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Akita Museum of Modern Art, Modern art museum in Yokote, Japan

The Akita Museum of Modern Art opened in 1994 inside the Akita Furusato-mura theme park in Yokote. The building has one basement level and seven floors above ground, split into two wings below the fourth floor and joined on floors five and six, where the galleries are: floor five for special exhibitions, floor six for the collection. Escalators in a glass tube cross the atrium diagonally between the wings.

The museum opened in 1994 inside the grounds of the Akita Furusato-mura theme park in Yokote. It was designed by Yamashita Sekkei's Tohoku branch office for Akita Prefecture, which owns the building. Ahead of its 30th anniversary, a public vote held from 27 September to 18 October 2023 chose the museum's logo from three proposals; option A, in blue-green, was announced on 26 October.

The museum displays works in the akita ranga style, a painting tradition developed by feudal lords during the Edo period. Visitors can see how this regional art form shaped local artistic identity across generations.

The museum lies inside the Akita Furusato-mura theme park; from JR Yokote Station take the Ugo Kotsu shuttle bus to the "Akita Furusato-mura" stop, or a taxi (about 15 minutes). The building is entered on the basement floor, and escalators run through a glass tube crossing the void between the two wings up to the fifth floor. The galleries are on floors 5 and 6.

The museum's two lower wings are separate blocks joined only at the fifth and sixth floors, where the galleries bridge them. From the basement entrance hall to the fifth floor, escalators run inside a glass tube set diagonally through the void between the two wings. The building has one basement level and seven above, plus a penthouse.

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April 20, 1994
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Yamashita Sekkei
Official opening
April 20, 1994
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39.29235,140.54756
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