Nara National Museum

Information

Nara National Museum exhibits a valuable collection of ancient works of art, particularly the selected masterpieces of Buddhist art. The museum's collections are housed in two buildings. The main building of the museum was built in 1895 as the first western-style building in Nara. The building is now designated as an Important Cultural Property. Inside the building is divided into two galleries, one is for Buddhist images and another one is for ancient Chinese bronze wares.
The museum's new annex has two wings. The eastern gallery has displays of sculptures, paintings and calligraphy. The western gallery, which is mainly used for special exhibitions, displays archaeological finds. The new annex is linked to the main building by a 150 meters long underground passage. This underground area is entrance free and there are a restaurant and a museum shop along the passage.
A special exhibition is held from late October to early November every year and the treasures of the Shoso-in Hall, which holds the treasures of Todai-ji Temple, are displayed here. The exhibits include highly valuable items related to the cultures along the Silk Road.

Opening Hours

9:30 - 17:00
9:30 - 19:00 (The last Friday of April - October)

Closed

Mondays (or the following day when it falls on a national holiday)
Year-end and New Year's holidays

Price / Entrance Fee

Regular Exhibition: 520 yen (General, Adult)
Regular Exhibition: 260 yen (Child)

Access / Public Transport

15 minutes walk from Kintestu-Nara Station on the Kintetsu Nara Line

Address / Location

50, Noboriojicho, Nara-shi, Nara, 630-8213

Tweets

Craig Deller @Deller1708 - 2020-09-25: The Lion of the National Museum of Nara (Menshu Bodhisattva) (Important Cultural Culture. Mid-Heian period ~ late)… https://t.co/GZpN4e6kgY
White House History @WhiteHouseHstry - 2020-09-23: Truman thanked the princess for the gift, inviting her back to see it in the White House upon completion of the Whi… https://t.co/IMKb8XFxmf
🌽🌪🌽 @Born_Analog - 2020-09-18: @JenniferJJacobs Gross that he’s doing this @ national archives museum @ a time when NARA is being majorly tampered… https://t.co/97zlpiZn3v
Pasar Hope!＠日本に住む外国人向けフリマサイト @PasarHope - 2020-08-30: This blog is about my adventure to Nara Park, Nara-Japan.

My destination here was actually just Nara Park and pla… https://t.co/60csu02YVJ
黒わんこ@フリマサイトPasar Hope!の中の人 @PasarHope - 2020-08-30: This blog is about my adventure to Nara Park, Nara-Japan.

My destination here was actually just Nara Park and pla… https://t.co/60csu02YVJ
wesinjapan @wesinjapan - 2020-08-29: @David_Leheny Same issue at the Nara National Museum.
White House History @WhiteHouseHstry - 2020-08-28: In this photograph, President Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan present the National Medal of Arts during the inau… https://t.co/QbCTwLybuu
White House History @WhiteHouseHstry - 2020-08-28: President Reagan first awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1985, with recipients including Georgia O’Keeffe and R… https://t.co/NmEK7NFXQq
H24 @H24News_ - 2020-08-25: Nara Park is a large park in central Nara. Established in 1880, it is the location of many of Nara's main attractio… https://t.co/qNfRJ0aEUo
Pasar Hope!＠日本に住む外国人向けフリマサイト @PasarHope - 2020-08-07: This blog is about my adventure to Nara Park, Nara-Japan.

My destination here was actually just Nara Park and pla… https://t.co/v8Rq0WChOx
White House History @WhiteHouseHstry - 2020-07-30: #OTD in 1958, vowing that the U.S. would lead the Space Age, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aer… https://t.co/aEyl63lbOD
TSUMUGU: Japan Art & Culture (English ed.) @jpn_art_culture - 2020-07-22: The #Nara National Museum released this today: Glass Photographic Plates of the Murals in the Kondo Hall of Horyuji… https://t.co/q9gaTP3hMV
Hermes strategygroup @hermesstrategy - 2020-07-21: In order to protect Japan’s endangered cultural properties, the government committed in 1889 to build three nationa… https://t.co/jyVK5Uj7B7
J.J. @kadonkey - 2020-07-20: AV-8B Harrier aircraft line the flight deck of a U.S. Navy ship during Operation Desert Shield, September 1, 1990.… https://t.co/QBtLDdPpKl
J.J. @kadonkey - 2020-07-20: AV-8B Harrier aircraft line the flight deck of a U.S. Navy ship during Operation Desert Shield, September 1, 1990.… https://t.co/QBtLDdPpKl
J.J. @kadonkey - 2020-07-20: AV-8B Harrier aircraft line the flight deck of a U.S. Navy ship during Operation Desert Shield, September 1, 1990.… https://t.co/QBtLDdPpKl
Frank Witkam @fwitkam - 2020-07-16: Studies of two Shaka images by Takurei Hirako, a scholar of Buddhist art in the late Meiji era. The first one is of… https://t.co/suCtI0oHE9
re-how.net @rehownet2 - 2020-07-16: Kyushu National Museum Kyushu National Museum 15th Anniversary Special Feature Exhibition “To Yamato Shikishima-Nar… https://t.co/WqMSWAyaQT
Bryan Lowe @bryandaniellowe - 2020-07-03: Innovative exhibit at the Nara National Museum on the production of modern reproductions of Shōsōin treasures. Thes… https://t.co/xwzDL7n9MW
TSUMUGU: Japan Art & Culture (English ed.) @jpn_art_culture - 2020-06-26: @art_tsumugu A Tsumugu reporter is in Kyoto to see how an Amida Nyorai statue owned by Joruriji temple is going to… https://t.co/6RUfhM8ksz
TSUMUGU: Japan Art & Culture (English ed.) @jpn_art_culture - 2020-06-26: A Tsumugu reporter is in Kyoto to see how a 2-meter-tall Amida Nyorai statue is removed from its pedestal at the Jo… https://t.co/Obs07E8Btz
TSUMUGU: Japan Art & Culture (English ed.) @jpn_art_culture - 2020-06-26: Joruriji #temple (#Kyoto) main hall on June 26. The chuzon, or principal #statue, one of the nine wooden statues of… https://t.co/DS21fR0LES
TSUMUGU: Japan Art & Culture (English ed.) @jpn_art_culture - 2020-06-26: The Amida Nyorai statue was then moved to a larger truck, which will head for Nara National Museum, where the statu… https://t.co/G5MOmxlfvf
TSUMUGU: Japan Art & Culture (English ed.) @jpn_art_culture - 2020-06-26: The repair work of the nine wooden statues of seated Amida Nyorai, a national treasure of #Japan housed at Joruriji… https://t.co/38KAA9b91X
Ike Tutwuri @iketutwuri - 2020-06-24: Nara National Museum 🏛️
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The Nara National Museum (奈良国立博物館, Nara Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan), located in Nara… https://t.co/iHxhh8lznA
Shigenobu Fujioka @nobufujioka - 2020-06-14: Exhibition Notes 2020-2019: Annual Exhibition of Shiso-in Treasures (Nara National Museum) #exhibition #museum… https://t.co/J3s5Qm4nTC
jeff urbanski @fisherdude13 - 2020-06-04: CT scan reveals tiny statue inside ancient Buddhist work in Kyoto : The Asahi Shimbun https://t.co/3TfMkxbSpd

Gr… https://t.co/fmfCFEqyXj
東京文化財研究所【公式】 Tobunken [official] @NRICPT - 2020-06-01: Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara and Kyushu National Museums as well as the exhibition facilities of the Nara National Research I… https://t.co/LdtirK8O8l
White House History @WhiteHouseHstry - 2020-05-28: #OTD in 1961, President John F. Kennedy and his guests celebrated his birthday at the National Guard Armory.

Imag… https://t.co/PDDGRmhOhQ
adriana @yungkarp - 2020-05-16: lrt: I miss nara I want to go back :(

(i'm also tweeting this while wearing the tshirt I got at the japanese national treasure museum lmao)