MIHO MUSEUM 美秀美術館

2018-09-282020-10-17 WGAR 0 Comments

Today we’re going to introduce MIHO MUSEUM>>, a museum that is closed for one-third of the time in a year.
As a private art gallery located amid the abundant natural beauty of the mountains of Shigaraki , Miho Museum is probably best known of its design.
Miho Museum was designed by Chinese-American architect I.M. Pei, best known for designing the glass pyramid at the Louvre Museum in Paris.
The design is inspired by the ethereal utopia described in the Taohua Yuan Ji (The Peach Blossom Spring), an ancient work written by Chinese poet Tao Yuanming.

Walking from the reception building , you will first led down to a walkway enveloped by weeping cherry tress, then you will pass through a tunnel and a suspension bridge.

Ta-Da! Visitors can get their first view of the museum standing in the beautiful scenery. Just like the scene describe in the ancient work Taohua Yuan Ji.

April – the cherry blossom season – is the most popular time (also the best time?!) for visiting Miho Museum. The visitors can feel like they are in a fairy tale or utopia. The Miho Museum even has an annual cherry blossom flowering report on its website>>.

The museum’s theme is the integration of “nature, architecture and fine art”, “tradition and modernity” and “eastern and western”. More than 80 per cent of the floor area is underground, while the exterior of the building is restored naturally. “Light is the key,” said Pei. When visitors enter the Miho Museum, they are surrounded by the soft sunshine through the geometric pattern glass roof.

The museum is divided into the south building and the north building. In addition to permanent exhibitions, there are seasonal special exhibitions.

After visiting the museum, visitors can enjoy a short footage of the museum history. Through the video, you can find out how the Pei and the Owner Koyama Miho take all kind of details into consideration.

今天要介紹的是一年有三分之一的時間都在休館的美秀美術館>>。

作為一個隱居深山的私人美術館，美秀最廣為人知的大概就是它的設計了。

就像在美術館主頁的標籤，MIHO Museum 後面緊跟著的就是它的設計師 I.M.Pei -世界知名建築師貝聿銘先生。

美秀美術館是以陶淵明筆下的【桃花源記】中的漁夫發現桃花源的故事為設計理念的。

從接待樓往美術館走，穿過枝垂櫻步道，通過隧道和吊橋，遊客就可以看到矗立在美景中的美秀美術館了。

因為是以桃花源記為主題，所以可以看到花開的四月份是美秀最受歡迎的月份。美秀美術館甚至還在博物館的網頁中記載了每年櫻花的開花紀錄>>

美術館以「自然、建築物和美術品」「傳統和現代」「東洋和西洋」之融合為主題。建築面積有百分之八十以上埋在地下，而建築物的外部是採用自然復原的方法。貝聿銘先生說：“光線就是關鍵。” 當遊客進入美秀美術館，會被從幾何圖形編織而成的玻璃屋頂注入的陽光柔和的包圍著。

美術館分為南館和北館，收藏多達2000多件東西文化的古代美術展品。除了常設展覽，還有季節性的特別展覽。

逛完美術館，遊客可以在一樓商店的旁邊觀看美術館的歷史影像。影像介紹了貝聿銘先生和小山美和子女士對於美術館設計的考慮，建築的過程，可以看到設計的各種細節都十分用心。