Exhibitions & Events
Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art 50th Anniversary
The Great Collection Exhibition -Then and Now. -H.
Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art: The 50th Anniversary Exhibition The KMMA Collection-At This Place, At That Time
main building
Saturday, September 7 - Sunday, November 10, 2024
The history of a museum is the history of its collection.
On November 3, 1974, the Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art opened as the first large-scale public art museum in western Japan. The museum's collecting activities predate the 1974 opening, having taken over the collection of its predecessor, the Yawata City Museum of Arts and Crafts (opened in 1958 and later renamed the Kitakyushu Municipal Yawata Art Museum in 1963), and have continued to collect mainly modern and contemporary art. To date, the museum has collected and preserved approximately 8,000 works of art, and has planned and held numerous exhibitions as a result of its research.
This exhibition commemorates the museum's 50th anniversary by systematically reviewing the history of the museum's collection over the past half century. The exhibition will unravel the history and characteristics of the museum's collection through a selection of approximately 200 items.
The history of the museum's collection is also the accumulation of memories of encounters with artworks by visitors to the museum. We hope that this exhibition will provide visitors with an opportunity to reconnect with works they encountered "at that time and place," as well as to experience the appeal of the museum's collection through new encounters.
On November 3, 1974, the Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art opened as the first large-scale public art museum in western Japan. The museum's collecting activities predate the 1974 opening, having taken over the collection of its predecessor, the Yawata City Museum of Arts and Crafts (opened in 1958 and later renamed the Kitakyushu Municipal Yawata Art Museum in 1963), and have continued to collect mainly modern and contemporary art. To date, the museum has collected and preserved approximately 8,000 works of art, and has planned and held numerous exhibitions as a result of its research.
This exhibition commemorates the museum's 50th anniversary by systematically reviewing the history of the museum's collection over the past half century. The exhibition will unravel the history and characteristics of the museum's collection through a selection of approximately 200 items.
The history of the museum's collection is also the accumulation of memories of encounters with artworks by visitors to the museum. We hope that this exhibition will provide visitors with an opportunity to reconnect with works they encountered "at that time and place," as well as to experience the appeal of the museum's collection through new encounters.
- venue
- Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Main Building
- session (of a legislature)
- 9:30-17:30 (Admission until 17:00)
Closed Mondays (If Monday is a national holiday or a substitute holiday, the museum will be open on Monday and closed the following Tuesday.) - Fee for viewing
- Adults 1,500 (1,200) yen, High school and college students 1,100 (800) yen, Elementary and junior high school students 900 (600) yen
Prices in parentheses are for advance purchase and for groups of 20 or more. Free admission for those with a physical disability certificate and one accompanying person (physical disability certificate is limited to those with grades 1-4). (For the physical disability certificate, the fee will be reduced by 20% for residents of Kitakyushu City aged 65 and over (a certificate issued by a public institution must be presented).
*Advance tickets are available at Online Ticket (from Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art website), Lawson Ticket (Lawson, Ministop), Ticket Pia (Seven-Eleven), Seven Ticket (Seven-Eleven), e+ e Plus (Family Mart), Kokura Izutsuya, major Kitakyushu Monorail stations, etc.
*Online tickets and digital tickets will be sold at the same-day price during the exhibition. - Official Online
ticket - eTix Online Tickets
*0 yen handling fee, no membership registration required, smartphone display/home printing available.
Art Exhibition Navigation Ticket Application
*The ticket application "Art Exhibition Navi" must be downloaded in advance.
*The Art Exhibition Navi Ticket App is for smartphones only. It cannot be used on tablet devices. (Recommended environment: iOS 13 or later, Android 6.0 or later) - Sponsor, Support, etc.
- Organizers: Grand Collection Exhibition Executive Committee (Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Mainichi Newspapers, Yomiuri Newspapers, Tele Q)
Supported by: Kyushu Railway Company, West Japan Railway Company, Kitakyushu Monorail, Chikuho Electric Railway Co. - Events
- ◆Memorial LectureThis event has ended.
Saturday, September 7, 2024, 13:30-15:00 (doors open 13:00-)
Subject = Half a century of "Binoculars on the Hill
Lecturer = Masahiro Gokoji (Director, Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art)
Venue: Lecture Room, 3F, Annex Building (Capacity: 80 people)
Free of charge. No advance registration required. Numbered tickets will be distributed at the 1st floor information desk from 10:00 on the day.
◆Symposium "Summit of Museums on the Mountain" celebrating the 50th anniversary of the museum's openingThis event has ended.
Today, the social conditions surrounding art museums are changing drastically, and the demands placed on art museums are diversifying. In this symposium, five directors from museums located on top of mountains and hills across Japan will take the stage to share the characteristics and attractions unique to museums located on top of mountains and hills, as well as strategies and innovations to overcome the challenges of their location, and discuss the future of museums.
Saturday, September 14, 2024, 13:30-16:00 (doors open 13:00-)
Panelists: Naoyuki Kinoshita (Director, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art), Junji Teraguchi (Director, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art), Akira Suga (Former Director, Oita City Museum of Art), Ryuta Hayashida (Chief Curator, Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art), Masahiro Goshikoji (Director, this museum)
Venue: Lecture Room, 3F, Annex Building (Capacity: 80 people)
Free of charge. No advance registration required. Numbered tickets will be distributed at the 1st floor information desk from 10:00 on the day.
◆Pinpoint Gallery TalkThis event has ended.
The curators will introduce recommended works and points of interest from their unique viewpoints. (We will not be guiding visitors through the entire exhibition hall.)
Every Sunday from 11:00 am (20-30 minutes)
Venue: Either the reception desk of the Planning Exhibition Room on the 1st floor of the Honkan or the reception desk of the Collection Exhibition Room on the 3rd floor. (Information will be announced on the day via in-house announcement)
*No advance registration required (however, a ticket to the exhibition is required)
◆"Iron Tomb" special exhibitionThis event has ended.
Iron Sculptor Saburo Muraoka (1928-2013) created "Iron Tomb" for the "International Steel Sculpture Symposium YAHATA '87" held in 1987; it was donated to the museum in 2023 and has now been relocated and installed in the Art Park. The interior will be open to the public for a limited time.
Open to the public: (1) October 19 (Sat), (2) October 20 (Sun), (3) October 26 (Sat), (4) October 27 (Sun), (5) November 2 (Sat), (6) November 3 (Sun)
14:00-15:00 each day (maximum of 10 people each day)
Meeting place = Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Main Building, 1st floor entrance
*Participation is free (however, exhibition ticket is required). Advance registration required. Cancelled in case of rain.
Click here for application form
◆Gexhibition x Flying TheatreThis event has ended.
Re-enactment "Torn Canvas: On the Portrait of Manet and Madame Manet
A collaborative project to enjoy theater and art appreciation at the museum at the same time was produced by Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art and Kitakyushu Performing Arts Center from 2013 to 2017. This year, Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art and Kitakyushu Performing Arts Center will present a re-staging of Edgar Degas's "Manet and Lady Manet," a mystery play that was performed as the first installment of the project and received a favorable reception.
Performance dates: October 12 (Sat), October 13 (Sun), and October 14 (Mon), 2024 (national holiday) 2 performances each day (6 performances in total) *Date and time to be determined, all seats unreserved *No admission for preschool children
Venue = Lecture Room, 3F, Annex Bldg.
Written and directed by Atsushi Tomari
Cast = Naomi Uchiyama, Taishi Hayama, Takuya Bunme
Planning=Flying Theatre, Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art
Production = Flying Theatre
*Paid performances (including admission fee). *Information is subject to change.
For more information
◆Workshop "Who [ ] at the Museum"This event has ended.
Visitors, viewers, participants, curators, and monitors. People come to museums in a variety of roles. This workshop will rewrite the roles of "participants" and "visitors" to think about how to spend time at the museum and how to interact with the exhibited works.
Date/Time = Sunday, September 8, 2024, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Artist=Yuta Nakajima
Meeting place = Education Room B, 2nd floor, Main Building
Target = 20 children and adults
How to participate = Please apply using the application form on the museum's website.
For more information
Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art Collection database is available!
Information on approximately 240 selected items from the collection will be available on the museum's website. (Open to the public: Japanese version from September 7 / English version from November 3)
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- List of Works
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