Museum of Contemporary Art

About this place

The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo houses international and Japanese post war modern art. Opened in 1995, it is Tokyo's first public art gallery devoted to modern art. As well as its permanent collection it has regular special exhibitions. The permanent collection has around 4000 works, about 100 of which are on display at any one time. It includes works by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney, Gerhard Richter, Julian Schnabel, Frank Stella and Sandro Chia. The collection includes avant garde works from Japan and other nations. The Museum has free internet access directly across from the entrance used when approaching from Kiba Park, a restaurant on the B-2 floor, a museum shop, an art library, an art information gallery, an observation deck and indoor parking but for only 50 cars.