SpecialExhibition

Past Exhibition

View information regarding special exhibitions conducted in and after November 2015.

April 2023 - March 2024

Woodblock Prints for Children Part2
December 2, 2023 – January 28, 2024
RYŪNOSUKE AKUTAGAWA Tokyo, the City where He was Born
September 16, - November12, 2023
The 44th Annual Summer Holiday Exhibition for Children : How does Salt Work in Your Body?
July 21, – August 27, 2023
Ōta Nanpo: An Intellectual Celebrity in Late Edo Japan-On the Bicentenary of His Death
April 29, – June 25, 2023

April 2022 - March 2023

The Egami Collection
IKAT : A Story of "Island Cloths" derived from Whales and Salt
January 21, – April 9, 2023
Vintage Lighters:Flame & Metalwork
September 10, – December 25, 2022
The 43th Annual Summer Holiday Exhibition for Children
How is salt related to animals' life?
July 21, – August 28, 2022
Travel through Time with Tobacco Packaging:The World of Memorial and Sightseeing Tobacco
May 28, 2022 – July 3, 2022
The Maruyama Collection
Nomadic Arts: The Tribal Salt Bags and Gabbehs from Western Asia
February 26, - May 15, 2022

April 2021 - March 2022

Sugiura Hisui: Epoch-making Modern Design
September 11, – November 14, 2021
The 42nd Annual Summer Holiday Exhibition for Children:
So many countries, so many salt makings
July 21, – August 29, 2021
The "tabakobon" (kiseru-smoking stow-box)
Until July 4, 2021
Mithila Museum Collection
Indian Cosmology Art―A World in Symbiosis with Nature
February 6, – May 16, 2021

April 2020 - March 2021

Murai Kichibe - A Tobacco Baron in Modern Japan
October 31, 2020 – January 24, 2021
Woodblock prints for Children
September 12, – October 18, 2020
The 41st Annual Summer Holiday Exhibition for Children
A wide variety of uses for salt
- not only for food, but also for industry -
July 21, – August 30, 2020

April 2019 - March 2020

Beauties and the famous views in Ukiyo-e
February 29, – June 28, 2020
The Golden Age of Posters Seen in the Tobacco and Salt Museum Collection
December 14, 2019 – February 16, 2020
Tobacco & Salt Museum Miniature Exhibition: Great beauty in small things
September 7, – December 1, 2019
The 40th Annual Summer Holiday Exhibition for Children Let's explore a variety of "Gifts from the sea"
July 20, – August 25, 2019
Match: As a Magical Fire Starting Tool and as a Modern Label
May 25, – July 7, 2019

April 2018 - March 2019

Business and Art - The trajectory of Tobacco & Salt Museum Collection -
March 23, Saturday – May 12, Sunday 2019
"Unbelievable Floriculture in Ukiyo-e"
January 31, Thursday – March 10, Sunday, 2019
The 40th Anniversary Exhibition
The Vienna World Exposition -Dawn of the Industrialization Era-
November 3, Saturday, 2018 – January 14, Monday, 2019
Molas and Nature: Textile Art from the Elisabeth Hans Collection
September 8, Saturday, – October 21, Sunday, 2018
The 39th Annual Summer Holiday Exhibition for Children
How is salt related to animals' life?
July 21, Saturday, - August 26, Sunday, 2018
Tokyo Through the Eyes of the Modern Boy and Modern Girl :
Japanese lifestyles and culture through products in 1920-1940
April 21, Saturday, - July 8, Sunday, 2018

April 2017 - March 2018

Silk Crepe Handiworks
January 23, Tuesday, - April 8, Sunday, 2018
"The Japanese Modern World, a Kaleidoscope of Beauty:
 With a Focus on the Teruhiko Kaneko Collection"
November 3, Friday, 2017 - January 8, Monday, 2018
History of Japanese Illustration
September 9, Saturday - October 22, Sunday, 2017
The 38th Annual Summer Holiday Exhibition for Children
Let's Look around the World for Seeking Salt Topics !
July 21, Friday - Aug 27, Sunday, 2017
The Sophisticated Women and Men of Edo as Seen in their Kimonos and Accessories
April 22, Saturday – July 2, Sunday, 2017

April 2016 - March 2017

The Maruyama Collection
Nomadic Arts: The Tribal Salt Bags and Rugs from Western Asia
January 21, Saturday – April 9, Sunday, 2017
Demanding Tastes of Fashionable Gentlemen
-The Japanese Traditional Smoking Item-
November 19, Saturday, 2016 - January 9, Monday 2017
Baron Megata -The man who created the modern Japan-
September 17,Saturday - November 6,Sunday, 2016
The 37th Annual Summer Holiday Exhibition for Children
Let's Go Salt Shopping! 2016
July 21, Thursday - August 31, Wednesday, 2016
Netsuke and Sagemono -Accessories for Kimono-
April 2, Saturday – July 3, Sunday, 2016

April 2015 - March 2016

History and culture of the area surrounding the Sumida River
January 5, Tuesday - March 21, Monday, 2016
Ukiyo-e and Tobacco Items: World-class Japanese Art
November3, Tuesday - December 13, Sunday, 2015