Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of Art

About

Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum opened on September 22, 1968, as the first public art museum in the Chugoku region. The current building reopened after reconstruction on October 6, 1996, designed by Nikken Sekkei and built by Taisei Corporation. It stands in Kamihachiman-cho, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, adjoining Shukkeien Garden. The collection numbers about 5,000 works, spanning paintings by Hiroshima-connected artists such as Hirayama Ikuo and Okuda Gensho, Asian crafts, and Western art from the 1920s and 1930s. Salvador Dali's The Dream of Venus is counted among its signature holdings. Admission to the collection galleries is 510 yen for adults (410 yen for groups) and 310 yen for university students (250 yen for groups), with visitors of high-school age and younger and those 65 and older admitted free. The collection galleries are also free on Midori no Hi (May 4) and Culture Day (November 3) each year. The museum opens 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with entry until 4:30, extending on Fridays to 7:00 or 8:00 p.m. depending on the season. It closes on Mondays, over the New Year (December 25 through January 1), and during exhibition changeovers, staying open if Monday is a holiday or a special exhibition is running.