National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

The  or MOMAKMOMAK is an English acronym. MOMAK stands for "Museum Of Modern Art, Kkoto. is one of the major art museums in Japan.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Museums" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 671-673.  It is in the Okazaki area in Kyoto.Turp, John. (2007). DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Japan, p. 168; MOMAK, Getting to MOMAK; retrieved 2012-2-8.

The museum has modern art, including Japanese-style painting (nihonga), Western-style painting (yōga), prints, sculpture, crafts and photography.National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (MOMAK),  Collection Gallery; retrieved 2012-2-8.

The Museum is currently undergoing renovation and will reopen in April 2012.

History
MOMAK was established in 1963.  In the early days, it was a part of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.  It was an annex.MOMAK,  About MOMAK; retrieved 2012-2-8.

In 1967, this annex became the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto.

The current building was designed by Fumihiko Maki.  It was opened in 1986.

Related pages
 Kyoto National Museum (KNM)
 Kyushu National Museum
 Nara National Museum (NNM)
 National Art Center, Tokyo (NACT)
 National Museum of Art, Osaka (NMAO) 
 National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (MOMAT)
 National Museum of Western Art (NMWA)
 Tokyo National Museum (TNM)
 List of Independent Administrative Institutes in Japan
 List of national museums

References

Other websites

 National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto website , 

Category:National museums in Japan
Category:Art museums in Japan
Category:Kyoto
Category:1963 establishments in Japan