In Okazaki Park in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto

Adults – 1,300 yen (1,100 yen for groups)
high school students – 900 yen (700 yen for groups),
elementary/junior high school students – 500 yen (300 yen for groups)
*Free admission when presenting a “Keiro Josha-sho” (transportation pass for the elderly) or a “Shogaisha Techo” (physical disability certificate) issued by Kyoto City
*Free weekend admission for elementary and junior high school students in Kyoto City

This spring, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art showcases a number of artworks from one of the three largest museums in the world, Russia’s national State Hermitage Museum.  The Hermitage (meaning “hideaway”) is said to house three million works of art, most collected by Empress Catherine II.  Some 80 oil paintings from the collection were selected on the theme of “City, Nature and People.”  The 75 artists including Monet, Gauguin, Renoir, Matisse and Picasso range from 15th century Venetians to 20th century modern painters. How did such masters see nature, cities, and the people who lived in them?  Come and find out for yourself.