Tokyo Station Gallery
東京ステーションギャラリー | |
 Entrance pavilion of the gallery | |
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| Established | 1988 |
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| Location | Tokyo Station Marunouchi Building, Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
| Type | Art museum |
| Owner | East Japan Railway Culture Foundation |
Public transit access | Tokyo Station |
| Website | Official website |
Tokyo Station Gallery (Japanese: 東京ステーションギャラリー, Tōkyō Sutēshon Gyararī) is an art museum in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Located within Tokyo Station's Marunouchi building, it opened in 1988 and occupies part of the red-brick station complex designed by Tatsuno Kingo.[1] The museum is especially known for exhibition rooms that expose the station's original structural brick and steel frame, and it is listed as a registered museum in Japan.[1][2]
History
[edit]The gallery opened in 1988 in the Marunouchi station building, with the aim of making Tokyo Station a place for culture as well as transit.[1][3] It temporarily closed in 2006 during the preservation and restoration of the station building and reopened in autumn 2012 after six and a half years.[1][4] According to later museum overviews, the gallery staged 105 exhibitions and received about 2.35 million visitors during its first eighteen years of operation.[4]
Building and programme
[edit]The present gallery occupies the North Dome area of Tokyo Station's Marunouchi building. Visitors enter on the first floor and move through exhibition rooms on the second and third floors.[1] The gallery was originally located at the station's central entrance and moved to its current location when it reopened in 2012.[1] In the present galleries, structural brick, steel framing, and other elements of the original station building are deliberately left visible.[1] A corridor display introduces the history of the Marunouchi building through models, photographs, recovered construction materials, and reconstructed ceiling reliefs.[1]
The museum presents its activities through three broad strands: the reappraisal of modern art, encounters with railways, architecture and design, and exhibitions introducing contemporary art.[3]
Exhibitions
[edit]Tokyo Station Gallery has mounted both art-historical retrospectives and thematic exhibitions. Early shows included the opening exhibition JR Art Exhibition in 1988,[5] an exhibition on Shōji Ueda in 1993,[6] and the retrospective Kansuke Yamamoto: Conveyor of the Impossible', a retrospective devoted to the work of Kansuke Yamamoto, in 2001.[7]
Since reopening, the museum's programme has continued to range widely. Selected exhibitions have included Alvar Aalto - Second Nature in 2019,[8] Harry Potter: A History of Magic in 2021-22, organized with the British Library,[9] and Yasui Nakaji 1903-1942: Photographs in 2024.[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Basic Information". Tokyo Station Gallery. East Japan Railway Culture Foundation. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- ↑ "登録博物館" (PDF). Tokyo Metropolitan Government (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- 1 2 "施設案内". 東京ステーションギャラリー (in Japanese). 公益財団法人東日本鉄道文化財団. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- 1 2 "東京ステーションギャラリー". art-agenda (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- ↑ "JR美術展". 東京ステーションギャラリー 財団アーカイブス (in Japanese). 公益財団法人東日本鉄道文化財団. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- ↑ "植田正治の写真". 東京ステーションギャラリー 財団アーカイブス (in Japanese). 公益財団法人東日本鉄道文化財団. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- ↑ "写真展 シュルレアリスト 山本悍右". 東京ステーションギャラリー 財団アーカイブス (in Japanese). 公益財団法人東日本鉄道文化財団. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- ↑ "Alvar Aalto - Second Nature". Tokyo Station Gallery. East Japan Railway Culture Foundation. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- ↑ "Harry Potter: A History of Magic". Tokyo Station Gallery. East Japan Railway Culture Foundation. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- ↑ "Yasui Nakaji 1903-1942: Photographs". Tokyo Station Gallery. East Japan Railway Culture Foundation. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
External links
[edit]- Official website
Media related to Tokyo Station Gallery at Wikimedia Commons
