{"id":20894,"date":"2023-10-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmma.jp\/?page_id=20894"},"modified":"2025-05-20T15:03:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T06:03:59","slug":"partners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kmma.jp\/en\/membership\/partners\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomonokai (Museum Partners)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Tomonokai (Museum Partners)<\/h3>\n<h4>Toward the Museum's 50th Anniversary<br \/>Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art establishes \"Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art Partners\" as a new organization of Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art friends.<\/h4>\n<div class=\"p-page-anchor\">\n<ul class=\"p-page-anchor__list\">\n<li><a href=\"#kaihi\">Membership Fees and Benefits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#kaiin\">List of Museum Partners Members<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#nyukai\">Application for Membership<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art Friendship Association is looking for partners who will work together with the museum to \"promote local art and art\" and \"foster the next generation through art education.<\/p>\n<p>Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art would like to ask for your support.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin: 10px;\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/7af004789e8f84dc95d19b317574b4bf-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignleft\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin: 10px;\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/58b7cd7e35be4a9933ef38d695aa4789.jpg\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"kaihi\">Membership Fees and Benefits<\/h3>\n<table class=\"c-table-membership\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"4\">Annual membership fee \"Museum Partners\"<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"text-align: center;\">100,000 yen<br \/>*Membership expiration date: From the date of admission to March 31 of the following year.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Benefit 1<\/th>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\uff1cInvitation tickets to the exhibition will be presented.<\/span><br \/>30 invitations per year (60 total) will be given for each of the collection and special exhibitions.<br \/>*Part of the invitation ticket can be changed to a \"catalogue gift\".<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Benefit 2<\/th>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&lt;Honoring the names of companies, organizations, and individuals<\/span><br \/>We will honor you by introducing and posting your name at the entrance of the museum and on our website.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Benefit 3<\/th>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\uff1cInvitation to the opening ceremony and preview of the exhibition<\/span><br \/>Invitations to the opening ceremony and preview of the exhibition to be held at the museum and main building (2 people for each session).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Benefit 4<\/th>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&lt;Delivery of the Tomo no Kai &quot;Bulletin&quot;.<\/span><br \/>We will send you the \"Mori no Koji\" (Forest Lane), the newsletter of the Friendship Association, three to four times a year, which is full of information on exhibitions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>*The Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art Friendship Association has \"General, Pair and Special\" memberships in addition to the \"Museum Partners\" membership.<br \/>This is also a very economical system, mainly offering discounts on exhibition admission fees, so that members can become more familiar with art and art.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kmma.jp\/en\/membership\/ippan\/\" class=\"c-btn\">Click here for more information about \"Tomonokai (General, Pair, and Special) Membership Program<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Support for Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art activities through sponsored annual membership fees<\/h4>\n<h5>Fostering youth who will be responsible for the cultural promotion of the next generation<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"c-list-common\">\n<li>Development of teaching materials for elementary school students<\/li>\n<li>Organizing Kids &amp; Youth Day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Projects that enable citizens of all ages to become familiar with arts and culture<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"c-list-common\">\n<li>Collection of friendly artwork<\/li>\n<li>Museum Concerts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Development of attractive museum goods<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"c-list-common\">\n<li>Development of goods in cooperation with welfare service offices for the disabled<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>(1) and (2) are conducted at the museum and the main building.<\/h6>\n<p><strong>(1) Establishment of \"Museum Partners Membership and Award Boxes<\/strong><br \/>\u3000To honor the members of the \"Art Museum Partners,\" which was established in April 2023, an \"Award Box\" is located in the Museum Shop at the entrance of the City Art Museum's Main Wing. The box is a popular stop for many visitors to the museum, and the backlight brightly illuminates a vase with the name of the member engraved on it, making the box stand out from the crowd. We hope you will take a look at it when you have a chance to visit the museum.<br \/>\u3000In order to honor our museum partners from April 2025, digital signage has been installed next to the entrance of the Special Exhibition Hall at the entrance of the main building to introduce the companies and to develop individual company pages throughout the day.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin: 10px;\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ee4ff8625d6603e900c53c257f5ef192.jpg\" width=\"240\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin: 10px;\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/e2a71a48d4fd0de33325590ee3d5b64e.jpg\" width=\"240\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin: 10px;\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dfb7c617dc94b549e0db67e98e3eb1f3.jpg\" width=\"240\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>(2) \"Kids &amp; Youth Day\" .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u3000During summer vacation<span>8<\/span>month<span>13<\/span>On Monday, March 1, 2012, the museum held a special \"Kids &amp; Youth Day\" on Monday, a day when the museum is normally closed, to allow students from elementary school to university age to visit the special exhibitions and collection exhibitions free of charge. Visitors with small children, including those in strollers, are welcome, and the event is popular among service workers who have difficulty taking weekends and national holidays. Visitors also enjoyed a performance by a marimba on a brass instrument and commentary on the instrument at a music event held in conjunction with the event. Visitors were mainly families with elementary school children.<span>180<\/span>The number of visitors was very high. The event was very crowded with many visitors.<span>1<\/span>It was a day.<br \/>\u3000We distributed flyers about this event to all students in elementary and junior high schools in the city, and the names of the companies and organizations of the Museum Partners were clearly listed as \"sponsors\" on the flyer.<br \/>\u3000The 2025 event is scheduled for Saturday, October 11. We look forward to welcoming many visitors!<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin: 10px;\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/f595b3a4447547c8e35fe8de7c2a4823.png\" width=\"300\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin: 10px;\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fd5db4e1ffa90c1cbdfadf5bcd92aadb.png\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>(iii) \"Evening Concert\" .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u3000opening a hall for that day's business (museum, library, such like buildings)<span>50<\/span>During the Yokoyama Taikan Exhibition, held to commemorate the anniversary of the<span>4<\/span>month<span>13<\/span>day (of the month)<span>(<\/span>the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens)<span>)<\/span>Taikan's masterpiece<span>50<\/span>At the entrance of the venue, which was crowded with people appreciating the \"Koto\" (Japanese stringed instrument), a concert of \"Koto\" to listen to the music of harmony was held.<br \/>In order to make the museum more accessible and more familiar to as many people as possible, we held a special nighttime opening of the museum as a commemorative concert with the sponsorship of Museum Partners. The concert was sponsored by Wagaku Keimei, a non-profit organization that promotes the spread and cultivation of Japanese instruments and traditional music.<span>(<\/span>Japanese political alignment with the LDP<span>)<\/span>The ceremony was a great success, with the sounds of the \"Koto\" (the Japanese alphabet) echoing through the entrance hall.<br \/>\u3000<span>2025<\/span>For the fiscal year<span>4<\/span>month<span>26<\/span>day (of the month)<span>(<\/span>the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens)<span>)<\/span>The Reinstatement No.<span>109<\/span>In conjunction with the Kaiin exhibition, the NPO WARAKU Keimei<span>(<\/span>Japanese political alignment with the LDP<span>)<\/span>The evening concert will be performed by<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin: 10px;\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5622bf5bbc2deeb4840765299e3ea75e.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin: 10px;\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/d0ab7b7c95aa67e1c9e9f3fecc4ef188.jpg\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"kaiin\">List of Museum Partners Members<\/h3>\n<p>Total number of members 15<\/p>\n<ul class=\"c-list-common\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Aimowl Corporation<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Ezaki Store Co.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>M.I. System Co.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>The Kitakyushu Bank, Ltd.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Kurosaki Orthopedics Hospital<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Krosaki Harima Corporation<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Shabondama Soap Co.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Takashima Sangyo Co.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Takami Dental Clinic<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Denen Kosan Co.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Chigusa Corporation<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>The Nishi-Nippon City Bank, Ltd.<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>\u3000way of ...<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>The Fukuoka Bank, Ltd.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Fukuoka Hibiki Shinkin Bank<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Yoshizumi Occupational Health Consultant Office Co.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"nyukai\">Membership Application and Inquiries<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"c-list-common\">\n<li><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/leaflet_partners.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Museum Partners Flyer (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/f8d423b0028d42b79ac1c35596e1e96e.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Membership Application Form (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/f8d423b0028d42b79ac1c35596e1e96e.docx\">Membership Application Form (Word)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art \"Friends Association\" Office<br \/>TEL\uff1a093-882-7777 E-mail\uff1ainfo1@kmma.jp<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art \"Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art Partners\" is newly established for the 50th anniversary of the Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art Membership Fees and Benefits Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art Partners Application for Membership The Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art Partners is an association of Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art and the Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, which is a \"local art and art [...].<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":60,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmma.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmma.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmma.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmma.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmma.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kmma.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20894\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmma.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmma.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}