The Uehara Museum of Modern Art was opened in the city of Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture in the spring of 2000. The museum displays a wide collection of artworks including paintings by Renoir, Cezanne, Matisse and Picasso, and by Japanese painters Kawai Gyokudo, Ito Shinsui, Umehara Ryuzaburo and Yasui Sotaro, as well as works by Italian sculptors Manzu and Marini. The museum also invites specialists to offer lectures and workshops as part of its cultural activities and programs, helping to enhance the cultural activities of the area.

The Uehara Museum of Buddhism Art was opened in May 1983 to help ordinary people learn about the magnificence and depth of Buddhist art. The museum displays hundreds of wooden statues and houses numerous resource materials. The Uehara Museum is one of the few museums in Japan specializing in Buddhist art. It also conducts seminars and workshops as well as copying of statues and sutras.