Communications Museum - Past Events

Below is a list of all past events for Communications Museum. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.

  • poster for "Nin-Tama Land" Exhibition

    "Nin-Tama Land" Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts - Other - Art Talk
    • 2008-04-26 - 2008-05-06

    The visitors to this exhibition can learn about various communication tools, such as mail, phone and TV, through anime characters from "Nin-tama Rantaro", aired on NHK educational channel. There will also (...)

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  • poster for Japan Stamp Exhibition 2006

    Japan Stamp Exhibition 2006

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    • Media: Other
    • 2008-04-18 - 2008-04-20

    An exhibition of stamp collections from all over the country, as well as a display of internationally exchanged letters. Various workshops will be held, while selected stamps will be on sale also. Please (...)

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  • poster for "Imaginary Post Office" Exhibition

    "Imaginary Post Office" Exhibition

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    • Media: Illustration
    • 2008-03-15 - 2008-04-20

    This is a group exhibition by 54 illustrators who met at editor Motoko Matsuda's picture book workshop (chabooks).

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  • poster for "Stamp Design" Exhbition

    "Stamp Design" Exhbition

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    • Media: Illustration - Other
    • 2007-12-14 - 2008-02-03

    130 years have passed since the first post office was established in Japan. In that time, postage stamps have evolved from a simple function of paying the postage rate into beautiful, small works of art, (...)

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  • poster for "Picture Envelopes" Exhibition

    "Picture Envelopes" Exhibition

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    • Media: Illustration - Painting
    • 2007-10-02 - 2007-10-28

    Paintings, collages, paper art and other media representing the feelings we have for letters and envelopes.

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  • Museum Summer Festival

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    • Media: Crafts - Art Party
    • 2007-08-01 - 2007-09-02

    Special 1. The World of Zenmai Zamurai Dates: August 1st-15th Times: Daily 10:00/13:00/15:00(30 minutes each session) -Please bring your own camera. Special 2. Marchen Wood World "Wooden Amusement (...)

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  • poster for "Efuto = Picture Envelope" Exhibition

    "Efuto = Picture Envelope" Exhibition

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    • Media: Illustration
    • 2007-06-02 - 2007-07-08

    It all began 50 years ago when David McKee, the author of "Elmer the Patchwork Elephant," and his friends started sending illustrated envelopes for fun. The president of Andersen Press, the company that (...)

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  • "ODA Stamp Exhibition: Japanese Aid that Became the World's Stamps"

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    • Media: Photography - Product
    • 2007-04-27 - 2007-05-06

    Japan's ODA undertakings began in 1954. Japanese ODA has been used around the world in different projects from airport construction to employee training. Many countries have shown their gratitude to Japan's (...)

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  • "Dazzling Children's Dreams" Exhibition

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    • Media: Illustration
    • 2007-02-11 - 2007-02-24

    Letters with illustrations by the students of Komae 5th Elementary School.

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  • poster for NHK World Calender "The Japan that I want to communicate"

    NHK World Calender "The Japan that I want to communicate"

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2006-12-20 - 2007-01-08

    NHK transmits television and radio news about Japan on "NHK World", a program geared for the overseas audience. Every year, they produce a calender with a selection of photographs from "NHK Calender Photo (...)

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  • "2006 NHK Academy Open School" Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts - Other - Art Talk
    • 2006-09-09 - 2006-09-24

    Exhibition of students of calligraphy, crafts, photography and other courses at the NHK academy. One day workshops: Flower art with Itsuko Toyoshima (NHK Academy Lecturer) 2006-09-10 (Sun) 13:00-15:00 Accessories with (...)

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  • New Donations Exhibition

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    • Media: Other - Other
    • 2006-06-17 - 2006-07-17

    Since the Communications Museum first opened their collection to the public on June 21 1902, they have celebrated that day as 'Material Day' by holding an exhibition of donated materials from the past (...)

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  • poster for 3rd Express Messenger Exhibition

    3rd Express Messenger Exhibition

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    • Media: Painting
    • 2006-06-06 - 2006-07-02

    It is well known that Japan's postal system was established by Hisoka Maejima, but did you know that it was based on the communication and traffic system from the Edo Period? This exhibition introduces (...)

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  • poster for Edo and Tokaido

    Edo and Tokaido

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    • Media: Illustration
    • 2006-05-13 - 2006-05-28

    The formidable progress that Japan made in the Edo Period was greatly related to the Tokaido, the road that connected Edo, Kyoto and Osaka. The road contributed to the development of communication and (...)

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  • All Japan Stamp Exhibition 2006

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    • Media: Graphics
    • 2006-04-15 - 2006-04-20

    An exhibition of stamp collections from all over the country.

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  • poster for The Reiji Matsumoto Collection

    The Reiji Matsumoto Collection

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    • Media: Illustration - Film
    • 2006-01-08 - 2006-02-05

    Picture-stories and animations from the period of the Teishin-Sho (the Ministry of Communications; currenly split into Japan Post, NHK, and NTT.) are on display. This exhibition, based on the Matsumoto (...)

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  • 200th Anniversary "Andersen's Life and Work Exhibition"

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    • Media: Other
    • 2005-11-19 - 2005-12-25

    Writer Hans Christian Andersen, born in 1805, had written more than 150 stories before his death in 1875. In his motherland Denmark, he is a national hero, known as a poet, thinker, artist and traveler. (...)

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  • Postmen all over the World

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2005-08-02 - 2005-09-25
  • poster for Yu-cho Retro Poster Exhibition

    Yu-cho Retro Poster Exhibition

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    • Media: Graphics - Illustration - Prints
    • 2005-05-13 - 2005-06-12

    In celebrating the 130th anniversary of Yu-cho (Postal Savings), Tei-Park will host "Yu-cho Retro Poster Exhibition". These posters from the postwar era remind many of the varying fuctions of the Postal (...)

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  • poster for The 2nd "Landscapes With Pillar Mailboxes" Photographic Exhibition

    The 2nd "Landscapes With Pillar Mailboxes" Photographic Exhibition

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    • Media: Photography - Art Competition
    • 2005-03-01 - 2005-04-03

    An exhibition of the works that were selected for the "Landscapes With Pillar Mailboxes" Photo Contest. These red mailboxes have been captured with the abundance of nature found in landscapes such as (...)

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  • poster for "The Art of the Japanese Postcards"

    "The Art of the Japanese Postcards"

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    • Media: Prints - Other
    • 2004-10-05 - 2004-12-12

    An exhibition of rare Japanese postcards from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, featuring those from the Meiji to early Showa eras.

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