Yokohama Museum of Art

The art museum with beautiful exterior. They hold special exhibitions with different themes several times a year. Yokohama was a small fishing village until around 1850. But after the international port was built, it developed rapidly and became the metropolis like today. The exhibition introducing the history of Yokohama was very interesting. But I don't know if these exhibits are always on display.

A very emotional experience. The art is curated so well that I am actually considering coming back again soon because they actually changed the exhibition every 3 months or so. Just a friendly reminder for special exhibition you always have to book ahead because they always sell out.

A wonderful world class museum . We saw Masahiko Sato’s exhibition … simply wonderful, smart and funny.. one of the world’s best minds !!! The museum and permanent exhibits were also awesome. Please go!!!

I went for the permanent exhibit/collection only and was surprised by the WW2/anti-war messaging from the get-go. Very cool and powerful! The art was wonderful and there was a section all about art and how you think about it. Engaging stuff. The staff were also very lovely to interact with.

Good art space! Historical, full of good art pieces! But crowded!

The building itself is beautiful. A rich collection of Japanese and European art (Dali, Magritte, Kandinsky, Bacon, Ernst and more) with descriptions also in English.

BE CAREFUL. If you want to go, even if google says they are open, even if their website says they are open...They might not be. I went recently and I checked both google and their website before coming. Both said it was open. Arrived and everything was closed except for gallery 9: which consisted of some 3 sub-par glass statues, and 2 paintings. It was TERRIBLE. It's a beautiful building, and I would have loved to actually been able to go in, but they were setting up for an exhibition.....the kicker: they closed all the other galleries....FOR A MONTH. The entire month of June, everything was closed except Gallery 9. Gallery 9 is about 5 meters by 5 meters (if that). If you are going to close the entire museum to set up for something, I get it. But say so on your website... stupid.

I wish I read the reviews before visiting! The museum/gallery has been closed for many years and now it’s finally reopened, but what a disappointment. The entrance fee is high at 2,500 per person but the ‘exhibits’ were generally weak and of poor quality. I’ve seen better art work from first year undergraduates than what was on public display here. My friend and I wanted to leave almost immediately, but felt after the expensive entrance fee we will walk around the whole place. In total we were there for 20 minutes, and really disappointed.