The Kyoto Museums Association was established in 1992 with the intent of furthering museum and art gallery activities by bringing together such facilities in Kyoto from a diverse range of fields, including traditions and culture, history, industry, and the natural sciences. The Association currently has more than 200 member museums and art galleries, and have developed into a museum network on a scale almost unprecedented for all of Japan.
The Kyoto Museums Association
Kyoto has many museums and art galleries that cover a diverse range of fields, including traditions and culture, history, industry, and the natural sciences. There facilities are places of lifelong learning for everyone from children to the elderly, and play a vital role in the continued enhancement of culture while also making a contribution to tourism.
The Kyoto Museums Association was established in 1992 with 101 members, and with the intent of furthering museum and art gallery activities by bringing together in cooperation all of these such facilities in Kyoto.
In August 2011 the Association crossed the threshold of 200 member museums and art galleries, developing into a museum network on a scale almost unprecedented for all of Japan, and spreading further into the kind of activities that only such an Association can conduct.
