What other travelers are saying about Otaru City Museum of Art
Seriously underrated collection. The building is boring but the work inside is fantastic. Which is the point of a gallery of art. The building doesn't distract from the work
First visit on 2025/R7/7/19. Opened in 1978/S53, the building was built as the Otaru Savings Bureau in 1952/S52 and still retains the appearance of the "Postal and Communications Style".
The first floor is the Nakamura Zensaku Memorial Hall (permanent exhibition + special exhibition), office, gallery, and training room, the second floor is the Literature Museum Space and special exhibition room, and the third floor is the Ichihara Aritoku Memorial Hall. At first glance, it may seem difficult to distinguish the different areas, but please enjoy it like a rolling play.
By the way, on the day of my visit, the Nakamura Zensaku Memorial Hall on the first floor was hosting a photo exhibition by photographer Takagi Hiharu (which happened to be the first day of the exhibition period from 7/19 to 10/12), and I was able to talk to him in person. I felt that I could relate to the way the scenes were cut, so I bought the photo book.
When visiting, it is a good idea to purchase a combined ticket (800 yen) which also allows you to visit the Otaru Literature Museum and each hall in the same building (otherwise each ticket will cost you).
It was certainly good, but when we were watching the planetarium, there were only 7-8 people there, and 2 of them were snoring loudly, which was annoying, although I don't know if they were trying to sleep! Everyone else was good overall.
