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Exhibitions

Outdoor Exhibits
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Upcoming Special Exhibition

Special Exhibition    
Song and Yuan Buddhist Painting: Early Chinese Masterpieces in Japan

September 20–November 16, 2025

Upcoming Special Exhibition

Special Exhibition
Kitano Tenjin: Shinto God of Scholarship

April 18–June 14, 2026

Current Collection Exhibition

Feature Exhibition
Commemorating the Completion of Conservation: Legends of the Shakyamuni Hall (Shakadō Engi)

July 8–August 24, 2025

Current Collection Exhibition

Feature Exhibition
New Acquisitions

July 8–August 24, 2025

Upcoming Collection Exhibition

New Year’s Feature Exhibition
Pony Tales: Celebrating the Year of the Horse

December 16, 2025–January 25, 2026

Upcoming Collection Exhibition

Feature Exhibition
Ogata Kōrin’s Karuta Playing Cards and the Konishi Family Archives

December 16, 2025–February 1, 2026

Upcoming Collection Exhibition

Feature Exhibition  
Celebrating the Japanese Doll Festival

February 7–March 15, 2026

Current Collection Exhibition

Illustrated Handscrolls

Illustrated Handscrolls of the Muromachi Period: Works Related to Legends of the Shakyamuni Hall (Shakadō Engi), Part I

July 8–August 3,, 2025

Current Collection Exhibition

Momoyama-Edo Paintings

The Lavish Folding Screens of Myōshin-ji Temple

July 8–August 24, 2025

Current Collection Exhibition

Chinese Paintings

Daoist and Buddhist Figure Paintings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties

July 8–August 24, 2025

Current Collection Exhibition

Sculpture

Early Japanese Buddhist Sculptures

July 8–August 24, 2025

Current Collection Exhibition

Archaeological Relics

Prayers of the Asuka and Nara Periods

July 15–August 24, 2025

Current Collection Exhibition

Ceramics

Ceramics of Japan and East Asia

July 15–August 24, 2025

Upcoming Collection Exhibition

Illustrated Handscrolls

Illustrated Handscrolls of the Muromachi Period: Works Related to Legends of the Shakyamuni Hall (Shakadō Engi), Part Ⅱ

August 5–August 24,, 2025
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Exhibitions before April 2022

Types of Exhibitions

Special Exhibitions

These are large-scale loan exhibitions that typically make use of almost all museum galleries in the Heisei Chishinkan Wing. Hours and admission vary depending on the exhibition.

Collection Exhibitions

These are exhibitions of works from the museum's collection, including works owned by the museum and works on long-term loan. Admission for adults is 700 yen.
Collection exhibitions are often organized by genre and medium in individual galleries dedicated to ceramics, archaeological artifacts, various genres of painting and calligraphy, textiles, metalwork, lacquer, and sculpture.
Other sub-categories of collection exhibitions include feature exhibitions, in which works of various genres and materials are exhibited together under a common theme, and special viewings, in which works borrowed from external institutions are exhibited alongside objects from the Kyoto National Museum's collection.

  • Collection exhibition admission fees include access to feature exhibitions, special viewings, and all galleries.
  • Collection exhibitions are held in the Heisei Chishinkan Wing galleries but are partially or fully deinstalled for special exhibitions. When special exhibitions are underway, visitors cannot buy a separate ticket for collection exhibitions; all visitors must purchase special exhibition tickets.

Museum Gardens Only

During the installation and deinstallation of exhibitions, the Heisei Chishinkan galleries are closed, but the museum gardens remain open. During such times, the public may access the gardens and outdoor exhibits.