Hakone Open Air Museum

Sculptures by Henry Moore in the Hakone Open-Air Museum

The Hakone Open-Air Museum ( Jap. 彫刻の森美術館 , Chokoku no mori Bijutsukan , dt "Art Museum Forest of Sculptures".) In Hakone was opened in 1969 and is the first open-air - Art Museum of Japan.

Works by well-known artists from all over the world are exhibited on a total area of ​​over 70,000 m², some in roofed buildings.

park

It was opened in 1969 on an area of ​​70,000 m². When it opened, it was the first sculpture park in Japan. In the museum and in the sculpture park, works by international artists were exhibited, for example:

• Hans Aeschbacher
• Toni Benetton
• Émile-Antoine Bourdelle
• Alexander Calder
• Robert Erskine
• Pericle Fazzini
• Naum Gabo
• Bukichi Inoue
• Phillip King
• Joan Miró
• Henry Moore
• Kyoji Nagatani
• Marta Pan
• Pablo Picasso
• Antoine Poncet
• Auguste Rodin
• Niki de Saint Phalle
• Yasuo Mizui

Web links

Commons : Hakone Open-air Museum  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Museum website (Japanese, English)

Coordinates: 35 ° 14 ′ 41 ″  N , 139 ° 3 ′ 5.4 ″  E