Special Exhibitions
Nikon Museum holds uniquely-themed special exhibitions relating to Nikon products and projects.
Current Event
Special Exhibition “Nikon Advertisements in Camera Magazines, 1949–1977”
Dates: March 1, 2022 (Tue) ? August 27, 2022 (Sat)
Nikon Museum is holding a “Nikon Advertisements in Camera Magazines, 1949–1977” exhibition from March 1, 2022 to August 27, 2022.
For photo enthusiasts and camera fans, advertisements in camera magazines have served as not only advertisements for products, but have been an important information source regarding cameras and lenses, and reading such advertisements in magazines has been a source of great pleasure for these enthusiasts and fans. In addition, advertisements themselves have changed widely over time in terms of designs and texts, meaning that they are in themselves interesting.
In this exhibition, we have selected approximately 300 advertisements of Nikon (Nippon Kogaku, at that time) from those published in the camera magazine Asahi Camera (of which the final issue was the July 2020 issue) from the October 1949 issue to the December 1977 issue, printed them on large panels, and exhibited them. Please enjoy seeing the changes in, and improvements to, magazine advertisements. In addition, approximately 50 products that appear in the advertisements, such as the Nikon Camera (Nikon I), Nikon F, Nikon F2 and NIKKOR lenses, are also exhibited.
- *Some of the exhibited advertisements contain words that would have to be carefully considered before being used in advertisements today, but we have decided to exhibit them without any change, as historical sources, to show the original meaning.
| Exhibits | Approximately 300 magazine advertisements Approximately 50 cameras and lenses that appear in the advertisements |
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| Cooperation | Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. JCII Camera Museum NIPPON DESIGN CENTER, Inc. |
Past Events
Special Exhibition “Nikon F2 50th Anniversary and Unknown Cine NIKKOR”
| Dates | August 31, 2021 ? February 26, 2022 |
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| Exhibits |
The first Nikon F2 Nikon F2 Titanium Uemura Special Approximately 20 Nikon F2s in combination with various accessories Approximately 30 Cine NIKKOR lenses etc. |
| Cooperation | Uemura Museum Tokyo Bungeishunju Ltd. |
Special Exhibition “Astronomical Telescopes, Our Guides to the Beauty of Stars”
| Dates | March 2, 2021 ? August 28, 2021 |
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| Exhibits |
Ten astronomical telescope models Objective lens for 8-inch Equatorial Refractor Astronomical photographs taken by current and former Nikon group employees |
Special Exhibition “Nikon Museum Special Collection 2”
| Dates | September 29, 2020 ? February 27, 2021 |
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| Exhibits |
Approximately 60 items including cameras, measuring instruments and industrial equipment Underwater photographs taken using “NIKONOS” series |
Special Exhibition “Taizo Ichinose, the Reality of War, the People Who Live Within the Smoke of Gunpowder”
| Dates | January 6, 2020 ? September 26, 2020 |
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| Exhibits |
Approximately 40 photos taken in battlefields in Cambodia and Vietnam Approximately 15 mementos including a Nikon F camera, a press armband, a helmet and autographed letters |
| Supervisor | Kyoko Nagafuchi |
| Cooperation | Takeo City Library, Takeo City Library and History Museum |
Special Exhibition “Memories of Railways, 1969–1976, in cooperation with the Nagoya Rail Archives”
| Dates | October 1, 2019 ? December 26, 2019 |
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| Exhibits |
Approximately 180 railway photos Railway- related materials including tickets and time tables |
| Cooperation | Incorporated non-profit organization Nagoya Rail Archives |
Special Exhibition “Photographing the Wonder of Science”
| Dates | July 2, 2019 ? September 28, 2019 |
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| Exhibits | Approximately 20 scientific photos taken by Kunio Ichiji |
Special Exhibition “Nikon Museum Special Collection”
| Dates | April 2, 2019 ? June 29, 2019 |
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| Exhibits |
Approx. 30 items including cameras, measuring instruments and industrial equipment “EYES OF SCIENCE” movie |
Special Exhibition “Rokuro Yoshida Photo Exhibition — Snow Crystals”
| Dates | October 2, 2018 ? December 27, 2018 |
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| Exhibits |
60 photos of snow crystals Movie “Observation of Snow and Crystals” (1960, Toei) Commentary panels explaining the formation and classification of snow crystals, etc. Large photo panels |
| Arrangement | Mr. Akifumi Yoshida |
| Cooperation |
Toei Company The Nakaya Ukichiro Foundation The Ukichiro Nakaya Museum of Snow And Ice Dr. Akira Yamashita, Emeritus Professor of Osaka Kyoiku University The late Dr. Keiji Higuchi, Emeritus Professor of Nagoya University, and his family |
Special Exhibition “Prototype Lenses — Fascinating Images Captured by the Nikon Z 7 Mirrorless Camera”
| Dates | October 2, 2018 ? December 27, 2018 |
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| Exhibits |
Approx. 60 prototype lenses Sample photos |
Special Exhibition “100 Years of Nikon Binoculars”
| Dates | July 3, 2018 ? September 29, 2018 |
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| Exhibits |
Approx. 300 binoculars Product brochures Women’s dresses |
| Cooperation |
The National Museum of Nature and Science Sugino Gakuen Dressmaker Gakuin |
Special Exhibition “Ultra-Micro-NIKKOR — a Genealogy of the World’s Highest Resolution Lenses”
| Dates | April 3, 2018 ? June 30, 2018 |
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| Exhibitions |
About 40 lenses including Ultra-Micro-NIKKOR lenses About 40 electronic devices |
Special Exhibition “HIROTA’S F PERIOD”
| Dates | January 5, 2018 ? March 31, 2018 |
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| Exhibits |
Over 60 photos Movies including a special interview Movies of new photographs Photo equipment, etc. |
Fourth (Final) 100th Anniversary Special Exhibition “The World of F-mount NIKKOR”
| Dates | October 3, 2017 ? December 27, 2017 |
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| Exhibits | Approximately 400 F-mount NIKKOR lenses, a celestial globe with a Fisheye NIKKOR lens, and more |
The Third 100th Anniversary Special Exhibition ”A Century of Memories — David Douglas Duncan”
| Dates | July 4, 2017 ? September 30, 2017 |
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| Exhibits | 24 photographs, interviews, and more |
| Cooperation |
Joseph McNally Studio Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin |
The Second 100th Anniversary Special Exhibition “Prototype Cameras — Developers' Memories”
| Dates | April 4, 2017 ? July 1, 2017 |
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| Exhibits | Approx. 40 prototype cameras |
100th Anniversary Special Exhibition “Naomi Uemura — Camera Techniques in Polar Regions”
| Dates | January 5, 2017 ? April 1, 2017 |
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| Exhibits | Approx. 20 photos and approx. 20 items of equipment |
| Cooperation | Uemura Museum Tokyo, Toyooka-city Uemura Naomi Memorial Museum, Bungeishunju Ltd. |
Special exhibition “Hana Utage — Flower Banquet”
| Dates | October 4, 2016 ? December 27, 2016 |
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| Exhibits | “Petals of the Sun”, “Roses” |
| Cooperation | Shotaro Akiyama Photo Art Museum |
Special exhibition “Walk with Yusaku Kamekura”
| Dates | July 4, 2016 ? October 1, 2016 |
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| Exhibits | Approximately 70 Kamekura-designed items, mainly Nikon materials |
| Cooperation | Yusaku Kamekura Library, Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. CREATION GALLERY G8, The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Osaka Prefectural Expo '70 Commemorative Park Office, JCII Camera Museum, and oters |
Special exhibition “The beauty of Mt. Fuji, a mountain beloved beyond time — Koyo Okada”
| Dates | April 1, 2016 ? June 30, 2016 |
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| Cooperation | Koyo Okada Photo Art Museum |
Special exhibition “Through the eyes of Ken DOMON”
| Dates | January 5, 2016 ? March 31, 2016 |
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| Exhibits |
From the second collection of A Pilgrimage through Old Temples “Right Arms of the Thousand-arm Kannon at the Toshodai-ji” “Left Arms of the Thousand-arm Kannon at the Toshodai-ji” |
| Cooperation | Ken Domon Museum of Photography |
Special exhibition “Ihei Kimura — Lass”
| Dates | October 17, 2015 ? December 26, 2015 |
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| Exhibits | “Lass” |