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Last update：2023.08.29
All sections of the NMWA will be closed from 4 September (Mon.) through 18 September (Mon.), 2023 for exhibit replacement.
On Tuesday, July 4, 2023, the National Museum of Western Art will open a temporary installation of a new digital program made with 3D modeling, titled “A World Heritage Site at Your Fingertips: Exploring the National Museum of Western Art” available for use at the Museum. This digital program featuring the NMWA Main Building will be available via Spatial Reality Display equipment installed in the museum as well as in a version that utilizes smartphones. Both versions allow you to use your fingertips to explore and experience the World Heritage-listed NMWA Main Building, including areas not normally open to the public.
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“I am always tense because I have to be quiet in an art museum.” “It is hard to go to an exhibition with small children.” We hope that people who have had such experiences can enjoy art works in a museum without feeling bad. So we are holding a Free Talking Day, when visitors can talk freely about the art works they are viewing, and share with others the surprise and happiness they feel as they view art works. We will also have a kids space and breastfeeding room set up that day, so that visitors of all ages can enjoy visiting the museum and appreciating art together.
Program date: 26 August (Sat.)
Program time: 9:30 – 20:00
Free entry to both the Permanent Collection Galleries and the Imaged and Imagined: Spain Seen through Prints from Japanese Collections Special Exhibition
For details, please click here:
All sections of the NMWA will be closed from 12 June (Mon.) through 26 June (Mon.), 2023 for exhibit replacement.
In 2022, the National Museum of Western Art acquired the painting Inferno by August Strindberg (1849-1912) and the painting The Drinking Jug by Joaquín Sorolla (1863-1923). Read News Release here
On March 17, 2023 (Fri.), the National Museum of Western Art and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. signed a partnership agreement. Under this agreement, starting in April 2023 Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. will provide a Kawasaki Free Sunday free admission for all visitors to the Permanent Collection Galleries on the 2nd Sunday of every month. The first Kawasaki Free Sunday event took place on April 9, 2023 (Sun.).
On May 9, 2023 (Tues.), the NMWA began selling a NMWA Permanent Collection Galleries Passport Ticket at the NMWA Ticket Office.
This Passport Ticket will allow holders to visit the Permanent Collection Galleries as many times as they want to during the validity period, and also includes discounts at the Museum Shop and Café Suiren.
With the introduction of these new services, the NMWA has ended its previous system of free admission to the Permanent Collection Galleries on the 2nd and 4th Fridays and after 17:00 each Friday and Saturday (paused from April 2022 to help prevent the spread of Covid-19.) Thank you for your understanding of these changes.
Passport Tickets -- which can only be used by the designated holder and allow unlimited entry to the Permanent Collection Galleries during the Passport Ticket validity period -- can be purchased as follows.
The National Museum of Western Art Museum Shop opened its online store today.
Online NMWA Museum Shop:
https://www.nmwatokyo-shop.org
The newly opened NMWA Museum Shop website (Japanese only) features approximately 200 items, from goods based on NMWA collection items to catalogues from previous exhibitions. Items can be shipped anywhere within Japan.
*The NMWA shop in the NMWA Main Building is closed during the current building maintenance closure [October 19, 2020 - Spring 2022 (estimated)].
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