The Artizon Museum (アーティゾン美術館), located in Tōkyō's Chūō Ward, was reopened in January 2020. Formerly known as the Bridgestone Museum of Art (ブリヂストン美術館 Burijisuton Bijutsukan), it has been under renovation since 2015.
The Artizon Museum, just like its predecessor, the Bridgestone Museum of Art, exhibits the collection of Bridgestone founder Ishibashi Shōjiro (石橋正二郎,1889-1976). The collection, maintained by the Ishibashi Foundation, comprises 2,800 works of art acquired over a period of over half a century and covers areas such as antique artworks, impressionism, modern Japanese Western-style paintings, 20th-century art, as well as ancient and contemporary art.
Some of the most popular exhibits are those of artists like Wassily Kandinsky, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Pablo Picasso, Camille Corot.
The Artizon Museum, just like its predecessor, the Bridgestone Museum of Art, exhibits the collection of Bridgestone founder Ishibashi Shōjiro (石橋正二郎,1889-1976). The collection, maintained by the Ishibashi Foundation, comprises 2,800 works of art acquired over a period of over half a century and covers areas such as antique artworks, impressionism, modern Japanese Western-style paintings, 20th-century art, as well as ancient and contemporary art.
Some of the most popular exhibits are those of artists like Wassily Kandinsky, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Pablo Picasso, Camille Corot.
Access: a 5-minute walk from Tōkyō Station Exit 23 (Yaesu), an 8-minute walk from Kyōbashi Station Exit 6, a 10-minute walk from Nihombashi Station B1 Exit.
Address: 1-7-2 Kyōbashi, Chūō Ward, Tōkyō 104-0031; phone: 03-5777-8600.
Admission: the designated date and time entry system offers four slots for entry: 10:00-11:30, 12:00-13:30, 14:00-15:30 and 16:00-17:30. Whatever time slot they choose, visitors can stay at the museum until it closes.
Admission is free for university and college students, and high school students (advanced booking required); children up to junior high school age are admitted free (no advanced booking required); admission for disabled visitors (plus one accompanying assistant) is free (advanced booking required). Regular tickets are between 1,200 and 1,700 JPY.
Address: 1-7-2 Kyōbashi, Chūō Ward, Tōkyō 104-0031; phone: 03-5777-8600.
Admission: the designated date and time entry system offers four slots for entry: 10:00-11:30, 12:00-13:30, 14:00-15:30 and 16:00-17:30. Whatever time slot they choose, visitors can stay at the museum until it closes.
Admission is free for university and college students, and high school students (advanced booking required); children up to junior high school age are admitted free (no advanced booking required); admission for disabled visitors (plus one accompanying assistant) is free (advanced booking required). Regular tickets are between 1,200 and 1,700 JPY.
Link:
- Artizon Museum (in English and Japanese)
- Artizon Museum | Ishibashi Foundation
