What other travelers are saying about Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Visited March 2024. It's Japan's first public art museum, located in Ueno Park. The museum's focus isn't on a permanent exhibition (which it does have - a calligraphy room and sculptures around the building). Instead, there are different special exhibitions presented throughout the year. For instance, when I went, it was an exhibit on impressionist paintings from the Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts.
So, if you are a tourist trying to plan your day in Tokyo, you should research ahead of time to make sure the current exhibit showing is one you would be interested in seeing, otherwise coming here would be a waste.
An incredible testament to the artistic capabilities of Japan—and that's just the THREE floors of citizens galleries which showcase a variety of mediums and art ranging from toddlers to the elderly. There are great special exhibits downstairs as well for ¥500. One of my favourite museums in Tokyo!
Awesome museum with a lot of free exhibits (when we went at least) and very kind staff. We got to see really unique art in different forms which made the visit worthwhile.
I’d never give a museum less than 5 stars. So much work goes into these gifts to our societies and culture. It’s a great effort to collect and display art and choose the staff and surroundings to accommodate and please the public. My experience here was unique, a variety of unique offerings. Japanese artists and history abound which was wonderful. There was a great exhibition, and all for a very fair price. The staff are kind and helpful and serious about their job. This is a very unique museum to see a small piece of Tokyo and the Japanese interpretation. Enjoy!
The area of the museum and park is amazing. So big and a lot see as well as to chill in there. But check out for their exhibitions first before going there. There wasn’t much expect two ongoing back in May when I was there. One was free by local artist in a small gallery room. The second one was by famous one you had to pay for it which I missed bc I didn’t know the artist. Overall I wish I checked beforehand so I’d save my time not coming here. But if you’re staying longer in Tokyo, it’s a must check place imo
