Art Museum

Japanese: Kunstmuseum
Art Museum

...Art museums and museums are two concepts that should be distinguished from one another, but in common usage, the two terms are often used interchangeably, and in fact, apart from the difference in the objects to be collected and displayed, they are almost the same in nature as facilities and institutions. The term "art museum" corresponds to the term "museum of fine arts," "musée des beaux-arts" (French), or "Kunstmuseum" (German), but the Louvre and the Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum, which store and display not only works of art in the narrow sense (paintings, sculptures, crafts, etc.) but also archaeological relics, weapons, clothing, etc., are strictly speaking considered to be "art museums." In contrast, the term "pinacoteca" (Italian), which is of Greek origin, or "pinakothek" (German) is sometimes used to refer to art museums (picture galleries) that only collect paintings.

*Some of the terms mentioned in "Kunstmuseum" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…美術館と博物館とは本来区別さるべき二つの概念であるが,しかし慣用的には両者は区別なく用いられることも多く,また実際,収集,陳列すべき対象の相違を別にすれば,施設,機関としての性格はほとんど変わらない。美術館という呼称はmuseum of fine arts,musée des beaux‐arts(フランス語),Kunstmuseum(ドイツ語)等に対応しているが,狭義の美術品(絵画,彫刻,工芸等)のほか,考古学的な遺物や武具,服飾品等も収蔵,展示しているルーブル美術館やウィーン美術史美術館などは,厳密には〈美術博物館〉ともいうべき性格をそなえている。これに対し,絵画のみを集めた美術館(絵画館)については,ギリシア語起源のピナコテカpinacoteca(イタリア語),ピナコテークPinakothek(ドイツ語)という呼称が使われることもある。…

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