Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Art museum in Kanazawa, Japan

The Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art is a single-storey building with a pale flat facade and a shallow green metal roof, entered through tall dark-glass doors up a broad flight of steps. A dark stone monument in front bears the characters 川県立美術館. Inside, ten rooms include galleries one to nine and the Maeda Ikutokukai Sonkeikaku Bunko annex; the first gallery holds Nonomura Ninsei's National Treasure incense burner in the shape of a pheasant.

The museum was established in 1959 and preserves objects connected to the Maeda family, an important feudal clan. This collection reflects the legacy of the Edo period in the Kanazawa region.

The museum showcases works by artists designated as Living National Treasures and displays regional crafts like Kutani porcelain and Wajima lacquerware. Visitors can experience how these traditional forms remain central to local artistic identity today.

The museum stands in Hondanomori Park beside Kenrokuen Garden, with the National Crafts Museum adjacent to its southeast. From Kanazawa Station take a Hokutetsu bus to the "Kōdatsuka・21st Century Museum" stop (5 minutes on foot) or the "Dewamachi" stop (10 minutes on foot); the Furaato bus stops at "Prefectural Museum・National Crafts Museum". The entrance hall, shop and café are free to enter.

Since 1997 the museum has housed the Ishikawa Prefectural Conservation Studio for Cultural Properties, with separate rooms for mounting scrolls and restoring lacquerware. Visitors can watch craftsmen at work in its exhibition space. The studio occupies the Hirozaka annex, a 1922 building that once served as the residence of the commander of the Japanese Army's 9th Division.