The National Museum of Western Art

7-7 Ueno-koen, Taito-ku, Tokyo
Telephone: 03-3828-5131
Site: The National Museum of Western Art

The museum was established in 1959 and it displays pre-18th century paintings, including those by Ritzos, Van Cleve, Veronese, Rubens, Van Ruysdael and Ribera, 19th to early 20th century French paintings, including works by Delacroix, Courbet, Manet, Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Moreau, and also works by the next generation of artists, such as Marquet, Picasso, Soutin, Ernst, Miro, Dubuffet and Pollock.In the museum shop you can buy very cheap reprodactions of the paintings you just saw.

Opening Hours:
9:00 - 17:00 (Last admissions: 16:30)
Friday 9:00 - 20:00 (Last admissions: 19:30)
Closed: Mondays and December 28 - January 1 (If national holiday falls on Monday, the museum is open on the holiday and is closed the next day, Tuesday)
Admission:
Adult: 420 Yen
College students: 130 Yen
High school students: 70 Yen
Junior high school students or younger and those over 65: Free

Free admission: Second and the fourth Saturdays of each month, and November 3.(For Museum Collection only)
Access: 5 minutes walk from Koen Exit (Park Exit) - JR Ueno Station
10 minutes walk from Ueno Station - Ginza and Hibiya Lines
10 minutes walk from Ueno Station - Keisei Line