This museum was originally opened in 1966 in Joyama Park near Zenkoji Temple’s main hall, which is designated as a national treasure. Rebuilt due to its deterioration, the museum was reopened as the Nagano Prefectural Art Museum on April 10, 2021, in the concept of a “landscape museum,” aiming to forge scenery in harmony with the streetscape of the temple town and the area’s natural splendor. With free zones anyone can access, it welcomes visitors as a “museum open to the public,” just like a park where anyone can feel free to stop by.
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