Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum

Art museum in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

32°44′31″N 129°52′13″E / 32.741938°N 129.870328°E / 32.741938; 129.870328OpenedApril 2005Design and constructionArchitect(s)Kengo KumaWebsiteOfficial website

Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum (長崎県美術館, Nagasaki-ken Bijutsukan) opened in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, in 2005. The collection comprises artworks relating to Nagasaki as well as works of Spanish art collected by Suma Yakichiro (須磨弥吉郎), special envoy to Spain during the Second World War.^[1]^[2] Alongside the Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture, which opened the same year, it supersedes and replaces the former Nagasaki Prefectural Museum and Art Museum (長崎県立美術博物館), which closed at the end of 2002.^[3]

References

^ "Facility Information". Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^ 長崎県美術館 [Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum] (in Japanese). Nagasaki Prefecture. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^ 長崎県立美術博物館 [Nagasaki Prefectural Museum and Art Museum] (in Japanese). Nagasaki City. Retrieved 22 June 2019.