Museum
Thematic Exhibitions

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March 25 - June 22, 2010
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August 13 - November 24, 2009
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Bon Deities in Tibet
April 23, 2009 - July 21, 2009
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March 19 - June 23, 2009
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Reviewing African Images through Historical Maps:
From the Age of Exploration to Colonization
October 23 - November 11, 2008
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Sparkling Indian Embroidery: The World of Indian Handicraft Based on Mr.B.B. Bhasin’s Collection
October 9, 2008 - March 31, 2009
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Exploring Latin America: A Photographic Exhibition of Early Archaeological and Anthropological Field Research Projects
April 24 - September 23, 2008
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Viewing the World through Coins and Banknotes
March 20 - September 30, 2008
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Impressions of MINPAKU
March 6 - April 22, 2008
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Creating and Communicating with Seed Beads
October 4 - December 18, 2007
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Ainu Culture Depicted in Rare Books in the MINPAKU Library
September 6 - September 25, 2007
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Collecting the World: MINPAKU Staff Selections
July 26, 2007 - March 4, 2008
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Beyond the Clouds: Life in Tibet, the Himalayas and the Andes
A Photo Exhibition of the Works of Yamamoto Norio
February 24 - April 10, 2007
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Natural History of the 17-18th Century: From the Rare Books of MINPAKU Library
November 2 - 28, 2006
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Gifts of the World : Objects as Ties between Children and Their Society
October 12, 2006 - March 21, 2007
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Taiwan Aboriginal Peoples and Their Languages in the 1930’s: Text, Sound and Images from the Ogawa-Asai Collection
September 21 - December 12, 2006
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MINPAKU Museum of Insects
July 13 - September 5, 2006
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Touch and Grow Rich: You Can Touch Our Museum!
March 9 - September 26, 2006
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Worlds in Landscape Models
October 13, 2005 - February 28, 2006
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When Schools and Minpaku Encounter Each Other: Learning from the Museum-School Collaboration and Exhibition of Children’s Artifacts
July 28 - September 5, 2005
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Minpaku Aquarium
July 21 - September 20, 2005
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Street Art in Africa
February 26 - September 27, 2005
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New Collections from Polynesia: Lapita Culture to the Chiefdom
November 11, 2004 - March 28, 2006
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An Ainu Weaving System Mistaken as “Traditional” by Researchers
December 2 - December 26, 2004
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Minpaku Zoo
July 15 - November 23, 2004
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Ajima, Traditional Life and Culture in Okinawa: An Exhibition from the Okinawa Prefectural Museum Collection
October 2, 2003 - June 1, 2004
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Tanaka Chiyo Collection: Western Costumes in Modern Japan and World Costumes
August 1 - September 8, 2002
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Inuit Art of the Arctic
July 4 - July 23, 2002
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Indigo-Blue Tie-Dyeing in Yunnan, China: From the Village of the Bai People
February 23 - November 5, 2002
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Flowers of Khmer Culture: Music, Dance and Theater of Cambodia
August 24, 2001 - February 17, 2002
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Exhibition of Recently Donated Items
February 24 - August 21, 2001
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Fans from Around the World
August 26, 2000 - February 18, 2001
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Mandala: The Space where deities reside
February 26 - August 22, 2000
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Life and Religious Culture in Rural Rumania
August 27, 1999 - February 20, 2000
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Children’s Views of the Environment: From the International Children’s Painting Competition on the Environment, UNEP
February 26 - August 24, 1999
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Instruments from the Arabian World: Where Sound Is Culture
August 28, 1998 - February 23, 1999
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Popular Art in the Andes
February 27 - August 25, 1998
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The Fascinating World of Beads in the Southern Africa
August 29, 1997 - February 24, 1998
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Tenjin Dolls: A Gift to the God
February 28 - August 26, 1997
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Three Wise Monkeys of the World: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil
August 30, 1996 - February 25, 1997
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Life on a Riverbank in Nepal
February 29 - August 27, 1996
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Modern Asian Letters from the Collection of NAKANISHI Ryo
September 28, 1995 - February 27, 1996
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Ceremonial Coinage in Equatorial Africa
March 30 - September 26, 1995
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Yarn Art in Huichol
September 1, 1994 - February 28, 1995
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Sea-Shore Fishing in the Sea of Japan
February 24 - August, 1994
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Agrarian Villages and Fishery Villages in Estonia
September 7, 1993 - February 22, 1994
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Zhuang Culture in China
February 25 - August 31, 1993
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Ethnology and Culture of Laos
August 27, 1992 - February 23, 1993
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Highlands and Lowlands in Ethiopia
Rivers, Oceans and the Tundra of Sakhalin
February 27 - August, 1992
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The Asmat Peoples of Irian Jaya
Aboriginal People in Sarawak Malaysia
September, 1991 - February, 1992
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The Art of Earth and Fire: Terra-cotta in Indonesia
November 29, 1990 - May, 1991
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Stock Farmers in the Upper Nile: Life in Narim
May 31 - November 27, 1990
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The Sepik Region of Papua New Guinea
November, 1989 - May, 1990
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Fishing Implements of the Northern Bay of Bengal
May - November, 1989
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Ainu Traditional Clothing
November, 1988 - May, 1989
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Brazilian Popular Woodblock Prints
May - November, 1988
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The Beauty of Kites: China
November, 1987 - May, 1988
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Iranian and Turkish Textiles
May - November, 1987
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The Kingdom of Bhutan: Its Yak and Rice Culture
November, 1986 - May, 1987
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North American Indian Culture
May - November, 1986
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A Culture of Wood: Finland
November, 1985 - May, 1986
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The World of Indian Soil
May - November, 1985
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Life in Egypt
November, 1984 - May, 1985
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West African Textiles: Narrow Cotton Cloths
May - November, 1984

American Indian Basketry
November 17, 1983 - May, 1984

Ethnology of Switzerland and Austrian Alpine Regions
May - November, 1983

Burmese Statues and Marionettes
November, 1982 - May, 1983

Lives of Australian Aboriginal peoples
May 13 - October, 1982

Traditional Clothes in Guatemala and Mexican Tiger Masks
November 12, 1981 - March, 1982

Dolls of Native Americans in the South-Western Region of North America
June - November, 1981

Traditional Clothes of Chinese Minority Groups
March 26 - June, 1981

Ethnological Materials from Bulgaria
June 12 - December, 1980

West African Statues
November, 1979 - May, 1980

Clay Dolls, Local Toys, and Nebuta Floats
March 29 - August, 1979