The Mori Art Museum in Roppongi Hills is one of my favorite art museums. It’s location at the top of the Mori Towers does help, but it’s also because of the excellent curation of the exhibits. The use of space and lighting goes a long way in helping my appreciation of art.
When visiting the Mori Art Museum, there are various ticketing combinations you can purchase. Tickets solely for the museum, or tickets for the museum, it’s temporary exhibition and the Tokyo City View & Sky Deck. I definitely recommend getting tickets for the City View, it’s a 360 degree view of Tokyo. There’s also some nice cafes along the City Viewing gallery.
But the real spectacular views are reserved for the Sky Deck. It’s basically the helipad right on top of the building. It’s the best view ever! Even higher than the Tokyo Tower.
It’s amazing how small Shinuku looks from a distance as in the pic above. Cause when you’re standing right in the middle of Shinjuku, it’s just brick and motar all around and makes me feel like an ant.
The entrance up to the museum proper is via some elevators. The exhibition that was on when I was there in January was Medicine and Art. A pretty interesting exhibition.
One of the things that the museum does well is the use of an audio guide. Similar to our National Museum of Singapore in which you press numbers to select which audio commentary you want to hear. But without the uncomfortable headphones, you put this audio guide up to your ears to listen. It’s clear without being too loud to disturb other visitors.
The exhibits were an eye opener, with a mix of abstract modern pieces and historical pieces. They even had George Washington’s false teeth and Charles Darwin’s walking cane!! How’s that for pieces of history?
The exhibit that really caught my eye was L’Hospice (The Nursing Home) by Gilles Barbier. This was a brilliant display! Showing our fave superheroes like Superman, Captain America and the Hulk all old and wrecked by aging. Shows us that superheroes are mortal after all. heh
It was my 2nd time at the Mori Art Museum and it didn’t disappoint. It’s definitely one of those rare museums that can really spur your interest in the arts. A great place to visit when in Tokyo!
