Events
September 2025
Machiya Corner: Mid-Autumn Festival
Decorations and dishes connected with the Mid-Autumn Festival, which today falls around September 15th, are displayed in the Machiya corner, which reproduces a Nagasaki’s merchant house from the Edo period. Check the full Machiya calendar here.
Dates: August 19 (Tue) – September 15 (Mon), 2025
Place: 2F Permanent Exhibition Gallery
Time: 8:30-19:00 (last admission 18:30)
Fee: included in the Permanent Exhibition ticket
Thematic Exhibition: 391 Years of Kunchi
Experience the history and the appeal of the Nagasaki Kunchi Festival through pictures depicting the festivities and exhibits related to this year’s Odori-chō (performing districts).
Dates: September 3 (Wed) – October 13 (Mon), 2025
Place: 2F Permanent Exhibition Gallery
Time: 8:30-19:00 (last admission 18:30)
Fee: included in the Permanent Exhibition ticket
Machiya Corner: Kunchi Festival
Decorations and dishes connected with the Nagasaki Kunchi (October 7-9), the great autumn festival of Suwa Shrine, are displayed in the Machiya corner, which reproduces a Nagasaki’s merchant house from the Edo period. Check the full Machiya calendar here.
Dates: September 17 (Wed) – October 19 (Sun), 2025
Place: 2F Permanent Exhibition Gallery
Time: 8:30-19:00 (last admission 18:30)
Fee: included in the Permanent Exhibition ticket
Monthly Workshop: Aogai-zaiku Straps with Shrink Plastic
Aogai-zaiku are lacquerwares inlaid with mother-of-pearl, traditionally produced in Nagasaki in the Edo period. Use black shrink plastic to create straps resembling aogai-zaiku. Anyone can join.
Date: September 28 (Sun), 2025
Time: 13:30-15:30
Place: 1F Entrance Hall
Fee: 200 yen
*No prior registration needed.
October 2025
Thematic Exhibition: Rekibun Collection 20 Years
The Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture, affectionately nicknamed “Rekibun”, will celebrate its 20th anniversary on November 3rd, 2025. Its collection has evolved over the past 20 years: in this exhibit, we present a selection of masterpieces, and trace their journey in our Museum.
Dates: October 22 (Wed) – December 14 (Sun), 2025
Place: 2F Permanent Exhibition Gallery
Time: 8:30-19:00 (last admission 18:30)
From December 8:30-18:00 (last admission 17:30)
Fee: included in the Permanent Exhibition ticket
Year-round
Costume dramas in the Nagasaki Magistrate’s Office
Inside the reconstructed Nagasaki Magistrate’s Office, museum volunteers recreate trials from the Edo period (1603-1868). The skits are based on the Hankachō, historical records of criminal cases judged by the Nagasaki magistrates.
Dates: every Sunday
Place: 2F Permanent Exhibition Gallery, inside The Japanese Government of Nagasaki Zone
Time: 11:00, 13:30, 14:30, 15:30 (duration about 20 min.)
Fee: included in the Permanent Exhibition ticket