Ando Museum

Ando Museum
Inside of the museum
General information
Address	本村736-2 〒761-3110
Town or city	Naoshima, Kagawa
Country	Japan
Coordinates	34°27′34″N133°59′49″E / 34.459425273428835°N 133.9970343270307°E / 34.459425273428835; 133.9970343270307
Opened	March 12, 2013
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Tadao Ando

The Ando Museum is a museum on Naoshima, an island of Japan, which showcases the history of Japanese architect Tadao Ando and Naoshima as a whole. One of Ando's many designed buildings on the island, it is housed in a century-old "traditional wooden house" with a concrete interior of his design. ^[1]

History

In renovating a century-old house in the Honmura Area of Naoshima, Ando preserved its traditional exterior made of wood, but placed a concrete structure inside of it, as a means of establishing oppositions between past and present, light and dark, wood and concrete. ^[2]

Following its completion, a press preview for the Ando Museum's unveiling was held on March 9, 2013, during which Soichiro Fukutake of the Fukutake Foundation stated that the museum was a culmination of the idea that art should create that which does not yet exist, rather than destroying or overwriting what exists. ^[3]

A few days later, the Ando Museum opened on March 12, 2013. ^[3] Since then, it has shown Ando's photographs, models, and drawings kept throughout his career as an architect. ^[4] In line with Ando's architectural style, however, the building is intended to be an experience unto itself, rather than simply the space within which other experiences, such an exhibition, are contained. ^[2]

References

1. "Ando Museum". Say Hi To. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
2. "直島に安藤忠雄氏のミュージアムがオープン". 日本経済新聞 (in Japanese). 2013-03-18. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
3. "ANDO MUSEUM｜Tokyo Art Beat". Tokyo Art Beat (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-08-16.
4. "ANDO MUSEUM". 美術手帖 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-08-16.