Cultural properties that have been passed down to the present day have survived thanks to the special care with which they were treated and through the repairs they have undergone at various points through the generations. In order to ensure that the cultural properties in the museum’s collection and entrusted to it can be transmitted to future generations as well, the various departments of this museum—sculpture, painting, historical documents, decorative arts, and archaeological works—strategically attend to their conservation each year. This exhibition showcases some of the cultural properties in the collection that were conserved leading up to the past fiscal year. Panels explain the process of their conservation as well.

Exhibition Dates

Saturday, December 19th to Sunday, January 14th, 2023

Please note that the museum is closed on the following days: The first Monday of every week; the holidays at the end and beginning of the year (Thursday, December 28th to Monday, January 1st); Tuesday, January 9th

Venue

The West Wing of the Nara National Museum

Hours

The museum is open every day from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Last admission is thirty minutes before closing.

Admission

• For those bringing along with them a guest who is a high school student or under and/or under the age of 18, please enjoy a 100 JPY discount on admission. Likewise, those bringing along a college student can enjoy a 50 JPY discount.
• Admission to this exhibition also grants entry to the Feature Exhibition On-Matsuri and the Sacred Art of Kasuga; the exhibition of Buddhist masterworks from the museum’s collection; the Nara Buddhist Sculpture Hall; and the Chinese Ancient Ritual Bronzes Gallery.  
• From January 2nd to 5th, free passes to the exhibition are distributed at the inner sanctum of Kasuga Taisha.