Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art
| Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art | |
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| 石川県立美術館 | |
 Entrance of museum |
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| Established | 1959 |
| Location | Kanazawa, Ishikawa |
| Type | Art museum |
| Website | http://www.ishibi.pref.ishikawa.jp/english/index.html |
Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art (石川県立美術館 Ishikawa Kenritsu Bijutsukan) or IPMA [1] is a prefectural art museum in central Honshū.[2] It is in Kanazawa, Ishikawa.[3] It was built on the edge of the Kenrokuen Garden[4] near the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.
The museum acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits a collection of art which includes some of the prefecture's most important cultural assets and works by artists with some connection to the region.[5]
History [change]
IPMA was first opened in 1959. When the collection outgrew its original building, a new one was built. The current structure was completed in 1983.[3]
The core of the museum's holdings come from the Maeda family collection which was formerly housed in at the University of Tokyo.[6]
References [change]
- ↑ IPMA is an English acronym. IPMA stands for "Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art"; see Ishikawa Museum of Art (IPMA), About IPWMA; retrieved 2012-2-8.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Museums" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 671-673.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 IPMA, History
- ↑ Whipple, Charles et al. (2005). Seeing Japan, p. 35.
- ↑ Reiber, Beth et al. (2010). Frommer's Japan, p. 385.
- ↑ Lillehoj, Elizbeth. (2007). Acquisition: Art and Ownership in Edo-period Japan. p. 89.
Other websites [change]
Media related to Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art at Wikimedia Commons- Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art website (English); (Japanese)
Media related to Coordinates: 36°20′N 136°23′E / 36.34°N 136.39°E
