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Special Exhibition “Humans and Boats: Maritime Life in Asia and Oceania”

When:
2025年09月04日 @ 10:00 – 2025年12月09日 @ 17:00 Asia/Tokyo Timezone
2025-09-04T10:00:00+09:00
2025-12-09T17:00:00+09:00
Where:
The Special Exhibition Hall, National Museum of Ethnology

撮影:門田修
場所:蘭嶼(台湾)
撮影年:1994 年5月


Exhibition Period Thursday, September 4, 2025 – Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Location The Special Exhibition Hall, National Museum of Ethnology
Hours 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Entry is permitted until 4:30 p.m.)
Closed on Wednesdays
Admission Fee Adults ¥1,200 (¥810), and college/ university students ¥600 (¥340), senior high school and elementary and junior high school students Free
* Visitors can also view the regular exhibits.
* Those in brackets ( ) are discount charges for groups of more than 20 people, people of universities and the like* who use this facility as part of their classwork, high school students writing reports, repeat visitors within 3 months after the last visit, and people 65 years old and older (certification required).
* University students and the like include students of college, undergraduate, graduate, and vocational school students.
* Admission is free for visitors with a disability certificate and also for one accompanying person.
* For college students and general visitors: please buy a museum ticket at the ticket windows of the Natural and Cultural Gardens. Ticket holders can pass through the garden at no charge.
* For high school students and younger to pass through the Natural and Cultural Gardens (paid area): tell the person at the window of the garden (center, west, or north entrance) that you are going to Minpaku and receive a pass.
* When you are going to the Natural and Cultural Gardens (paid area), you should pay the admission fee.
Presented by the National Museum of Ethnology

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