[Fukuoka] Fukuoka Asian Art Museum ✨ Recommended sightseeing spots in Fukuoka

Recommended sightseeing spots in Fukuoka✨✨ 🔹Fukuoka Asian Art Museum🔹 The Fukuoka Asian Art Museum is a museum that invites Asian artists and researchers to stay and create art, and through various art exchanges such as research on Asian art, it is a place where people can become familiar with Asian art and culture✨✨ 🔹What we aim for🔹 "It is an exchange-oriented museum that aims not only for Fukuoka, Japan, and Asia, and for citizens and people involved in art, to simply meet, but also for them to understand each other, create and disseminate together." Fukuoka Asian Art Museum Fukuoka Asian Art Museum Guide to use Add to favorites Access map Current exhibition information Comments and evaluations of the facility About the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum ABOUT Fukuoka Asian Art Museum The Fukuoka Asian Art Museum is a museum that opened on March 6, 1999 (Heisei 11) on the 7th and 8th floors of Hakata Riverain, a cultural and commercial facility in Hakata Ward, Fukuoka City. Fukuoka City has long played the role of a hub city for Asian exchange, based on its geographical and historical characteristics as a gateway for Asian culture since ancient times. The Fukuoka Asian Art Museum was established as one of Fukuoka City's pioneering efforts in Asian exchange, and is the only museum in the world that systematically collects and exhibits modern and contemporary Asian art. The Fukuoka Asian Art Museum invites Asian artists and researchers to stay and create works at the museum, and through various art exchanges such as research on Asian art, it functions as a place where people can become familiar with Asian art and culture. It is an exchange-oriented museum that aims not only for Fukuoka, Japan, and Asia, and for citizens and people involved in art to simply meet, but also for them to understand each other, create and disseminate together. The Fukuoka Asian Art Museum also systematically collects a wide variety of works of Asian modern and contemporary art, including paintings, sculptures, prints, and crafts, that are of outstanding artistic quality and uniqueness. As of 2017, the museum has a collection of approximately 2,900 pieces, mainly modern art from the 19th century to the present, from 23 countries and regions east of Pakistan, south of Mongolia, and north to west of Indonesia. The Fukuoka Asian Art Museum also has a mural by Chinese artist Bu Hua at the first floor entrance as a base for visitors to explore the old town of Hakata, and has opened an "Art Cafe" on the seventh floor lounge with approximately 10,000 books on Asian art and travel, both domestic and international. Admission to the "Art Cafe" is free. ◆1st floor entrance mural Until 9pm *Photography OK ◆7th floor art cafe Book viewing hours: 10am-8pm Cafe hours: 11am-8pm Books on shelves: Free viewing (no loans) *Eating, drinking and bringing in is allowed at the cafe Fukuoka Asian Art Museum 🔹Address🔹 7th floor, Riverain Center Building, 3-1 Shimokawabata-cho, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture 🔹Nearest station🔹 A short walk from Exit 6 of Nakasu-Kawabata Station on the city subway A short walk from Kawabata-cho Hakataza-mae bus stop on the Nishitetsu bus 9 minutes from Fukuoka Airport Station 3 minutes from JR Hakata Station 1 minute from Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station Opening hours 9:30am-6:00pm (last entry time 17:30) *Until 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays *For special exhibitions, the museum may close early on the last day of the exhibition due to construction work. 🔹Regular holidays🔹 Wednesdays #Fukuoka sightseeing #Hakata #Fukuoka trip #Recommended sightseeing spots in Fukuoka #Art museum #Autumn trip #Autumn of art