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Press

Regarding Loan of Images for PR Use

Exterior NMWA building images and artwork images are free to borrow for publicity purposes on television programs, in publications, or on websites (except privately operated websites), if the following conditions are met:

  1. The usage is part of an introduction to the NMWA (basic information such as opening hours, closed days, and related information must be included in the image usage),
  2. The usage is part of publishing or broadcasting exhibition information,
  3. The usage is part of publishing or broadcasting information on various types of activities.

For the usage mentioned above, please contact the NMWA Public Relations Office listed below.

* This service is for media and press use only.
* For image use other than NMWA publicity purposes, please SEE HERE.

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

Additional Display Announced!
A Third Impression of Under the Wave off Kanagawa Goes on Display on April 21, 2026

Press Release(About 313KB) PDF

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