The National Art Center, Tokyo

(NACT) is a museum in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. A joint project of the Agency for Cultural Affairs and the National Museums Independent Administrative Institution, it stands on a site formerly occupied by a research facility of the University of Tokyo and is adjacent to the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.

The building has been designed by Kisho Kurokawa. It is one of the largest exhibition spaces in the country. Access is from Nogizaka Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line or the Roppongi station of the Hibiya line or Oedo line.

Unlike Japan's other national art museums, NACT is an 'empty museum', without a collection, permanent display, and curators. Like Kunsthalle in German-speaking regions, it accommodates temporary exhibitions sponsored and curated by other organizations. The policy has been successful. In its first fiscal year in 2007, it had 69 exhibitions organized by arts groups and 10 organized by NACT. Its Monet exhibition, held between 7 April and 2 July 2007, was the second most visited exhibition of the year, not only in Japan but in the world.

Its graphic visual identity was developed by graphic designer Kashiwa Sato of Tokyo-based Samurai Inc.

• Lobby
  Lobby
• Brasserie Paul Bocuse Le Musée
  Brasserie Paul Bocuse Le Musée
• Courtyard
  Courtyard
• Stairs
  Stairs

In popular culture

The museum appears in the animated romantic fantasy film Your Name (2016) as the setting of a date between characters Taki Tachibana and Miki Okudera.

External links

• The National Art Center, Tokyo website in English