HAKONE OPEN AIR MUSEUM

The Hakone Open Air Museum consists of five exhibition halls including the Picasso Pavilion and 70,000m2 of rolling gardens with around 120 outdoor sculptures. Hakone Open-Air Museum opened in 1969 as the first open-air art museum in Japan. In addition there is a foot bath to sooth your tired feet in, which is fed from a natural hot spring.

The Picasso Collection
The Hakone Open Air Museum has a collection of over 300 works by Picasso on rotating display. This Picasso collection includes a large assortment of pottery,  variety of paintings, prints, sculptures, along with gold and silver items.

Within the Picasso Pavilion a large number of portraits of Picasso taken by David Douglas Duncan over the last 17 years of the Picasso's life.

The Henry Moore Collection
The Hakone Open-Air Museum has one of the world's largest collections of works by the English master sculptor Henry Moore (1898-1986). There is a rotating exhibition of the twenty-six pieces in the collection.

Hakone Open Air Museum also features a variety of restaurants and shops to provide a complete a relaxing day out.

For more information visit the official web site.

Hakone Open Air Museum

Access: 2 min walk from Chokoku-no-Mori Station (Hakone Tozan Train)
Opening hours: 9am – 5pm, 7 days a week
Admission: 1600 yen
Official Web Site: http://www.hakone-oam.or.jp/english