A general view of the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo on May 24, 2016, Tokyo, Japan. A UNESCO advisory panel recommended the inclusion of the museum on the World Heritage list along with 16 other structures designed by Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier. (Photos by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO)
Visitors line up at the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo on May 19, 2016, Tokyo, Japan.
The museum which was completed in 1959 is the only Japanese structure designed by Le Corbusier. UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee is expected to confirm the museum’s new status at it’s next meeting to be held in Turkey in July 2016.
