The following galleries and museums are closed due to the earthquake in Japan.
Please note that gallery and museum hours are in most cases being shortened (evening hours are generally cancelled), and closure schedules are continuously changing due to scheduled power outages and aftershocks. It is strongly advised that all visitors confirm the latest schedule on the gallery/museum’s website and/or Twitter account. Also, please understand that all galleries/museums affected are not necessarily covered in this list.
Last update: 2:31PM
Twitter accounts given in parentheses where available.
Galleries
[Reopened]
1223 GENDAIKAIGA (@gendaikaiga)
YUKA CONTEMPORARY (@yukacontemp)
3331 Arts Chiyoda (@3331global)
AKAAKA (@AKAAKAsha)
MEM (@MEM_INC)
Roentgenwerke AG (@RoentgenwerkeAG)
VACANT (@VACANTbyNOIDEA)
G/P gallery (@gp_gallery): scheduled to reopen on March 15
Tomio Koyama Gallery Tokyo: scheduled to reopen on March 15
[Closed on March 15]
Ota Fine Arts (@OtaFineArts)
Wako Works of Art (@WakoWorksofArt)
GALLERY MoMo (@GalleryMoMo) Ryogoku and Roppongi
island (@islandjapan): closed until March 18
Yuka Sasahara Gallery (@ysasahara): scheduled to reopen March 16
Gallery Koyanagi: closed until March 18
NANZUKA UNDERGROUND (@NANZUKAUNG)
Mizuma Art Gallery (@mizumartgallery) both locations: schedule TBA
Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo: schedule TBA
TARO NASU: scheduled to reopen March 22 (exhibition extended to March 26)
[Unconfirmed as of March 15]
bld gallery (@bldgallery): closed March 12
FOIL GALLERY (@foilgallery): emergency closure March 12, scheduled closure March 13
YAMAMOTO GENDAI (@yamamotogendai): emergency closure March 12, scheduled closure March 13 and 14
Tokyo Gallery+BTAP (@tokyogallery): emergency closure March 12, scheduled closure March 13 and 14
YOKOI FINE ART (@YOKOIFINEART): emergency closure March 12, scheduled closure March 13 and 14
Takuro Someya Contemporary Art (@TSCATokyo): emergency closure March 12, scheduled closure March 13 and 14
[Postponed/cancelled exhibitions]
Maison Hermès: “Cloud Cities” by Tomas Saraceno; schedule TBA
gallery αM: exhibition cancelled: next exhibition scheduled to open April 2
Museums
[Reopened]
Bunkamura Gallery and Bunkamura The Museum
[Closed on March 15]
Tokyo National Museum: scheduled to reopen March 19
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (including the Crafts Gallery and the National Film Center): schedule TBA
The National Art Center, Tokyo: schedule TBA
The National Museum of Western Art: schedule TBA
National Museum of Nature and Science: closed until March 18, schedule TBA
The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama: Hayama, Kamakura and Kamakura Annex all closed
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography: schedule TBA
Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum: schedule TBA
Taro Okamoto Museum of Art: closed until March 16
Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo: scheduled to reopen March 17
Yokohama Museum of Art: closed until March 18, schedule TBA
Towada Art Center (@TowadaArtCenter): emergency closure March 12 and 13, scheduled closure March 14–18
The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama: schedule TBA
Itabashi Art Museum: closed until March 22
Utsunomiya Museum of Art: closed until March 18, schedule TBA
The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma: closed until March 18, schedule TBA
Bridgestone Museum of Art: closed until March 18, schedule TBA
POLA Museum of Art (@POLAMuseumOfArt: scheduled to reopen March 19
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo: scheduled to reopen March 19
Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo and Shibuya: schedule TBA
National Museum of Japanese History: schedule TBA
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art (@haramuseum): schedule TBA
Art Tower Mito (@MITOGEI_Gallery): operated as a temporary evacuation site (until the afternoon of March 13), schedule TBA
Chiba City Museum of Art: schedule TBA
The Miyagi Museum of Art: schedule TBA
[Unconfirmed as of March 15]
Aomori Museum of Art: closed March 12, schedule unconfirmed
[Postponed exhibitions]
Mori Art Museum (@mori_art_museum): “French Window” and “MAM Project 014”; schedule TBA
More information about all types of museums can be found here (in Japanese only):
savemuseum @ ウィキ-東日本大地震によるミュージアムの被災情報・救援情報
http://www45.atwiki.jp/savemuseum/
Previous version: Emergency closures in Japan (updated March 14)