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Press

The National Museum of Western Art offers press releases and images of our exhibitions, displays and programs for newspapers, magazines, television and other media/press.
* This service is for media and press use only.

Press Enquiries

For press enquiries, please contact below:

NMWA Public Relations Office
c/o Youth Planning Center

E-mail
nmwa(at)ypcpr.com
* Please replace [at] with @ when contacting this address.

(Office hours: Weekdays, 10:00 – 18:00, closed on Saturdays, Sundays, and Public Holidays.)

* For inquiries about special exhibitions, please contact the public relations office of each exhibition.

Press Releases

Opening of a Temporary Installation of a Digital Program Made with 3D Modeling: “A World Heritage Site at Your Fingertips: Exploring the National Museum of Western Art”

Press Release(About 507KB) PDF

The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo Acquires August Strindberg’s Inferno and Joaquín Sorolla’s The Drinking Jug

Press Release(About 645KB) PDF

The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo Has Set Up a Donation Campaign to Support Museums in Ukraine

Press Release(About 296KB) PDF

The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo Acquires Akseli Gallen-Kallela’s Lake Keitele and Camille Claudel’s Perseus and the Gorgon in the fiscal year of 2021

Press Release(About 413KB) PDF

The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo announces the purchase of the ex-Gurlitt Estate work Manet’s Marine, Temps d’orage (Ships at sea in stormy weather), 1873 from Kunstmuseum Bern

Press Release(About 339KB)PDF

The Return of a Donated Artwork Discovered to Be Stolen Property

Press Release(About 53.2KB)PDF