Events

Machiya Corner: Tanabata
Decorations and dishes connected with Tanabata (July 7th), also known as the Star Festival, are displayed in the Machiya corner, which reproduces a Nagasaki’s merchant house from the Edo period. Check the full Machiya calendar here.

Dates: June 17 (Tue) – July 21 (Mon), 2025
Place: 2F Permanent Exhibition Gallery
Time: 8:30-19:00 (last admission 18:30)
Fee: included in the Permanent Exhibition ticket

Rekibun Tanabata Decorations
Write your wish on a strip of coloured paper called tanzaku and hang it on a bamboo.

Dates: June 28 (Sat) – July 6 (Sun), 2025
Place: 1F Entrance Hall
Time: 8:30-19:00
Fee: Free

Thematic Exhibition: A Fantastic Exhibition
Fans are one of the seasonal motifs connected to summer often featured in Japanese art. In this exhibition we display artworks and crafts from Nagasaki featuring fan motifs.

Dates: July 1 (Tue) – August 31 (Sun), 2025
Place: 2F Permanent Exhibition Gallery
Time: 8:30-19:00 (last admission 18:30)
Fee: included in the Permanent Exhibition ticket

Gallery Talk for Foreign Visitors
Join a tour of the temporary exhibition “Ghosts, Demons & Yōkai in Ukiyo-e Masterpieces” in English or Easy Japanese.

Date: July 13 (Sun), 2025
Time: 15:00-16:00 Easy Japanese / 16:00-17:00 English
Place: 3F Temporary Exhibition Gallery
Fee: admission ticket to the Temporary Exhibition is required. Free for high school students and younger, Rekibun Tomo no Kai, Campus Members students.

Prior reservation required. Click here to secure your spot.

Machiya Corner: Obon
Decorations and dishes connected with Obon, a summer ritual honoring the spirits of the deceased, are displayed in the Machiya corner, which reproduces a Nagasaki’s merchant house from the Edo period. Check the full Machiya calendar here.

Dates: July 23 (Wed) – August 17 (Sun), 2025
Place: 2F Permanent Exhibition Gallery
Time: 8:30-19:00 (last admission 18:30)
Fee: included in the Permanent Exhibition ticket

Make a Yōkai Strap with Shrink Plastic
Get inspired by the exhibition “Ghosts, Demons & Yōkai in Ukiyo-e Masterpieces”, and make your own monster strap.

Date: July 24 (Thu), 2025
Time: 13:30-16:00 *Or until materials last.
Place: 1F Entrance Hall
Fee: 300 yen
*No prior registration needed.

Monthly Workshop: Old Map Envelopes and Flake Stickers
Make stickers from the Museum’s treasures, its original characters, or your own drawings. Take them home in an envelope made from the copy of an old map. Anyone can join.

Date: August 3 (Sun), 2025
Time: 13:30-15:30 *Or until materials last.
Place: 1F Entrance
Fee: 200 yen
*No prior registration needed.

Make a Paper Lantern Ghost
An event related to the special exhibition “Ghosts, Demons & Yōkai in Ukiyo-e Masterpieces”. Anyone can join.

Date: August 17 (Sun), 2025
Time: 13:30-16:00 *Or until materials last.
Place: 1F Entrance
Fee: 200 yen
*No prior registration needed.

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