Special Exhibitions
Nikon Museum holds uniquely-themed special exhibitions relating to Nikon products and projects.
Current Event
Special Exhibition “Nikon F2 50th Anniversary and Unknown Cine NIKKOR”
Dates: August 31, 2021 (Tue) – February 26, 2022 (Sat)
Nikon Museum is holding a “Nikon F2 50th Anniversary and Unknown Cine NIKKOR” exhibition from August 31, 2021 to February 26, 2022.
Nikon F2 50th Anniversary Commemorative Exhibition
The Nikon F2 was released in 1971, and celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. It is acclaimed as the pinnacle of mechanical cameras, and still attracts many camera fans today. This exhibition, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the F2, includes the first F2, engraved with the product number “7100001”, the Nikon F2 Titanium Uemura Special that was developed for world-famous adventurer Naomi Uemura, and photos taken by Uemura using this camera. Other rare and fascinating items being exhibited include approximately 20 F2 units in combination with a variety of accessories including Speedlight flash units, motor drives and data backs focusing on systematicity, the F2's major feature.
Unknown Cine NIKKOR
Cine NIKKOR was the product name of lenses for movie cameras manufactured by Nikon (then Nippon Kogaku). They were experimentally developed over 80 years ago, exported to the USA in large volumes after the World War II, and mounted on the first 8 mm movie cameras made in Japan. Many of them have advanced specifications or unique shapes, but they are less famous than the NIKKOR lenses for SLR cameras. In this exhibition, Nikon Museum is focusing on these unknown Cine NIKKORs, and is exhibiting approximately 30 units from its collection. In addition, the museum is also presenting a movie filmed using the Nikon Z 7 in combination with the CINE-ZOOM-NIKKOR 1:2.2 f=12-120mm lens that was test produced for 16 mm movie cameras in 1963.
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The first Nikon F2 Nikon F2 Titanium Uemura Special Approximately 20 Nikon F2s in combination with various accessories Approximately 30 Cine NIKKOR lenses etc. |
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| Cooperation | Uemura Museum Tokyo Bungeishunju Ltd. |
Past Events
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” |