10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (Entry permitted until 4:30 p.m.)
The Museum is closed on Wednesdays. When a national holiday falls on a Wednesday, the Museum is closed instead on the following day.
The Museum is closed from December 28 until January 4 for the year-end and New Year period.
The Museum may be closed because of bad weather.
When a storm warning is announced for Osaka city and the northern Osaka area, and also when the Natural and Cultural Garden is closed because of the weather, the Museum will also be closed. For further information, please call 06-6876-2151.
Admission charges
Admission Charges for the Permanent Exhibitions
Individual
Groups (20 persons or more)
Adults
¥780
¥660 *per person
College and University Students
¥340
¥270 *per person
High School Students and Younger
Free
Free
Visitors aged 65 or older *1
¥660
¥660 *per person
Visitors with disability certificate *2
Free
Free
An additional charge may be necessary for Special Exhibitions.
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.
For college students and general visitors: please buy a museum ticket at the ticket windows of the Natural and Cultural Gardens (center, west, or north entrance). Ticket holders can pass through the garden at no charge.
*1 Please show a document that certifies your age.
*2 Admission is free for visitors with a disability certificate and also for one accompanying person. Please show a disability certificate.
When you come to the Museum through the Natural and Cultural Gardens, please purchase a Minpaku ticket at full price at the gate. The discounted amount will be reimbursed to you at the ticket counter in the Museum. (You will be asked to show your member card and ticket to receive discount.)
Discount Categories
Groups (20 persons or more)
Conditions
For detailed information about group admission, please see the page “Group Visits”
Please keep and submit previous tickets within from the previous three months.
Apply
Group discount
Visitors aged 65 and over
Conditions
Please show a document that certifies your age.
Apply
Group discount
Visitors with disability certificate
Conditions
Admission is free for visitors with a disability certificate and also for one accompanying person. Please show a disability certificate.
Apply
Free
Visitors who use the Museum as part of the specialized course work (college, undergraduate and graduate school students).
[Students with teacher (Advance application is required).]
Conditions
Teachers who wish to accompany students, or utilize museum resources for a course as a part of lectures or seminars, please see “Guide to Educational Resources at Minpaku for University Students and Their Teachers”.
Visitors who use the Museum as part of the specialized course work (college, undergraduate, graduate, and vocational school students).
[Students without teacher (A copy of syllabus is required).]
Conditions
Please submit a copy of the class and syllabus outline. Teachers who wish to accompany students, or utilize museum resources for a course as a part of lectures or seminars, please see “Guide to Educational Resources at Minpaku for University Students and Their Teachers”.
When you come to the Museum through the Natural and Cultural Gardens, please purchase a Minpaku ticket at full price at the gate. The discounted amount will be reimbursed to you at the ticket counter in the Museum. (You will be asked to show your member card and ticket to receive discount.)
Special ticket Categories
Minpaku Free Pass (for pass owner only)
Conditions
You can visit the Museum as often as you wish by purchasing this one-year pass.
Group discount (Original goods will be presented to high school students and younger.)
* Discount difference is the balance between Group Admission Charge for the Special Exhibition and Group Admission Charge for the Permanent Exhibition.
When you come to the Museum through the Natural and Cultural Gardens, please purchase a Minpaku ticket at full price at the gate. The discounted amount will be reimbursed to you at the ticket counter in the Museum. (You will be asked to show your member card and ticket to receive discount.)
Membership Categories
Minpaku Associates
Conditions
This service is provided for “Minpaku Associates”. Please show your membership card at the ticket counter in the Museum.
Main Exhibitions:Free Special Exhibitions:Discount Difference *
Minpaku Campus Members (for member card owner only)
Conditions
This service is provided for campus members in collaboration with Minpaku and higher educational institutions. Please show your ID issued by the institutes you belong at the ticket counter in the Museum.
Collaboration service for Associates of other institutions
Conditions
This service is provided for Associates of other institutions on the basis of mutual collaboration with Minpaku. Please show your membership card issued by the institutions at the ticket counter in the Museum.
* Discount difference is the balance between Group Admission Charge for the Special Exhibition and Group Admission Charge for the Permanent Exhibition.
When you come to the Museum through the Natural and Cultural Gardens, please purchase a Minpaku ticket at full price at the gate. The discounted amount will be reimbursed to you at the ticket counter in the Museum. (You will be asked to show your member card and ticket to receive discount.)
Contact
Public Relations Planning Section, Office of Administration
National Museum of Ethnology
10-1 Senri Expo Park,
Suita, Osaka 565-8511,
Japan