Opening Times and Ticket Information

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)

Closed Days

  • Mondays (if Monday is a national holiday, the museum will be open; the following weekday will be closed instead.)
  • New Year Holidays (end of December to beginning of January)
  • The museum is open every day during Golden Week (April 28 to May 5).
  • The museum may change its opening hours or close temporarily in case of typhoons or other natural disasters.

Ticket Prices

Please purchase tickets at the General Information Desk on the 1st floor of the West Wing.
The price listed in brackets () is the individual ticket price for groups of 20 or more.

General Admission

West Wing and East Wing

Adults650 yen (500 yen)
University Students450 yen (350 yen)
High School StudentsFree
Junior High and Elementary School StudentsFree

East Wing Only

Adults300 yen (250 yen)
University Students200 yen (150 yen)
High School StudentsFree
Junior High and Elementary School StudentsFree

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

Adults150 yen (100 yen)
University Students100 yen (50 yen)

East Wing Only

Adults50 yen (50 yen)
University Students50 yen (40 yen) 
  • Caregivers attending people with disabilities may enter the museum free of charge.
Notes
  • You must present a disability certificate or proof of age in order to be eligible for discount admission fees.
  • Even if you are visiting the museum in a group of less than 20, you may be eligible for the group rate if you present certain 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 a travel agency. Please note that cash only may be accepted in the event of payment system malfunctions.
  • Free admission is offered on the 17th of every month; if the 17th is a public holiday, free admission will offered on the 18th.

Paid Parking

Discounted Rates for Visitors

1 hour: 250 yen
2 hours: 400 yen
3 hours: 550 yen
Every additional 30 minutes: 200 yen

General Fee

1 hour: 400 yen
Every additional 30 minutes: 200 yen

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 of the museum, offices, tenants, restaurants, museum store, reference room, or lobby) will not receive a discount.
  • Parking fees are only accepted in cash.