What's on in Tokyo

Rodin's The Gates of Hell in the forecourt of the Le Corbusier-designed Main Building

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National Museum of Western ArtUeno Park

Le Corbusier's Main Building

Now showingPermanent collectionTicketed, see website

The 1959 Main Building, designed by Le Corbusier with Kunio Maekawa and Junzo Sakakura, was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016.

More in Tokyo

On now All of November 2026

Also at National Museum of Western Art

Picturing the Theater: From Delacroix and Daumier to Toulouse-Lautrec and Klinger20 October 2026 – 11 January 2027
"Shōwa 100th": How Conservation and Restoration Evolved at the NMWA during the Shōwa Period — Van Gogh's Roses and Renoir's Woman with a Hat30 June 2026 – 11 January 2027
Turner: Painting the Sublime, in Dialogue with Contemporary Art24 October 2026 – 21 February 2027

On now nearby

Sex in Nature (生きものたちの性)

National Museum of Nature and Science

Challenging Infectious Diseases: Past, Present and Future (Noguchi Hideyo 150th Anniversary)

National Museum of Nature and Science

Colorful Asia exhibition artwork at the Tokyo National Museum's Asian Gallery

Colorful Asia: Journey through Asia at Tokyo National Museum

Tokyo National Museum

All exhibitions in Tokyo this month Coming up in December

Nearby

Exterior of the National Museum of Nature and Science's Neo-Renaissance main building in Ueno Park, Tokyo

National Museum of Nature and Science

Natural History1 min walk

Exterior of the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Ueno Park

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

ArchitectureFree4 min walk

Honkan, the main building of the Tokyo National Museum in Ueno Park

Tokyo National Museum

Image credits

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Le Corbusier's Main BuildingDaderot / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Colorful Asia: Journey through Asia at Tokyo National MuseumCourtesy of Tokyo National Museum
National Museum of Western ArtJoyofmuseums, CC BY-SA 4.0
National Museum of Nature and ScienceDaderot, CC0
Tokyo Metropolitan Art MuseumJoe Mabel, CC BY-SA 2.0
Tokyo National MuseumWiiii, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

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