Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art | |
Native Name: | 石川県立美術館 |
Address: | 2-1 Dewa-cho |
Location Town: | Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture |
Location Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 36.56°N 136.6614°W |
Opened Date: | 1959 |
Renovation Date: | 1983 |
Floor Area: | 12,422.33m2 |
, also known as IPMA, is the main art gallery of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefecture.[1]
The collection includes some of the prefecture's most important cultural assets and works by artists with some connection to the region.[2] It is located in Kanazawa, Ishikawa[3] within the grounds of the Kenrokuen Garden.[4]
The gallery was first opened in 1959. When the collection outgrew its original building, a new facility was constructed. The current structure was completed in 1983.[5]
The museum has a large permanent collection; and only part of it is exhibited at any one time.[6] The core collection includes significant works from the Maeda family collection which had been previously housed in at the University of Tokyo.[7]