National Museum of Western Art
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This article is about the art museum in Tokyo, Japan. For other uses, see NMWA (disambiguation).
The National Museum of Western Art (国立西洋美術館, Kokuritsu Seiyō Bijutsukan, lit. "National Western Art Museum", NMWA) is the premier public art gallery in Japan specializing in art from the Western tradition.
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Official name | Musée National des Beaux-Arts de l’Occident |
Location | 7-7 Ueno Imperial Grant Park, Taitō, Tokyo, Japan |
Part of | The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement |
Criteria | Cultural: (i), (ii), (vi) |
Reference | 1321rev-016 |
Inscription | 2016 (40th Session) |
Area | 0.93 ha (0.0036 sq mi) |
Buffer zone | 116.17 ha (0.4485 sq mi) |
Website | www |
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The museum is in the museum and zoo complex in Ueno Park in Taitō, central Tokyo. It received 1,162,345 visitors in 2016.[1]