
Opening times
MUSEUM CALENDAR
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入館料無料日
休館日
Hours
9:30-17:30 (admission until 16:30)
The Museum is closed
- Every Monday (If Monday is a national holiday or substitute holiday, the musuem will be open and the following weekday will be closed instead.)
- New Year holidays (End of Dec. -Beginning of Jan.)
- The Museum is open
Every day during Golden Week (April 28 to May 5). - The library may change its opening hours or close temporarily in case of typhoons or other natural disasters.
Ticket Fees
Price in brackets is for groups of 20 or more.
Please purchase tickets at the General Information Desk on the 1st floor of the West Wing.
General Admission
West Wing and East Wing
| Adults | 650 yen (500 yen) |
| University students | 450 yen (350 yen) |
| High school students | free |
| Junior high and elementary school students | free |
East Wing only
| Adults | 300 yen (250 yen) |
| University students | 200 yen (150 yen) |
| High school students | free |
| Junior high and elementary school students | free |
Seniors 70 and over
West Wing and East Wing
300 yen (250 yen)
East Wing only
150 yen (100 yen)
People with disabilities
West Wing and East Wing
| Adults | 150 yen (100 yen) |
| University students | 100 yen (50 yen) |
East Wing only
| Adults | 50 yen (50 yen) |
| University students | 50 yen (40 yen) |
- One caregiver per one person with a disability is free of charge.
Notes
- You must present a disability certificate or proof of age in order to be elligible for discount admission fees.
- Even if you are visiting the museum as an individual, you may be eligible for the group rate if you present various membership cards (JAF, Co-op Kobe, etc.). For details, please ask the staff at the time of ticket purchase.
- Payment can be made by cash, credit card (VISA, Mastercard, UnionPay), electronic money (iD, Kotsukei, WAON, PiTaPa), QR code (Rakuten Pay, PayPay, auPAY, MelPay, d-pay, Japan Post Pay, Alipay, WeChatPay), or by coupons issued by the travel agency. Please note that cash only may be accepted in the event of payment system malfunctions.
- Free admission on the 17th of every month; if the 17th is a holiday, admission will be free on the following day (18th).
Pay parking (for private cars)

Discounted rates for visitors
250 yen for up to 1 hour, 400 yen for up to 2 hours, 550 yen for up to 3 hours.
200 yen per 30 minutes thereafter.
General fee
400 yen for 1 hour, 200 yen per 30 minutes thereafter
Notes
- To receive the visitor discount, please present your parking ticket and visitor ticket at the General Information (Ticket Counter) on the 1st floor of the West Wing.
- Visitors without a ticket (visitors using only the free zone, including offices, tenants, restaurants, museum store, reference room, and lobby) will not receive a discount.
- Parking fees can only be paid in cash.