Events
Machiya Corner: Hinamatsuri
Decorations and dishes connected with Hinamatsuri (March 3rd), also known as Girls’ Day or Doll’s Festival, are displayed in the Machiya corner, which reproduces a Nagasaki’s merchant house from the Edo period. Check the full Machiya calendar here.
Dates: February 18 (Tue) – April 20 (Sun), 2025
Place: 2F Permanent Exhibition Gallery
Time: 8:30-18:00 (last admission 17:30)
Fee: included in the Permanent Exhibition ticket
Thematic Exhibition: Shimabara Castle
Shimabara Castle was built 400 years ago by Matsukura Shigemasa. The exhibition focuses on its history in the early modern period, and on the social structure of Shimabara domain at the time, which ensured the survival of the castle.
Dates: February 19 (Wed) – April 20 (Sun), 2025
Place: 2F Permanent Exhibition Gallery
Time: 8:30-18:00 (last admission 17:30)
Fee: included in the Permanent Exhibition ticket
Costume dramas in the Nagasaki Magistrate’s Office
Inside the reconstructed Nagasaki Magistrate’s Office, museum volunteers recreate trials from the Edo period (1603-1868). The skits are based on the Hankachō, historical records of criminal cases judged by the Nagasaki magistrates.
Dates: every Sunday
Place: 2F Permanent Exhibition Gallery, inside The Japanese Government of Nagasaki Zone
Time: 11:00, 13:30, 14:30, 15:30 (duration about 20 min.)
Fee: included in the Permanent Exhibition ticket