The Kyoto National Museum, Japan, is a French Renaissance-style museum built in the mid-Meiji period. The main building (main building) is mainly used to hold various special exhibitions and is a typical European Baroque building. The Kyoto National Museum, Japan, was opened in 1897 as the Imperial Kyoto Museum. It was renamed the Kyoto Museum in 1952. In 2001, it was restructured into an independent administrative legal person.
The Kyoto Museum is based in Kyoto, the thousand-year-old city, and promotes the display, preservation, and research of cultural properties. It has become a cultural facility for the general public to understand cultural properties. It is expected that more people will use it in the future. . Its predecessor was the Imperial Kyoto Museum. It was established in May 1889 under the Imperial Household Provincial Government. It opened in May 1897 and was renamed the Kyoto Imperial Museum in June 1900. In February 1924, the imperial family granted Kyoto City. In April 1952, according to the amendment to the Cultural Relics Protection Act, the name was changed to the Kyoto National Museum and it was affiliated to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Culture and Sports. The museum covers an area of ??50,377 square meters. The main exhibition venues include the old museum and the new museum. The new museum displays Japanese, Chinese and Korean archeology, ceramics, sculptures, paintings, calligraphy, dyeing and weaving, lacquerware, goldware, etc. The old museum often holds international exhibitions and special exhibitions.
As of the end of March 1985, there were 3,975 pieces of art in the collection, 5,593 pieces of art in shrines, Buddhist temples and private storage near Kyoto, and 9,568 pieces of art; including 89 Chinese treasures, and various books. 34,527 copies, 74,424 various photo plates.
Since 2007, it has been operated by the National Cultural Heritage Organization, an independent administrative body.