Morohashi Museum of Modern Art, Modern art museum in Kitashiobara, Japan

The Morohashi Museum of Modern Art in Kitashiobara houses one of the world's largest collections of Salvador Dalí, featuring hundreds of works in various media. Beyond the Dalí collection, the museum holds Western paintings by major artists such as Cézanne, Renoir, and Picasso.

The museum grew out of the collection of Teizo Morohashi, founder of the sports retailer XEBIO in Koriyama, who began buying Dalí and other modern works in 1991. Construction started in 1997 and was finished the next year; the museum opened in 1999. His eldest son, Eiji Morohashi, is its director.

The museum's web address, Dali.jp, signals its focus: about 340 Dalí paintings, sculptures and prints, bought mostly at Christie's and Sotheby's. Around 30 further paintings since Impressionism, by Cézanne, Renoir, van Gogh, Picasso and Foujita, hang alongside them.

The museum stands in Bandai-Asahi National Park near Goshiki-numa, with views of Mount Bandai; the nearest station is on the JR Ban'etsu West Line, and access is easiest by car. The building sits behind a narrow strip of water and a grass-and-stone bank, with a row of round-arched openings at its gray stone base. Allow time for the galleries and the surrounding ponds.

The museum's website address is Dali.jp, and its roughly 340 Dalí works were bought mostly at Christie's and Sotheby's auctions. The collection began with Teizo Morohashi, founder of the sportswear retailer XEBIO in Kōriyama, who started buying Dalí and other modern paintings in 1991.