About the Museum
Statement of Purpose
The Matsumoto City Museum of Art opened in April 2002 as a mind-opening, learning forest art museum in the academic city of Matsumoto. It aims to be a comprehensive art museum rooted in the local community, with four pillars: a place for appreciation, a place for expression, a place for study, and a place for interaction.
The museum's goals
The Museum aims to promote art and culture among its citizens and contribute to the rich, cultural life of its citizens that it advocates in its Civic Charter, by serving as a medium for art and culture from around the world and becoming a creative womb that nurtures new art.
Basic personality
We hope to develop it into a comprehensive art museum rooted in the local community, a place of learning where citizens can open their minds.
The museum's four pillars
The museum is based on four pillars:
A place to appreciate
We create an exhibition environment suited to the appreciation of art materials, which is the fundamental purpose of a museum.
A place of expression
Another face of the museum: It supports the creation of art heritage that honors the local art heritage cultivated by our predecessors and looks forward to its future development.
place of learning
"Aiming for a forest of learning" is the slogan of the city's citizens who promote lifelong learning. The museum will play a role as a learning center in the field of art.
A place for interaction
The museum is a place for appreciation, expression, and learning, and also plays a global role as a forum for international exchange both within and outside the city, and within Japan and overseas.
Taking a comprehensive view
Taking advantage of the city's rich cultural heritage, including the national treasure Matsumoto Castle and the former Kaichi School building, as well as its blessed natural environment, such as the Northern Alps and the Utsukushigahara Plateau, we aim to promote comprehensive arts from a broad perspective, including fine arts, music, and theater that are rooted in the region.
Symbol mark and logo design
Tanaka Ikko(1930–2002)
This newly built museum in Matsumoto, one of Japan's leading mountain cities, has the majestic Northern Alps as its backdrop. It is a museum open to the public, designed to harmonize with the surrounding nature, surrounded by lush greenery.
The design is powerful and symbolic, with two M's as its motif: a large roof-like M (for Mountain) and an M (for Museum) that is firmly rooted in tradition.
Facility information
| Construction site | 4-2 Chuo 22-chome, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture |
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| Site area | 10,185.92㎡ |
| Building area | 3,495.62㎡ |
| Total floor area | 7,741.87㎡ |
| Main Structure | Reinforced concrete structure, 3 floors (partly 4th floor) |
| Exhibition section | 2,521.17㎡ |
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| Education section | 1,034.21㎡ |
| Research section | 348.27㎡ |
| Storage section | 705.43㎡ |
| Management section | 377.08㎡ |
| public Service section | 2,153.26㎡ |
| Open-air Space for Workshop | 393.00㎡ |
| Parking Area | 67 lots for normal cars, 4 lots for large cars |
| design | Miyamoto Tadanaga Architectural Design Office |