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PRESS RELEASE
Exhibitions and Public Programs in FY2024
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa

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New humanity
The concept of the program at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, which celebrates its 20th
anniversary this year, is “art and the new ecology” that permits us to explore what a new humanity might look like. Afterthe themes of “a dialogue with history” and the “relationship with contemporary technology” over the past two years,
this year’s program represents a culmination of the past two years. What is the nature of this new ecology thatsurrounds us today? Shifts in the natural, social, and information environments are compelling us to adopt a different
perspective and way of thinking.
Kanazawa City has formed a relationship between the city and its people, culture and nature through its many gardens
and skillful irrigation canal network. Since its opening in 2004, the museum has showcased creative activities in fields
as diverse as contemporary art, architecture, design, and crafts, in addition to working to promote exchange andmutual understanding with the public, through exchange programs, for example. Our 20th anniversary will be a year ofthoughtful and creative proposals that examine the cultural ecology we have built and address the urgent issues of ourtime. Our building was partially damaged by the earthquake in January this year. This reaffirmed the fact that we exist
alongside threats to the natural environment, and that we must overcome these threats through symbiosis and resilience.
The exhibition that will mark the reopening of the museum is “Lines—Aligning your consciousness with the flow,” which
includes pieces from the museum collection. This exhibition will demonstrate the multifaceted and evolving
connections between worlds through works of art that frame the line as a dynamic gesture, and an entity that connects
different spaces and concepts. The subsequent 20th anniversary exhibition, “DANCING WITH ALL: The Ecology of
Empathy,” explores an ecology of empathy that transcends verbal communication and uses the five senses andintuition to connect all living things, as if they were dancing with each other. In collaboration with philosophers,scientists, architects, and others, this exhibition will bring together artists from around the world who share a common
vision, building a platform that proposes a vision of coexistence for the future.
Another highlight of the exhibition is the large-scale collection exhibition. The museum’s history and identity will bereaffirmed through the museum’s collection, which started with 200 pieces when it first opened and has now grown to
4,200 pieces.
The program also extends beyond the walls of the museum to the city. The “Fermentation Tourism through Art”
program will explore the wisdom and history of Kanazawa’s marine and fermentation cultures by proposing a trip totour various installations in collaboration with breweries in Kanazawa. Other programs include an inclusive theater
program, forums, residencies, museum cruises, and various other public programs, as well as a publication to beedited on the occasion of the museum’s 20th anniversary.
HASEGAWA Yuko
Director, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Public Relations Office: ISHIKAWA Satoko, OCHIAI Hiroaki
1-2-1 Hirosaka, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan 920-8509
Tel: +81-(0)76-220-2814 Fax: +81-(0)76-220-2802 E-mail: press@kanazawa21.jp

This information is current as of March 2024.
Exhibition and event names and dates are subject to change.
Please contact us directly for the latest information.

Art and the New Ecology
In FY2024, the museum will hold a special exhibition to commemorate its 20th anniversary under the theme “Art and the New Ecology.” Inorder to overcome the various problems facing Earth, we will present works of art by artists with their keen sensitivity and deep insights by
researchers based on the latest ecological theories, where one can learn through the senses, with a sensibility typical of art museums.
This is an experiment in creating a future where we can live together by connecting all of the forms of existence that surround us, with asense of empathy as if we were dancing.

DANCING WITH ALL: The Ecology of Empathy
November 2 (Sat) – March 16 (Sun)1

Fabbrica dell’Aria® PNAT
2023
©photo Takumi Ota

We are surrounded by animals, plants, and all manner of other things that lie within our grasp. We have a desire to
overcome the problems of the Earth as if we were dancing with all of the forms of existence that surround us. This
year, the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa will hold this exhibition in response to the annual
theme of new ecologies as it celebrates its 20th anniversary. Through the keen sensitivities and faculties ofobservation of artists, this exhibition will present the future of a comprehensive ecological theory with the capacity totake into account society and the psyche. In collaboration with scientists, philosophers, and other researchers whoshare the same vision, the exhibition will visualize a range of specialized content and imbue it with sensitivity,
conveying it to viewers as a form of sensory learning. Artists and creators from Africa, South America, Asia, Europe,and the United States, including those in remote areas, will gather in the space of the museum to share their wisdomon how to survive alongside life and living beings, as if we were dancing with each other. This vision that encompasses
all things in Kanazawa, the birthplace of D.T. Suzuki, will serve as a platform for symbiotic relationships.

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An Expanding Collection
The 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa has collected approximately 4,200 contemporary art works since 2000,
before the museum opened. In commemoration of the museum’s 20th anniversary, the special exhibition “Lines—Aligning yourconsciousness with the flow,” an extension of the museum’s collection, will explore how various aspects of the line shape our lives andhuman relationships. This year-round collection exhibition will use the entire space of the museum on a large scale, creating an
opportunity to reflect on the museum’s 20-year history and discuss what the future holds.

Lines —Aligning your consciousness with the flow
June 22 (Sat) – October 14 (Mon/holiday)
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El ANATSUI, 2015
© El ANATSUI
photo: KIOKU Keizo

This exhibition explores how artists use the line as a fundamental element in the creation of their work, and how the line
can convey meaning, movement, and emotion. It will explore various aspects of the line, including the sense of fluidity
inherent in both artistic practice and ecological systems, language, and its role in nature, providing an opportunity toconsider how the line shapes our lives and relationships through artworks. In artistic expression, the line is not just astatic mark, but a dynamic gesture that captures the artist’s movement and intent, demarcating boundaries andintersections between different spaces and concepts. Lines define the boundaries between inside and outside, past andpresent, and self and other, in a way that can be both strict and ambiguous, and are related to the interconnectedness
and interdependence of various phenomena. The act of considering the line as an “in-between” entity also allows us toreflect on its multifaceted and evolving nature that shapes our experiences, connections, and perceptions of the world.
Lying beyond this is the promise of a contemporary era that focuses on art as a way of relating to the world andparticipating in it, continuing to weave together various cracks and crevices in order to live. Let us seek out various “lines”
in these works, including the ongoing process of becoming, and discover the intertwining of complex, multilayered lines
from simple ones. This is an exhibition that seeks to integrate human creative practice within a broader context,
considering the world not as a collection of discrete entities, but rather a web of interconnected ecological processes.
Exhibiting artists (in alphabetical order): EL ANATSUI, Tiffany CHUNG, Sam FALLS,
Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally GABORI, Marguerite HUMEAU, Mark MANDERS, OHMAKI Shinji,Henrique OLIVEIRA, Oksana PASAIKO, SUPERFLEX, Judy WATSON, YAGI Yuna, YOKOYAMA Nami
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YOKOYAMA Nami,
Shape of Your Words [in India 2023/8.1-8.19], 2024
Private collection
Courtesy of KENJI TAKI GALLERY© Nami Yokoyama
photo : ITO Tetsuo

4Mark MANDERS, Composition with Four Yellow Verticals, 2017-2019
Collection of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art,
Kanazawa
photo: KIOKU Keizo

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Judy WATSON,
Great artesian basin springs, the gulf (jiwil, wanami), 2019
Collection of the 21st Century Museum ofContemporary Art, Kanazawa
photo: KIOKU Keizo

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An Expanding Collection

Collection Exhibition

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October 12 (Sat) – January 19 (Sun), 2025
February 1 (Sat) – May 11 (Sun), 2025

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Sarah SZE, The Art of Losing, 2004, © Sarah SZEFUJI Hiroshi, Happy Paradise, 2015, © FUJI Hiroshi, photo: KIOKU Keizo
Pedro REYES, pUN Library, 2013, photo: KIOKU Keizo
James TURRELL, Gasworks, 1993, © James TURRELL
photo: SAIKI Taku
10. MURAKAMI Takashi, Sea Breeze, 1992
©1992 Takashi Murakami / Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
11. KANEUJI Teppei, Endless, Nameless #1, 2014
© KANEUJI Teppei, photo: KIOKU Keizo
12. UJINO Muneteru, Plywood Shinchi, 2017–2019, photo: KIOKU Keizo
13. HIROSE Mitsuharu ×NISHIYAMA Minako,
Knit Pavilion − Knit Cafe in My Room, 2009
© HIROSE Mitsuharu © NISHIYAMA Minako, photo: SAIKI Taku
14. SHIOTA Chiharu + OKADA Toshiki, About A Room of Memory, 2009
© SHIOTA Chiharu © OKADA Toshiki, photo: IKEDA Hiraku
All images are Collection of 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the museum’s opening, a large-scale collection exhibition to showcase themost important function of the museum — its collection — will be held throughout the year. The museum’s collection
activities began in 2000, before the museum opened, and based on the curators’ research and studies, the museum
has been constantly adding new works to the collection every year. The collection, which had approximately 200 itemsby the time of the museum’s opening, has now grown to approximately 4,200 items. This collection represents both thehistory of the museum and its identity. The three policies governing the collection of the 21st Century Museum ofContemporary Art, Kanazawa are: (1) works produced since 1980 that propose new values, (2) works influencing suchnew values and providing points of reference in terms of art history since 1900, and (3) works rich in new creativity
closely associated with the Kanazawa area. This collection is both a mirror of the changing times and a repository of
the history of artistic expression that has been accumulated and woven together. The collection exhibition is a platform
for looking at the world, and to think about and discuss the past, present, and future. It offers us an opportunity to lookback over the past 20 years and discuss the future.
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Public Programs
The 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa is a "participation-oriented museum along with citizens and revitalize thecommunity". Through its cooperative engagement with people and industries, the Museum will endeavor to explore and generatecompletely new activities as an art museum.

Fermentation Tourism through Art (tentative)
September 21(Sat) – December 8(Sun) (scheduled)
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Miso brewery in Ono Port where wooden vats are used to make miso

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People touring Ono, a town of fermented foods

In FY2024, the 20th anniversary of the museum, we will propose a new type of tourism that combines art anddesign, fermented food, and walks through the city, in collaboration with breweries in Kanazawa. Soy sauce andsake are representative of Japan’s culture of fermented foods. Kanazawa is home to many breweries with a historyof several hundred years, and a unique fermentation culture nurtured by the city’s marine culture that includes
kaburazushi (yellowtail sandwiched between turnips and marinated in malt) and fugu no ko (pufferfish ovaries
soaked in rice bran to remove its toxins). The city is blessed with microorganisms that control this fermentation,water and wind that produce delicious fermented foods, and memories of hundreds of years of people’s lives thathave survived wars and disasters. In Kanazawa, a “cultural rice bran pickling bed” where food, history, and climate
are combined, brewers and artists have teamed up to create works on the theme of fermentation.
The venue is not limited to the art museum: instead, the region itself will play a leading role. The 21st Century
Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa will be the check-in point, with installations set up in breweries in the
Higashi Chaya district, Ono Port, Nomachi, and Ishibiki areas, as well as breweries around Kanazawa. Walk thestreets, encounter the microorganisms and history that reside in these breweries, and embark on a journey that will
brew your senses along with delicious tastes!
Guest Curator: OGURA Hiraku (Fermentation Designer)
Co-Curator: Dominic CHEN (Ferment Media Researcher)
Regional Coordinator: YAMAMOTO Kohei (Brewer)
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Introducing fermentation as a culture at the exhibition

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Rice bran pickling bed robot that can converse with humans
photo: SEKIYA Naoto

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Kaburazushi (yellowtail sandwiched between
turnips and marinated in malt)

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Public Programs
The 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa seeks to realize projects where citizens and others with diverse
values and backgrounds can actively participate, and co-create sites for encounters and exchanges that connect people toeach other and their local communities through the museum in an organic way.

Stage: Look, Listen, Speak
Inclusive Theater Program

The Prince of Home Appliances

FORUM Я: Let’s talk about the future(written and directed by Pink Chiteijin No. 3)

4 times a year (scheduled)

November 22 (Fri) – 24 (Sun)21
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Workshop “Let's create
communication together
that conveys/ transmits
through the movementsof hands, face, andbody.” (July 2023)
photo: NAKAGAWA
Akifumi

The 21st Centur y Museum of Contemporar y Ar t,
Kanazawa has been working with the local community on
the theme of “what kind of museum is easy and enjoyablefor everyone to visit?” This year, the museum has invitedthe playwright and director Pink Chiteijin No. 3, whoworks with deaf actors who cannot hear, to create andperform a new play, “The Prince of Home Appliances.” In
the hope of increasing the number of people, regardlessof disability, who feel familiar with and enjoy theperforming arts, workshops will be held to invite deaf,
hard-of-hearing and hearing people alike, from children to
adults, to participate in the performance.

View of Forum Я
vol.2 EDANI Hiroko
from FY2023

This program welcomes experts in various fields asguests to introduce new perspectives and ways ofthinking about the world. The museum's professional
staff will serve as listeners for the talks, and in order toopen a "place to learn and talk together," there will betime for workshops and discussions with participants toconsider how to face the future “a little further into the
future.” With the theme of “communication support” inmind, the museum will provide information on themuseum’s childcare center, sign language interpreters
will be available, and individual requests for assistancewill also be accommodated.

Open Call Support Projects

For high school students (15-18 years old)

&21+

Dramatic! Bus Tour 2024

1 performance in March, 2025 (scheduled)

September and November (scheduled)

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TSUDA Michiko“and run” lecture
performance

Talk session with Ariane
Mnouchkine, director
and leader of the theatercompany, after the
performance of “L'îled'or,Kanemu-Jima” by
the Théâtre du Soleil, in
ROHM Theatre Kyoto

The museum suppor ts a diversity of experimental
presentations. We will invite applications from the public for
performance projects of any genre to be held mainly at
Theater 21, and after a selection process by experts, thechosen projects will be implemented on a co-sponsoredbasis. Workshops and outreach programs will also be held
as related events to promote mutual interaction between
artists, the community, and people. High school students
are invited to the performances free of charge to help
nurture an appreciation of the arts among young people.

This is a travel-based arts appreciation program thathelps high school students see the performing arts in atheater setting. High school students can participate in
the tour for a low fee and see a stage performance. The
program also includes a pre-performance talk by aguide, a panel discussion with the director and actors,
and a backstage behind-the-scenes tour of the theater.
This is a valuable opportunity to complement one’s art
experience with the rich theater culture, and to learn
about arts and culture professionals and their work.

“Listen to the Sound of Prayer” (scheduled to be held inMarch 2024, but postponed to March 2025)
K-Zone. Group selected in FY2024
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Programs for creating with artists

AIR KANAZAWA

Outreach programs

Year-roundYear-round24

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Tiffany Chung's
survey of Uokkagaa(Kin Okawa River,
Kin Town, Okinawa
Prefecture, Japan)

Jichiku Kanaiwa Ono
Art Project Niwabu"Potluck Party" from
FY2019This is an artist-in-residence program that invites artists
in the fields of the visual arts, music, and performing
arts from Japan and abroad, as well as curators andresearchers in various academic fields such as naturalscience, philosophy, history, and literature, to stay andinteract with each other through the production of work,
research, field work, workshops, and more.

This is a program to further enhance the potential ofinclusive art museums by working inside and outside themuseums with exper ts in their respective fields in
Kanazawa and its suburbs. Together with specialists invarious fields, including not only fine arts but also
per forming artists, musicians, and architects, thisprogram will develop projects not only within themuseum, but also locations as diverse as welfare
facilities and shopping streets, involving local people
and exploring new relationships between the museum
and the community.

Resident for FY2024 (scheduled)
OKADA Toshiki (Japan)

Towards a museum that is open to the citizens

Kanazawa Citizens Free Art Day “Open Museum 2024”
November 3 (Sun/holiday) (scheduled)
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with and enjoy this museum that resembles a public
square. In addition to allowing Kanazawa citizens to viewthe exhibitions organized by the museum free of charge,
the museum will set up a system to make it easy for themto visit. There will be a special counter for citizens toenter the museum smoothly upon presentation of their ID
cards. Museum staff will also collaborate with volunteers
who work at the museum on a daily basis and local
residents to offer programs that can be enjoyed by both
adults and children, such as gallery talks, museum tours,
and workshops, creating a place for interaction between
the museum staff and visitors.

Scene from “Marubi Mirai Cafe Lantern Workshop”

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Public Programs
Towards a museum that is open to the citizens

Marubi Mirai Café

Hirosaka Cinema Club

Recruiting of members: April
Activity: Year-round

Recruiting of members: April
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Members of Marubi
Mirai Café

Scene from “Let's talkabout film screenings”

The “Marubi Mirai Café” has been held since 2014 as anactivity for citizens to envision the future of art museums.
The goal is to encourage people of all ages to become
familiar with and use the museum. Members, who
consist of local residents, discuss the future of themuseum and the city, and independently plan andrealize exciting and inspiring projects. In FY2023, wegrew morning glory seeds for the “Asatte Asagao project(Day After Tomorrow Morning Glory Project)” with artist
HIBINO Katsuhiko. In FY2024, we will continue todevelop activities that connect people, the community,
and the museum!

This is a club activity in which multi-generational and diverse
volunteer members gather at the 21st Century Museum ofContemporary Art, Kanazawa with the theme of film in mind,
proactively implementing various projects aimed at thepromotion of local film culture. Club members share ideas
with each other for activities such as filmmaking workshopswith filmmakers, film screenings, and study sessions andpractices for universal screenings. In an age when we canenjoy movies anywhere and anytime by ourselves, we arecommitted to conveying the excellence of movies to the
public through activities such as “watching, making, andshowing” movies together with others at art museums.

Educational Programs
Program ̶ Inviting Fourth Gradersfrom Kanazawa Schools to the Museum

Museum Cruise
July - September, November – January, 2025
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View of Museum Cruisefrom FY2023 (venue ofCollection Exhibition 2:
Electricity-Sound)This program invites fourth-grade students studying in
Kanazawa to visit an art museum as a school, providing
an opportunity for small groups of students to view
artworks in the collection and walk around the museum
grounds, in order to cultivate sensitivities and familiarize
themselves with the local art museum. Since its opening,with the cooperation of the Kanazawa City Board of
Education and members of the “Cruise Crew” ar t
appreciation program, the museum has continuously
created an environment where “every child born andraised in Kanazawa has been to an art museum.”

Program for junior high school students

Marubi Art School
August - January, 2025 (scheduled)30

View of workshop fromFY2023This workshop will be held jointly by junior high school
students in Kana zawa, ar tists, schools, and ar t
museums. While experiencing how artists see the world,
students will look at themselves, the world, and social
events from their own perspectives, think about them,and express their thoughts, the results of which will bemade public in the form of an exhibition and recordings.

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Educational Programs

Kids’ Studio Program

Art Library Program[Every Sat, Sun, holidays]
Weekend program “Hands-on Marubi!”[Every Tuesday through Friday on weekdays]
Weekday program “Marubi SUKUSUKU Station”[Every month]
Art Library Program “Let’s Read Picture Books”

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View of “Let’s Read
Picture Books”
FY2023

View of “Hands-on
Marubi !” FY2023

At “Hands-on Marubi!,” children will enjoy art activities
and art appreciation. “SUKUSUKU Station” will open asa “childcare plaza” so that you can enjoy the museum on
weekdays as a walking route with your young children.

“Let’s Read Picture Books” is a program to familiarize
visitors with the museum while enjoying picture books.
After reading picture books based on the exhibition ortheme, par ticipants will enjoy viewing ar t works,
engaging in modeling activities, and exploring themuseum with the curator or educator in charge of thebooks. This program is an opportunity for both children
and adults to enjoy the museum by encouraging new
encounters and discoveries with artworks throughpicture books.

20th Anniversary Commemorative Publication
THE COLLECTION | 21st Century Museum ofContemporary Art, Kanazawa〈3rd edition〉
Scheduled to be published in June, 2024.

Collection Story of 21st Century Museum ofContemporary Art, Kanazawa (tentative)
Scheduled to be published in October, 2024.
Collection building is at the heart of the museum’s activities. The museum has built one of
the best collections of contemporary art in Japan, based on a policy of selecting works thatoffer new values, works that serve as historical references, and works that are rich in new
creativity associated with Kanazawa. This collection catalog will include information anddescriptions of the works in the collection to date, as well as descriptions of all the artists.
Collection Story of 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (tentative) will
look back on the history of the museum and the art scene in Japan and abroad, while
introducing the process of building the collection in tandem with the art of our time.

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Kids Art Recipe Book (tentative)
Scheduled to be published in November, 2024.
Based on the philosophy of “an art museum that grows together with children,” themuseum has developed various programs for children’s artistic expression in the 20 years
since its opening, centering on the Kids Studio. The ideas and techniques developed
through these programs will be introduced in the form of recipe books so that they can befurther utilized at home or at various facilities.

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Lines—Aligning yourconsciousness with the flow

DANCING WITH ALL:The Ecology of Empathy

Date: June 22 (Sat) – October 14 (Mon/holiday)
Press Guidance: June 21 (Fri)

Date: November 2 (Sat) – March 16 (Sun)
Press Guidance: November 1 (Fri)34Collection Exhibition

Collection Exhibition

Collection Exhibition

Date1: June 22 (Sat) –September 29 (Sun)Date2: October 12 (Sat) –January 19 (Sun), 2025

Date3: February 1 (Sat) –May 11 (Sun), 2025

Schedule for Public Programs
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Fermentation Tourism through Art (tentative)
FORUM Я : Let’s talk about the future (4 times a year)
AIR KANAZAWA
Outreach programs
Marubi Mirai Café
Hirosaka Cinema Club
Museum Cruise

Museum Cruise

Program for junior high school students Marubi Art School
Dramatic! Bus Dramatic! Bus
Tour 2024
Tour 2024
Open Museum 2024

&21+

The Prince of Home Appliances
Weekend program “Hands-on Marubi!” ……………………… Every Sat, Sun, holidays
Weekday program “Marubi SUKUSUKU Station” …………… Every Tuesday through Friday on weekdays
Art Library Program “Let’s Read Picture Books” …………… Every month*This information is current as of March 2024. Exhibition and event names and dates are subject to change. Please contact us directly for the latest information.

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Exhibition

PeriodPrice(Fees in parentheses are online tickets)
Adult

Lines —Aligning yourconsciousness with the flow

6.22 (Sat) 10.14 (Mon/holi)

DANCING WITH ALL:The Ecology of Empathy

11.2 (Sat) 3.16 (Sun)¥1,200

University¥800

Elem/JH/HS¥400(¥1,000)(¥600)¥1,400¥1,000(¥800)(¥400)

¥450

¥310

Free

(¥1,100)(¥300)¥500

Ticketsfor Groups of 20 or more

65 and over

Adult

University

Elem/JH/HS¥1,000¥1,000¥600¥300¥1,100¥1,100

¥800

¥400

¥360

¥360

¥240

Free

1: 6.22 (Sat) 9.29 (Sun)Collection Exhibition

2: 10.12 (Sat) 1.19 (Sun)3: 2.1 (Sat) 5.11 (Sun)*Online tickets can be purchased through the museum’ s website (start dates for sales differ for each exhibition).
*Collection exhibitions can be viewed with a ticket for special exhibitions held at the same time.

Images for Publicity
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Please refrain from cropping. During layout, please avoid laying type (caption or other) over the photo.
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