What other travelers are saying about Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts
A very large imposing building with large steps leading up to the front door.
Inside the building feels like the 1960's in furnishing style which is no bad thing.
Atm of writing this we visited an exhibition based on the art of Vemeer which is very popular.
The exhibition rooms are not all that big but are very comfortable to be in and has a beautiful Parquet floor which adds to rhe feeling of comfort.
Sept 7 '22 went to the Vermeer exhibition. It was a Wednesday, around 2:30pm, and there was quite a line going inside. Wasn't really impressed by the building itself, in spite of it being THE city fine arts museum. It was sufficient enough though for the exhibition I went to.
The lady at the reception/ticket counter was nice. I used the Kansai Grutto pass, which gave me 200yen off (making it 1900yen) on the special exhibition entrance fee. It might be worth getting the Kansai Grutto pass if you're planning to go to different museums/art facilities across Kansai. I bought mine at Junkudo Kintetsu Abeno Harukas (they still had a Vermeer memopad freebie). :)
It is an ok museum. We came with the impression of understanding Japanese fine arts but the collection is a relatively small one. A large portion of the exhibition is catered to visiting collections. But we didn't opted for it as we were more interested in Japanese arts.
Still not a bad place to stop over if you are in the area of tennoji.
Normal adult tickets are 300JPY. Special collection is 1000JPY.
The building itself could be more celebrated for its history than it is, but it makes a competent enough vessel for the special exhibitions they roll through. But yeah, it's a bit too bad that a building with such history and grandeur does not have a more epic footprint today. Sometimes history just get relegated, I guess. At any rate, the air conditioning is good!
