Art Museum Spots in Niigata / Aga Area

  • Niitsu Art Museum
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    4.0
    13 Reviews
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    Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Akiha-ku Gawakesawa 109-1
    The Niitsu Art Museum is located within the Hana to Iseki no Furusato Park, near to Niigata Prefectural Botanical Garden and the Furutsu Hachimanyama Kofun historical site. The Museum hold a wide range of exhibitions, including early-modern period Nihonga and Yoga style paintings and sculptures, photography, original drawings used in the production of picture-books, comic books, animation, etc. A child-minding service, using expert professional staff, is available for visitors with young children (over six months old but below school age), although the service must be booked at least three days before visiting the Museum. The Niitsu Art Museum is located around 20-minute drive from the Niitsu Interchange on the Ban-Etsu Expressway.

    新潟市と合併し「新潟市新津美術館」となった施設です。楽しい企画展を次々と展示してくれる楽しい施設です。

  • Niigata City Art Museum
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    3.5
    30 Reviews
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    Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Nishiohatachou 5191-9
    You’ll find this art museum next to Nishiohata Park in Chuo Ward, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture. Its collections and exhibitions focuses on contemporary and modern art as well as the works of artists with ties to Niigata. The building was designed by Kunio Maekawa, a Niigata-born architect, in his latest years. The collection consists of over 4,000 items and includes modern art by Bonnard, Rodin, Piccaso, and more, as well as domestic artists such as Yayoi Kusama. Several exhibits are held every year.

    Niigata Art Museum is a 15 minute bus ride from the History Museum - catch the bus on the side street in back. I was drawn by a rarely shown and massive exhibit of Hokusai woodblock prints, stunning...

  • The Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum
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    4.0
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    Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Bandaijima 5-1 Toki Messe within the Manijima building 5F
    You’ll find this art museum on the fifth floor of the Toki Messe Bandaijima Building in Chuo Ward, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture. It is a branch of the Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art in Nagaoka City. Together, both buildings have a combine total of over 6,000 items, including works by artists with ties to Niigata as well as postwar modern art and art from other parts of Asia. There are no permanent exhibitions; about five or six exhibitions are held each year, rotating between planned exhibitions and collection showcases. There’s also a shop where you can purchase illustrated books of the collections and other museum goods.

    ドラえもん展の見学も旅の目的の一つでしたが、様々なアーティストの方々がドラえもんをオマージュした内容でとても見応えがありました。

  • Meruhen Glass Museum
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    Niigata Niigata-shi Nishikan-ku Echizenhama 4715
    This creativity space is in a remodeled kominka (old house) in Echizenhama. They exhibit and sell glass burner-work figures and accessories by glass artist Naoko Matsuda. The gallery makes use of the old parlor room, and displays a variety of pieces by different artists to allow a close up look at their beauty and unique perspectives. There is also a cafe space where you can enjoy lunch, cake, and a variety of drinks. They also offer a variety of classes open to lone guests, as well, where you can try making “porcel-arts” or herbarium bottles yourself.
  • Tsurui Museum of Art
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    Niigata Niigata-shi Chuo-ku Higashiodori 1-2-23 Hokuriku Building 1F
    This art museum was created by a businessman born and raised in Niigata based on a desire to leave behind the art he had collected as cultural assets for his native Niigata. The museum has no standing exhibit, instead holding four special exhibitions each year displaying pieces from the around 16,000 works of art in its collection. Pottery makes up the majority of this collection. The museum possesses a large number of pieces by the great masters Itaya Hazan, Tomimoto Kenkichi, and Yaichi Kusube, and a porcelain vase decorated with a depiction of a bird created by Itaya is a designated Important Cultural Property. The collection also includes many other rare and valuable pieces, including Japanese paintings by Taikan Yokoyama and Literati paintings by Ike no Taiga.
  • Yuki Yana Sha Art Museum
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    3.5
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    Niigata Niigata-shi Nishi-ku Yamada 451

    国道8号、ふるさと村の向かいにあります。 コメリの社長さんが、県内の若手芸術家育成目的に設立した美術館だそうです。 マイセンの部屋、シャガールの部屋など、収集された美術品が展示されています。 設立され28年だそうですが、とても綺麗な建物です。 喫茶室もあり、ゆっくり、ゆったりと過ごせます。

  • NSG Art Museum
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    3.0
    1 Reviews
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    Niigata Niigata-shi Chuo-ku Nishifunamicho 5932-561

    西大畑、移転する前にあった会津八一記念館だった所です。 常設展は無いようで、今回は倉持至宏さんという人の個展でした。 どうして有料なのか、不思議です。

  • Katahigashi Higuchi Memorial Art Museum
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    Niigata Niigata-shi Nishikan-ku Sanbo 92
  • Chisoku Art Museum
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    Niigata Niigata-shi Chuo-ku Shinkocho 10-2
  • Onozuka Art Museum
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    Niigata Niigata-shi Nishikan-ku Ubajima 168

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Found along the northwestern coast of Japan, Niigata prefecture is celebrated for its high-quality rice and breathtaking nature, most notably its spectacular mountains, whose white peaks draw in snow sports lovers from far and wide over the winter months. Hit the slopes at Yuzawa, pick out your favourite modern artist at Echigo Tsumari, or take a ferry over to Sado Island for an extra adventure.

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