Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art locates in Okazaki. It established under a plan of Kenjiro Maeda when the last emperor enthroned. The museum is the second established museum in Japan and it owns Japanese pictures, occidental pictures, traditional crafts, etc.

When the SWWII was over, it temporally took over by USA army stationed in Kyoto. Then it reopened as a museum. Under the word of international relationship, it held large scale international exhibition of art frequently.

There is an annex museum. It was different usage building but it reformed as a part of the museum.