renovated it before reopening it on 2 January 2015. Admission was originally restricted to two-week periods in January, Spring, and Autumn but it is presently open whenever the main museum is. The exhibition on the second floor consists of 4 rooms: the Kuroda Memorial Room, the Reading Room, the Audiovisual Room, and the Collection Highlights Gallery. There is also a cafe on the first and second floors. Shiryokan (Research and Information Center) The holds books, magazines, images, and other documents relating to history, archaeology, and the fine and applied arts in Japan, Asia, and the Middle East. The Research and Information Center was opened in 1984. The floor open to the public includes two reading rooms, an exhibition area, and counters for requesting items held in the archives on the other floors. Free access is available without admission to the rest of the museum through the compound's west gate. Access Ueno Station (with JR East and Tokyo Metro) Uguisudani Station (with JR East) Keisei Ueno Station (with Keisei Electric Railway) Nezu Station (with Tokyo Metro) See also Lists of National Treasures and Horyuji Treasures at the Tokyo National Museum Kuromon ("Black Gate"), one of two surviving feudal main gates in Tokyo Kyoto, Kyushu, and Nara National Museums Japanese art Greco-Buddhist art Silk Road Machida Hisanari Wuzhun Shifan List of National Treasures of Japan Notes References Citations References . . . External links . , including images of the National Museum through the 20th century. Virtual tour of the Tokyo National Museum provided by Google Arts & Culture