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The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama

The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama is a museum of modern art in the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The Museum first opened as the Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Art (和歌山県立美術館) in the grounds of Wakayama Castle in 1963, before reopening on the first floor of the Wakayama Prefectural Cultural Hall in 1970; in July 1994, together with the adjacent Wakayama Prefectural Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, Wa…

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1963

Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan

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Kisho Kurokawa

1934-2007 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates

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