opened in

Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. It became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hidden Christian Sites in the ...

Nagasaki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Nagasaki Prefecture has a population of 1,314,078 (1 June 2020) and has a geographic area of 4,130 Square kilometre, km2 (1,594 sq mi). Nagasaki Prefecture borders ...

, Japan, in 2005. The collection comprises artworks relating to Nagasaki as well as works of Spanish art collected by , special envoy to Spain during the Second World War. Alongside the

Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture The in Nagasaki, Japan is one of the few museums in Japan devoted to the theme of "overseas exchange". The museum holds 48,000 items in its collection, including historical documents and arts and crafts, that tell the story of Nagasaki as the s ...

, which opened the same year, it supersedes and replaces the former , which closed at the end of 2002.

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Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum
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Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum

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