Di-Maccio Art Museum
View the World's Largest Oil Paintings at the Art Museum in the Forest of the Sun
The Di-Maccio Museum of Art opened in 2010 as the Di-Maccio Museum of Art after renovating the former Taiyo Elementary School, which was closed in 2008. The museum exhibits the world's largest oil painting by the genius French fantasy painter Gerard DMaccio (9m high x 27m wide), as well as more than 200 pastels, sketches, and other representative works. the world's largest oil painting is illuminated by various colors of light and changes its appearance with spectacular music. In the sculpture garden outside the museum, a bronze statue by J. Seward Johnson Jr. and a stone sculpture by Shiro Hayami are on display, as well as works by Japanese and international artists.
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General Information
- Address
- 北海道新冠町太陽204-5
- Telephone Number
- 0146-45-3312
- Open
- Open: Mar. 1, 2025 (Sat) - Dec. 14, 2025 (Sun) on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays
Hours of operation: 10:00 - 16:30 - Closed
- Closed: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (open for groups of 10 or more)
Closed: Apr. 24 (Thu.) - May. 6 (Mon., holiday), Jul. 24 (Thu.) - Aug. 31 (Sun.), Sep. 11 (Thu.) - Sep. 23 (Tue., holiday)
Closed during winter: Dec. 15 - - Prices
- paid
Free for elementary school students and younger and residents of the Taiyo area - Car Park
- free
- Directions
- ●By car: About 20 minutes from Hidaka Expwy Hidaka-Atsuga IC
- Website
- Remarks
- The Glass Art Museum, renovated from a former elementary school swimming pool, houses more than 180 works by René Lalique, a French master glass artist active from the late 19th century to the early 20th century in the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods, as well as a collection of works by modern glass artisans who created a technique called yokisai (rare coloring in a kiln). In addition, many glass works by Ichiya Asahi, an artist from the modern era of glass art and crafts who created a technique known as yokisai (rare coloring) are on display.
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