Art Festivals & Events

Only the second museum to open in this country, the Nara National Museum was founded in 1895 (Meiji 28) with the important directive of gathering and exhibiting Buddhist art.This exhibition tells the story of Buddhist art in Japan, introducing developments in its 1,400 history through a bountiful selection of our greatestpaintings, statues, copied sutras, and other works. We invite you to delight in the alluring jewels of the Nara National Museum’s collection.