The National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku) is a research center for ethnology and cultural anthropology.

A ‘Tower of the Sun’Collection: Expo ’70 Ethnological Mission|Related Event

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Minpaku Seminar

Expo ’70 Ethnological Mission - Masks, God Statues, and Living Tools Gathered in the Tower of the Sun
 Date & time:Saturday, March 17, 2018. 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Opening at 1:00 p.m.)
 Venue:Auditorium (Main Exhibition Building 2F), National Museum of Ethnology
 Capacity:450 persons [First-come basis/No applications required]
 Fees:Free
 Lecturer:NOBAYASHI Atsushi(Professor at National Museum of Ethnology)

 

“Movement” Called the Expo ’70 Ethnological Mission (EEM)
 Date & time:Saturday, April 21, 2018. 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Opening at 1:00 p.m.)
 Venue:Auditorium (Main Exhibition Building 2F), National Museum of Ethnology
 Capacity:450 persons [First-come basis/No applications required]
 Fees:Free
 Lecturers:MATSUBARA Masatake (Professor Emeritus at National Museum of Ethnology)
       NOBAYASHI Atsushi (Professor at National Museum of Ethnology)
       NIWA Norio(Associate Professor at National Museum of Ethnology)

 

Minpaku Seminar: Access here for further information.[in Japanese]

 
Minpaku Weekend Salon: A Chat with a Researcher

Special Exhibition “A ‘Tower of the Sun’ Collection” – Focus on Southeast Asia
 Date & time:Sunday, March 11, 2018. 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
 Venue:Special Exhibition Hall, National Museum of Ethnology
 Capacity:None (Free access)
 Fees:Free (However, a special exhibition admission ticket is required)
 Lecturer:HIRAI Kyonosuke(Professor at National Museum of Ethnology)

Recollection of Museum Materials – EEM: Reunion with North American Materials and Source Communities
 Date & time:Sunday, March 18, 2018. 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
 Venue:Main Exhibition Hall (Navi-Space), National Museum of Ethnology
 Capacity:None (Free access)
 Fees:Free (However, an exhibition admission ticket is required)
 Lecturer:ITO Atsunori(Associate Professor at National Museum of Ethnology)

About the “God of the Rice Field (Tanokansa)”
 Date & time:Sunday, April 1, 2018. 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
 Venue:Special Exhibition Hall, National Museum of Ethnology
 Capacity:None (Free access)
 Fees:Free (However, a special exhibition admission ticket is required)
 Lecturer:HIDAKA Shingo(Associate Professor at National Museum of Ethnology)

Backstage of the Collection of East African Ethnological Materials
 Date & time:Sunday, April 8, 2018. 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
 Venue:Main Exhibition Hall (Navi-Space), National Museum of Ethnology
 Capacity:None (Free access)
 Fees:Free (However, an exhibition admission ticket is required)
 Lecturer:KAWASE Itsushi(Associate Professor at National Museum of Ethnology)

Oceania in the Period of Independence Visited by the Mission
 Date & time:Sunday, April 15, 2018. 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
 Venue:Special Exhibition Hall, National Museum of Ethnology
 Capacity:None (Free access)
 Fees:Free (However, a special exhibition admission ticket is required)
 Lecturer:NIWA Norio(Associate Professor at National Museum of Ethnology)

Grasp the Times through the Collection from India and the Middle and Near East
 Date & time:Sunday, April 22, 2018. 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
 Venue:Special Exhibition Hall, National Museum of Ethnology
 Capacity:None (Free access)
 Fees:Free (However, a special exhibition admission ticket is required)
 Lecturer:MINAMI Makito(Associate Professor at National Museum of Ethnology)

Mexico and Columbia at the End of the 1960s – EEM Traveling in Central and South Americas
 Date & time:Sunday, April 29, 2018. 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
 Venue:Main Exhibition Hall (Navi-Space), National Museum of Ethnology
 Capacity:None (Free access)
 Fees:Free (However, an exhibition admission ticket is required)
 Lecturer:SUZUKI Motoi(Associate Professor at National Museum of Ethnology)

When an Expert Reaches out to the Area outside the Domain – Icons from Afghanistan
 Date & time:Sunday, May 6, 2018. 2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
 Venue:Main Exhibition Hall (Navi-Space), National Museum of Ethnology
 Capacity:None (Free access)
 Fees:Free (However, an exhibition admission ticket is required)
 Lecturer:YOSHIOKA Noboru(Assistant Professor at National Museum of Ethnology)

Africa in the 1960s
 Date & time:Sunday, May 13, 2018. 2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
 Venue:Main Exhibition Hall (Navi-Space), National Museum of Ethnology
 Capacity:None (Free access)
 Fees:Free (However, an exhibition admission ticket is required)
 Lecturer:MISHIMA Teiko(Associate Professor at National Museum of Ethnology)

Hunger for Freedom and Depression – Eastern Europe in the 1960s
 Date & time:Sunday, May 20, 2018. 2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
 Venue:Main Exhibition Hall (Navi-Space), National Museum of Ethnology
 Capacity:None (Free access)
 Fees:Free (However, an exhibition admission ticket is required)
 Lecturer:SHINMEN Mitsuhiro(Associate Professor at National Museum of Ethnology)

 

What Are Being Lost Have Been Gathered Together – Introduction of Japanese Materials
 Date & time:Sunday, May 27, 2018. 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
 Venue:Conference Room No. 3 (Main Exhibition Building 2F), National Museum of Ethnology
 Capacity:None (Free access)
 Fees:Free
 Lecturer:UDA Shuhei(Associate Professor at National Museum of Ethnology)

 

Minpaku Weekend Salon: A Chat with a Researcher – Access here for further information.[in Japanese]

 
Gallery Talk

Exhibition guide will be offered on Saturdays during the period of the special exhibition.

 
Menu Commemorating the Special Exhibition

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