Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of Art

Located in the center of Hiroshima City, this art museum is adjacent to Shukkeien Garden, a national scenic spot of lush greenery. Its collection includes important cultural property works such as the Imari Colored Flower Pattern Ring Flower Pot and Itsukushima Screen, as well as works of art related to Hiroshima by Aimitsu, Entsuba Katsuzo, Hirayama Ikuo, and others, folk art works by Kawai Kanjiro and Hamada Shoji, textiles and metalwork from Central Asia, and art works from the 1920s and 1930s, such as Salvador Dali's Dream of Venus and Isamu Noguchi's Reminiscence. The museum's collection is introduced in an exhibition that changes exhibits about four times a year. Volunteer guides from the museum's Friendship Association provide easy-to-understand explanations of the works. The museum holds about six special exhibitions a year in the special exhibition room. In conjunction with the special exhibitions, the museum also holds many events, such as lectures and concerts. In addition, from the lobby and lounge, you can enjoy the seasonal scenery of Shukkeien Garden, which was built as a daimyo garden for the Asano clan, the feudal lords of Hiroshima.