Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts (Printmaking) — Attraction in Tokyo

I was so excited to go to this museum. I loved the atmosphere and the interactive studying system on the first floor (the last 3 photos is this spot; Japanese only). We didn’t go inside the main exhibition because we didn’t expect it to be not free but even though we enjoyed free exhibition and studying materials.

Anyway my impression was spoiled by the attitude of the staff. I wanted to take a photo of the book to think about buying it later, but Staff came up to me and in rude, simple Japanese (+ to the racism of the Japanese) said that I could not take photos. There were no signs about this anywhere, but that’s not the point. It was rude and disrespectful. I can speak Japanese very well but she even didn’t supposed it and spoke to me in rude Japanese.

The museum could be popular, but it is almost empty, there are no visitors and such behavior will never attract more people there. I don’t want to go there anymore, although at the beginning I sincerely fell in love...

I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to this small but mighty museum in Machida. For one, they have the “David and Bathsheba” series of prints by Picasso in their permanent collection, which I did not expect and was pleasantly surprised to experience. Their current exhibition on the history of printmaking in Japan is an excellent primer to the history of the artform, from Buddhism to Ukiyo-e to magazines.

If you are in a design or art field and/or interested in prints and printmaking, I highly recommend a trip. It’s located in a charming little park with some interesting installation art, lovely trees, and a water feature stream system for...

It's one of the good place to visit if you are a art lover.. Old printing technique & the drawings displayed.. Very quite.. Nice atmosphere, near by serigaya park is there.. Friendly staffs. Inside you are not allowed to take photo with flash.. It seems free entry for the museum (may be this summer they allowed free entry).car parking available but it's paid.. You can spend good time here.. After finishing, you can spend some time in the park whixh is quite big... Over all good place to visit & good...