What other travelers are saying about Mori Art Museum
One of my more beloved art museums. Their exhibits rotate quite regularly, which is impressive. The artist selection is always at the forefront of modern art and looking into the future. So you will find a lot of topics relating to the digital and technology. Spaces are always well curated. Staff lovely and the entire museum seems very organised. Themed meals are super cute too.
Caught the AI/digital exhibition while I was there, surprisingly thoughtful and well put together. The curation balanced tech and concept nicely, without tipping too far into gimmick. Finishing with that sweeping city view never gets old. Always a bit of a mixed bag here depending on the exhibitions, but when it hits, it really works. 🤌🏼
If this genre of art is yours then this museum is for you. 2200 yen entry for the basic ticket, 30 mins and all was completed. They do have a cool gift shop with some funky art stuff to buy. If the weather is good then the Observatory Deck would be great.
The Mori is currently showing a special exhibit called Machine Love which examines the intersection of contemporary art with AI, virtual reality, and gaming. Not really my thing.
For me, the most interesting part of the exhibit was a piece called Calculating Empires, an 80 ft. timeline which charts how power and technology have been intertwined since the 1500’s and how we got to where we are with AI today. The exhibit is overwhelming and you could spend hours there.
WOWOWOOWW speechless!!! Highly recommend this place, it was truly an experience entering this art building. They welcome you with such grace, soft ambience and even has cool art clothing/pieces for you to look at whilst you have an amazing view of Tokyo! We decided to come visit this place because Shibuya sky tower was booked out way in advance and the time slots at night was sold out as well. We managed to secure tickets at this tower on the day for night time. Way less crowded and less tourist. Honestly want to gate keep this but it’s such a hack when coming to Tokyo 🤭 !
