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Wednesday, August 03, 2011

National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto (Japan)

I received two cards from Kazue of Japan.
The first features the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto.

The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (京都国立近代美術館 Kyōto Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan) is an art museum in Kyoto, Japan. It is also known by the English acronym MoMAK (Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto).

MoMAK is a national institution devoted to the collection and preservation of artworks and related reference materials of the twentieth century in Japan and other parts of the world. Particular *emphasis is placed on artists or artistic movements in Kyoto and the Kansai area (the western region of Japan), such as Japanese-style paintings of the Kyoto School.

The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (MOMAK) was established on its present site on March 1, 1963 as The Annex Museum of The National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo. Its building, formerly the auxiliary building of The Kyoto Municipal Exhibition Hall for Industrial Affairs, was granted from Kyoto City after restoration. On June 1, 1967, The Kyoto Annex Museum officially became The National Musuem of Modern Art, Kyoto. Seventeen years later, the old building was dismantled and the present building was completed. The museum was opened to the public on October 26, 1986.

These are the stamps that she used:
Travel Time: 6 days | Distance Traveled: 2,678 km

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