Museum of art in Yokohama – quite young, actually, as the area in which it is located. The Museum was founded in 1989, and the Minato Mirai at this time continued to be built – 2000 year is the year of completion of its construction. The Museum is located next to the symbol of Minato Mirai and the tallest skyscraper in Japan - Yokohama Landmark Tower.

The project of the building of the Museum was made by the famous Japanese architect Kenzo Tange, the winner of the prestigious Preteklosti the award, which in the professional community of architects is considered equivalent to the Nobel prize. Kenzo Tange supervised the rebuilding of Hiroshima after the bombing of 1945 and the construction of the peace Park. His other famous work is the Cathedral of the blessed virgin Mary and the Olympic center in Tokyo, Tokyo city hall, TV network Fuji Television Network and other buildings. In his work, the master preferred style of "high-tech" and the so-called "international style", but still kept the aesthetic principles inherent in traditional Japanese style.

Created by Kenzo Tange the Museum building includes rooms for lectures, several galleries and studios, a restaurant, a shop and other facilities. The ceiling height in the main hall of the Museum is 18 meters, this room is beautiful acoustic characteristics, and so it is often used to hold various cultural events.

The Museum collection includes more than 9,000 works of art by cézanne, Salvador Dalí, rené Magritte, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, as well as Japanese artists whose life and work were associated with Yokohama. The Museum's information centre has a large image Bank and a collection of art books. The concept of the Museum is to show the possibility of the fusion of Eastern and Western cultures by the example of art.