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]

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]

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

Access here for more about the Minpaku Restaurant.