Question 1

Is there parking?

Accepted Answer

The museum has no paid car park for cars. There is free outdoor parking for mopeds, motorcycles and bicycles (24 hours, free). If you come by car, please use a coin car park nearby.

Question 2

How do I get there from Oita Station?

Accepted Answer

About 15 minutes' walk from the Funai Chuo (north) exit of JR Oita Station. By bus, take the Oita Kotsu bus from stand 7 in front of Oita Station and alight right by the museum at Oasis Hiroba-mae. The Oita Kyan Bus also stops at Oasis Hiroba-mae (south of the Prefectural Art Museum).

Question 3

Is the museum accessible?

Accepted Answer

There are lifts and accessible toilets (with ostomate facilities and baby-changing tables). The building is designed so that every floor can be used comfortably in a wheelchair.

Question 4

Are there programmes for children and families?

Accepted Answer

Educational programmes are held, including viewing tours for schools and workshops for the public. Please see the events and programmes page of the official website for details.

Question 5

What are the opening hours and closed days?

Accepted Answer

Open 10:00-19:00 (until 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays), with last admission 30 minutes before closing. The museum is open all year, though it may close at short notice for exhibition changeovers.

Question 6

How often are special exhibitions held?

Accepted Answer

Special exhibitions are held several times a year. The programme is updated on the official website, so please check before visiting.

Question 7

How much is admission? Is any part free?

Accepted Answer

The ground-floor atrium is free to enter. Special and collection exhibitions require a ticket, priced individually. Please see the official website for current exhibitions and prices.

Question 8

Is there a museum shop or cafe?

Accepted Answer

There is a museum shop and a cafe in the ground-floor atrium. As the atrium is free to enter, you can call in without visiting an exhibition.

Question 9

What is in the permanent collection?

Accepted Answer

The displays centre on artists connected with Oita: Tanomura Chikuden, who laid the foundations of Bungo nanga painting; the Japanese painting masters Fukuda Heihachiro and Takayama Tatsuo; the abstract painter Uji Yamateppei; and the sculptor Asakura Fumio. The collection covers Japanese and Western painting through to contemporary art.

Question 10

Who designed the building, and what should I look for?

Accepted Answer

It was designed by Ban Shigeru, winner of the Pritzker Prize, often called the Nobel Prize of architecture. The glazed exterior takes its image from Oita's traditional bamboo craft. The ground floor uses movable walls with the atrium to create varied exhibition spaces, and the second floor has a latticed ceiling of Oita cedar and a courtyard.

Question 11

Can I take photographs?

Accepted Answer

Whether photography is allowed in the galleries depends on the exhibition and the works. Photography is generally allowed in shared spaces such as the ground-floor atrium. Please check with the staff or the signs in the building.

Question 12

Is there parking?

Accepted Answer

Parking is not available.

Question 13

How much is admission?

Accepted Answer

Admission to the collection exhibition varies by exhibition. The ground-floor atrium is free. Special exhibitions are priced separately.

Question 14

When is it closed?

Accepted Answer

Open all year (apart from occasional closures).

Question 15

What are the opening hours?

Accepted Answer

10:00-19:00 (until 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays). Last admission 30 minutes before closing.

Question 16

How do I get there?

Accepted Answer

About 15 minutes' walk from the Funai Chuo (north) exit of JR Oita Station. Take the Oita Kotsu bus from the Oita Station-mae stop and alight right by the museum at Oasis Hiroba-mae. About 10 minutes by car from Oita IC.

Question 17

What is the address?

Accepted Answer

2-1 Kotobukimachi, Oita City, Oita Prefecture

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