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: 8:30-19:00 (last admission 18:30)
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: 8:30-19:00 (last admission 18:30)
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
Machiya Corner: Boys’ Day
Decorations and dishes connected with Boys’ Day (May 5th), nowadays known as Children’s Day, are displayed in the Machiya corner, which reproduces a Nagasaki’s merchant house from the Edo period. Check the full Machiya calendar here.
Dates: April 22 (Tue) – June 15 (Sun), 2025
Place: 2F Permanent Exhibition Gallery
Time: 8:30-19:00 (last admission 18:30)
Fee: included in the Permanent Exhibition ticket
Thematic Exhibition: The Gotō Islands in the Edo Period
The exhibition delves into the history of the Gotō archipelago in the Edo period (1603-1868). Foreign vessels plied the waters surrounding the islands, and fishing, in particular whaling, was the main local industry.
Dates: April 23 (Wed) – June 22 (Sun), 2025
Place: 2F Permanent Exhibition Gallery
Time: 8:30-19:00 (last admission 18:30)
Fee: included in the Permanent Exhibition ticket
Workshop for Foreign Visitors: Tsumami Zaiku
“Tsumami zaiku” is a traditional Japanese craft. Small pieces of fabric are pinched and folded with tweezers, and then assembled to form flowers and animals. In this workshop you will create two goldfish in a pond.
Date: May 17 (Sat), 2025
Time: 14:00-15:00
Place: 1F Conference Room
Fee: 500 yen
For more info and reservation, click here.