Collection (as of April 1, 2019)

Organizational Chart

Historical Collections

Director

Deputy Director

Director of Administration

Special Advisor
to the Director

Deputy Director of Administration

General Affairs and Human Resources

Deputy Chief Curators

Board of Trustees

Museum Programs and Development

Department of Exhibitions

Chief Curator

Finance
Department of Registration and Image Services

Advisory Committee for theConservation of Cultural Properties

Facilities

Department of Curatorial Engagement

Acquisitions and Stewardship
The museum’s collection focuses on the history of Kyoto and its environs.
Acquisitions are made by both purchase and donation.
The Kyoto National Museum houses numerous treasures entrusted to it on
long-term loan from temples, shrines, and private collections.
Storing these collections at the museum ensures a safe environment for theobjects and also increases opportunities to exhibit them to the public.

Department of Conservation Administration

Number of Employees

Emergency Control Center and Visitor Services

Department of Fine Arts

Administrative:
21
Security:
5
Research (including Director): 17

Painting

7.7%

Textiles andCostumes

10.2%
Lacquer

7.1%

29.9%

14,509

Objects orSets of Objects

16.2%
Ceramics

Permanent Employees

2.3%

ArcheologicalArtifacts

15.5%
7.9%

Metalwork

Calligraphy
Sculpture

Architecture

2.8%

0.4%

Department of Decorative and Applied Arts

Exhibitions

Department of Archeology

Contract Employees
Research Fellows:
Assistants:

720

During the ongoing restoration of the Meiji Kotokan, the museum holds both thematic exhibitions drawn from the permanentcollection as well as special exhibitions in the Heisei Chishinkan Wing.

Department of Education
Department of Conservation Science

Visitor Numbers
1,000

Generated Income

Special Exhibitions
Open Gardens
Collections Gallery (Permanent Collection)

800

941,931427

653,336600

300

539,134400446,111
1,699

273,343200

265,791

thousandFY 2014205,526

FY 2015

789,393

477,884

15,676

320,402
11,168186,162

136,862

146,314

FY 2016

FY 2017

FY 2018

384,340
186,761
11,417200

24.7%

342 million yen

FY 2019

31.8%

1 million JPY

14.7%

442 million yen

million yen(Equipment Purchases)

204 million yen

Projected214

214

214

220

FY 2014

FY 2015

FY 2016

FY 2017226

Conservation

5.3% 0.6%

The museum has been involved in the conservation of many genres of art for decades. In recent years, it has employed avariety of cutting-edge scientific technologies to support more traditional methods of conservation.

FY 2018

Education and Programming Costs
6 million yen

FY 2018

1,051

Exhibitions Costs
222 million yen

million yen

43.9%

Personnel Costs(Including Contract Employees)

461 million yen

20.7% 8.4%

28.8%
Operations Subsidies

Realized

21.1%

Operations Subsidies(Personnel)

1,388

289

100

Research Costs
56 million yen
Generated Income284
219

Budget(Projected)

381

400

Operations Subsidies(Specific Use)

400 million yen

Acquisitions and Collections
Management Costs
218 million yenConservation: preliminary analysis

General Administrative Costs
88 million yen

Conservation treatments

ResearchResearch is essential to all the museum’s activities, including acquisitions, exhibitions, conservation, educational
programming, and more. Museum research often takes place over many years, leading to long-term loans to the museum ofimportant artworks or to their exhibition in museum galleries.

Important Cultural Property.
Letter fromEmperor Ōgimachi toKujō Tanemichi.
16th century.

A temple inventory