Niigata City Art Museum
Niigata City Art Museum opened on October 13, 1985 near Niigata City’s city center in Nishi Ohata. The museum’s architecture was designed by MAYEKAWA Kunio, who also designed Nishi Ohata Park across the street.
The museum specializes in Japanese modern and contemporary art centering around Niigata and Western modern art, and possesses a collection of over 5000 pieces. In order to introduce the diversity and quality of the collection to the public, about four thematic exhibitions of works from the collection are presented each year in the Collection Gallery. Temporary exhibitions are also organized periodically to present the work of artists from Japan and overseas in a wide variety of mediums in the Temporary Exhibition Gallery. We hope that the exhibitions we organize will be of interest to people throughout the world as well as in our local community.
Information
Hours
9:30 am–5:00 pm
*Tickets are sold until 30 minutes before closing
Closed
Mondays (Museum opens if Monday is a public holiday or a holiday is observed on Monday)
When changing out exhibitions
New Year’s holiday
Admission fees
| Collection Exhibitions | Temporary Exhibitions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Group (20 people or more) | ||
| Adults | 260 yen | 200 yen | Varies by exhibition |
| University & high school students | 190 yen | 140 yen | |
| Junior high & elementary school students | 130 yen | 90 yen | |
- Admission to Collection Exhibition is included with purchase of Temporary Exhibition ticket.
- Cashless payment is available.
- Persons with a disability is admitted free of charge. I.D. is required.
Special admission and facility fees
For information on fees for special viewing (taking photos of the collection, copying paintings and recreating pieces, close inspection, etc.) and usage of the facility, please contact the museum in advance
Facility Information
- 100 yen refundable lockers are available. If your belongings do not fit in a locker, please go to the reception desk.
- There are areas where you can use Free Wi-Fi.
- We have a Hitosaji Tea Room. Enjoy lunch or tea time.
Opening hours are from 10.
Last call for orders/Food 16:00, Drinks 16:30.
Accessibility
- Wheelchairs and strollers are available to use free of charge.
- A multifunctional restroom is on the 1st floor (ostomy accessible).
- Diaper changing tables and stalls with baby seats are installed in 1st floor restrooms.
FY2026 Exhibitions Schedule
Temporary Exhibitions
War and Children: 80 Years After the War
Exhibition dates: April 11 (Sat)–May 31 (Sun)
Closed: Mondays (except May 4)
Admission fees (same-day tickets):
-Adults: 1,200 yen (1,000 yen),
-University and high school students: 900 yen (700 yen),
-Junior high school students and under: free
*Numbers in parentheses () represent prices for groups of 20 people or more
Exhibition of Takehisa Yumeji: All about the Painter Who Was Also a Poet and Designer.
Exhibition dates: June 13 (Sat)–August 30 (Sun)
Closed: Mondays (except July 20) and July 21 (Tue)
Admission fees (same-day tickets):
-Adults: 1,500 yen (1,200 yen),
-University and high school students: 1,200 yen (900 yen),
-Junior high school students and under: free
*Numbers in parentheses () represent prices for groups of 20 people or more
Painter's Palette
Exhibition dates: October 3 (Sat)–January 11 (Mon), 2027
Closed: Mondays (except October 12, November 23, January 11) and October 13 (Tue), November 24 (Tue), December 29 (Tue)–January 3 (Sun)
Admission fees (same-day tickets):
-Adults: 1,600 yen (1,200 yen),
*Numbers in parentheses () represent prices for groups of 20 people or more
Three Singular Souls of Echigo: A Tale of Our Time
Exhibition dates: January 23 (Sat)–March 22 (Mon), 2027
Closed: Mondays (except March 22)
Admission fees (same-day tickets):
-Adults: 1,000 yen (800 yen),
-Junior high school students and under: free
*Numbers in parentheses () represent prices for groups of 20 people or more
Collection Exhibitions
Collection Exhibition 1: Bodies in Gravity/Patterns in Painting
Exhibition dates: April 24 (Fri)–August 2 (Sun)
Closed: Mondays (except May 4 and July 20), June 2 (Tue), June 3 (Wed), June 12 (Fri), July 21 (Tue)
Collection Exhibition 2: My Family and I
Exhibition dates: August 8 (Sat)–December 13 (Sun)
Closed: Mondays (except October 12, November 23), September 1 (Tue)–September 15 (Tue), September 22 (Tue), September 29 (Tue)–October 2 (Fri), October 13 (Tue), November 24 (Tue)
Collection Exhibition 3: Color, color and color
Exhibition dates: December 19 (Sat)–March 22 (Mon), 2027
Closed: Mondays (except January 11, March 22), January 12 (Tue)–January 22 (Fri)
Getting to the Museum
By bus From Niigata Station Bus Terminal
approx. 16 min. → Nishiboridori hachibancho (Nishiboridori 8), walk five min. (approx. 400 m)
approx. 10 min. → Furumachi, walk 12 min. (approx. 860 m)
approx. 30 min. → Hoppo Bunka Hakubutsukan Niigata Bunkan Mae (Northern Culture Museum Niigata Branch), walk six min. (approx. 500 m)
By taxi Approx. 10 min. from Niigata Station
By car
Getting to Niigata
Contact
Niigata City Art Museum
5191-9 Nishi Ohata-cho, Chuo Ward, Niigata City, Niigata Pref., JAPAN 951-8556
TEL：025-223-1622 FAX：025-228-3051
E-Mail：museum@city.niigata.lg.jp
