Tsurui Museum of Art, Art museum in Higashi Ōdōri, Japan

The Tsurui Museum of Art is an art museum in Chūō-ku, Niigata, founded in 1983 by Tsurui Eikichi, founder of Tsurui Sangyō, on the company's 60th anniversary. Its holdings centre on the art he collected and include Itaya Hazan's 1926 vase with coloured porcelain birds and fruit, a designated Important Cultural Property.

The museum was established in 1983 to mark the 60th anniversary of Tsurui Sangyō, a Niigata company. Its core holdings are the art works collected by the company's founder, Tsurui Eikichi. Among them is Itaya Hazan's porcelain vase with birds and fruit in coloured glaze, made in 1926 and designated an Important Cultural Property.

The museum grew from the collection of Eikichi Tsurui, founder of Tsurui Sangyō, and opened in 1983 for the company's 60th anniversary. Its best-known piece is Itaya Hazan's 1926 vase with coloured glaze and bird-and-fruit design, a designated Important Cultural Property.

The museum is a three-minute walk from the Bandai exit (north exit) of JR Niigata Station. It opens from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is closed on Sundays, holidays, during the year-end and New Year period, and between exhibitions. Admission is 500 yen for adults, 300 yen for university and high school students, and 200 yen for elementary and junior high students; entry is free on Saturdays.

The museum's core is the art collection of Tsurui Eikichi, founder of Tsurui Sangyō, assembled before the museum opened in 1983 for the company's 60th anniversary. Among the holdings is Itaya Hazan's 1926 porcelain vase with coloured glaze and bird-and-fruit design, designated an Important Cultural Property.