21 Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
The 21 Century Museum of Contemporary Art is located in the center of Kanazawa City and which is near famous tourist spots such as Kenrokuen garden and Kanazawa Castle Park. There are a lot of beautiful museums in Japan, but especially the 21 Century Museum of Contemporary Art is so famous that many people visit from all over Japan. The 21 Century Museum of Contemporary Art opened on October 9, 2004 which has a lot of interesting art works and also so many a place to enjoy for free. This museum has artworks not only inside but also outside. The outside is surrounded by greenery so you will have a nice and relaxing time and then everyone can easily comes by.
Colour Activity House
This artwork is the most popular out of these outdoor exhibitions and was made by Olafur ELIASSON. The shape of the Colour Activity House is round and it has three different color walls such as cyan, magenta and yellow and then the large light bulb in the center glows at night. These walls are change color depending on the viewed from a different angle and places.
Wrapping
This artwork was made by Fernando Romero and tourists can actually go inside. It has a very unique shape and is so stylish that it doesn’t look like a playground equipment.
It’s shaped like a cloud and you can take a picture of yourself reflected like a mirror. In addition you can go inside and hear the echoing sound.
These are chairs. Actually these chairs are a little different in shape.
People’s Gallery 09.10.04-21.03.05
These cute and wonderful chairs and walls with the floral design were made by Michael LIN. This artwork is in a very open space and I could feel the relaxed atmosphere.
Blue Planet Sky
The people can feel perception of seeing and feeling the passing light by this artwork and when you enter the room, you can see the sky from the center of the ceiling cutout in a square.
The Swimming Pool
This is one of the most famous artwork in The 21 Century Museum of Contemporary Art and It is “Pool” as the name suggests. This artwork were made by Leandro ERLICH. When you go inside, you feel like you’re in the pool and then if you look from above, it looks like people are in the pool so the atmosphere is completely different depending on the place and the weather.
The exhibits is depending on the day but all exhibits and artwork is impressive and you can see a lot of amazing exhibits.
These pictures are related to sports. In addition, I enjoyed watching the video is reflected on the screen while listening to music in a dark room.
There is also souvenir shop and you can find a lot of unique goods.
Access
BUS
・KANAZAWA LOOP BUS(Right Loop)
Get off at the Hirosaka・21st Century Museum
・KANAZAWA LOOP BUS(Left Loop)
Get off at the Hirosaka・21st Century Museum
・KENROKUEN SHUTTLE BUS
Get off at the Hirosaka・21st Century Museum
・HOKUTETSU LOCAL- LINE BUS
・Get off at the Hirosaka・21st Century Museum
・Get off at the Korinbo ATRIO-mae (walk 5 minutes)
※It takes about 20 minutes by bus from Kanazawa station to the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art.
Hours
・Exhibition Zone: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm (Open until 8:00 pm on Fridays and Saturdays)
・Public Zone: 9:00 am to 10:00 pm
Closed
・Exhibition Zone: Mondays (When monday is a public holiday closed on the following weekday instead)
New Year Holidays
・Public Zone: New Year Holidays
Tickets
The entry fee and public zone is free
Exhibition
Adult ¥1,200 (¥1,000 for groups of 20 or more)
University students ¥800 (¥600 for groups of 20 or more)
Elementary, junior high and high school students ¥400 (¥300 for groups of 20 or more)
65 years and over ¥1,000
You can also buy tickets from the website.
・21 Century Museum of Contemporary Art booking site
Notice
※The Swimming Pool artwork will be canceled only if the weather is rains.
※The following items are not allowed to bring into the exhibition room.
Baggage over 257mm×364mm, food and drink, selfie stick, tripod, umbrella
There is a locker in the hall (it cost ¥100 but when you open, the money is returned)
※Tickets sales end a half hours before closing.
※Kanazawa citizens are admitted for free to exhibitions on Promote the Arts Day (Collection exhibitions only) and Kanazawa Citizens Free Art Day.
・ 21 Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
