Yokohama Museum of Art - a fairly young, in fact, as the area in which it is located. The museum was founded in 1989, and the Minato Mirai area at this time to continue to build - 2000 is the year it was completed. The museum is located next to the symbol of Minato Mirai and the tallest skyscraper in Japan - Yokohama Landmark Tower.

The building of the museum has fulfilled the famous Japanese architect Kenzo Tange, the winner of the prestigious award Prittsekrovskoy that in the professional community of architects considered the equivalent of the Nobel Prize. Kenzo Tange supervised restructuring of Hiroshima after the bombing of 1945 and construction of the park in the world. His other famous works - the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Olympic Center in Tokyo, the Tokyo City Hall building, television network Fuji Television Network and other buildings. In its work, the master favored style of "high tech" and so-called "international style", but it stuck to the aesthetic principles inherent in traditional Japanese style.

Kenzo Tange, established the museum building includes rooms for lectures, several galleries and studios, restaurant, shop and other facilities. The height of the ceiling in the main hall of the museum is 18 meters, this lovely room acoustics, so it is often used for various cultural events.

The museum's collection includes more than 9,000 works of art authored by Cezanne, Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, as well as Japanese artists whose life and work were associated with Yokohama. Information Center of the museum has a large collection of books and photobank art. The concept of the museum is to show the possibility of merging Eastern and Western cultures as an example of art.