Onomichi City Museum of Art

Museum in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

34°24′36″N 133°11′45″E / 34.409917°N 133.195800°E / 34.409917; 133.195800Opened1980Renovated11 January 2003Design and constructionArchitect(s)Tadao AndoWebsitewww.onomichi-museum.jp

Onomichi City Museum of Art (尾道市立美術館, Onomichi shiritsu bijutsukan) opened in Senkō-ji Park in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, in 1980. The Museum reopened to a design by Tadao Ando in 2003. The collection includes works by Kobayashi Wasaku (小林和作) and Wada Eisaku (和田英作).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

The museum has become notable on the Internet for being visited on a regular basis by two cats, whom the museum guards have to repeatedly turn away due to the museum's strict "no animals" policy.^[5]^[6]

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^ 尾道市立美術館 [Onomichi City Museum of Art] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ 尾道市立美術館 [Onomichi City Museum of Art] (in Japanese). Hiroshima Prefecture. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ 美術館について [About the Museum] (in Japanese). Onomichi City. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ コレクション [Collection] (in Japanese). Onomichi City. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ Fenn, Lily (11 February 2018). "These Two Cats Won't Give Up On Trying To Enter Japanese Art Museum". The Dodo. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
^ Oona, McGee (11 July 2016). "Art-loving feline attempts to enter cat exhibition at Hiroshima museum". SoraNews24. Tokyo. Retrieved 14 November 2018.