senkō-ji Park in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, in 1980. The Museum reopened to a design by Tadao Ando in 2003. The collection includes works by Kobayashi Wasaku (小林和作) and Wada Eisaku (和田英作).[1][2][3][4]

The museum has become notable on the Internet for being visited on a regular basis by two cats, whom the museum guards have to repeatedly turn away due to the museum's strict "no animals" policy.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. 尾道市立美術館 [Onomichi City Museum of Art] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  2. 尾道市立美術館 [Onomichi City Museum of Art] (in Japanese). Hiroshima Prefecture. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. 美術館について [About the Museum] (in Japanese). Onomichi City. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. コレクション [Collection] (in Japanese). Onomichi City. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  5. Fenn, Lily (11 February 2018). "These Two Cats Won't Give Up On Trying To Enter Japanese Art Museum". The Dodo. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  6. Oona, McGee (11 July 2016). "Art-loving feline attempts to enter cat exhibition at Hiroshima museum". SoraNews24. Tokyo. Retrieved 14 November 2018.


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