Information
Nikon Museum is now closed for an extended period from March 1, 2024 (Fri) while relocating to the new Nikon head office (Nishioi, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo). The museum is scheduled for reopening at the new Nikon head office in Autumn 2024.
Information from Nikon Museum, including information relating to events other than special exhibitions.
Past Events
Nikon Museum releases Nikon F mug KUROSHIRO and Nikon original Japanese hand towel A
| Release date | April 13, 2023 |
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| New items |
Nikon F mug KUROSHIRO Price: 1,800 yen (with tax) Nikon original Japanese hand towel A Price: 1,200 yen (with tax) |
Special Movies to be shown together with “The History of Optical Glass” Special Exhibition
| Screening period | October 11, 2022 – February 25, 2023 |
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| Movies |
Optical glass production using continuous melting (running time: approximately 10 minutes) Synthetic silica glass production (running time: approximately 7 minutes) Optical glass production using crucible melting (running time: approximately 3 minutes) |
Nikon Museum joins nationwide exhibition of asteroid Ryugu sample grain replicas
| Display starts | June 14, 2022 |
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| Exhibits |
Replicas of a sample grain taken from the asteroid Ryugu (one actual size and one enlarged ten times) A movie introducing a microscope system for the observation of asteroid samples |
New Movie Screening — “The F2, the World's Greatest Mechanical Camera: Conversation Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Nikon F2”
| Screening from | November 2, 2021 |
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| Movie |
The F2, the World's Greatest Mechanical Camera: Conversation Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Nikon F2 Running time: approximately 23 minutes |
New Movie Screening — “Interview with the designer: The Appeal of the NIKKOR Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct”
| Screening from | September 29, 2021 |
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| Movie |
Interview with the designer: The Appeal of the NIKKOR Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct Running time: approximately 5 minutes 30 seconds |
New Movie Screening in the Private Viewing Room — “Scientific photography: capturing the wonders around us with the Nikon Z 7”
| Screening from | April 21, 2021 |
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| Movie |
Specialists & Nikon Scientific photography: capturing the wonders around us with the Nikon Z 7 Running time: approximately 11 minutes |
New Movies — a short 4K movie and 8K time-lapse movie filmed with the NIKKOR Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct
| Screening from | April 13, 2021 |
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| Movies |
HARP — Healing Harp Tones Running time: approximately 3 minutes 8K time-lapse movie of the casual daily scenery Running time: approximately 3 minutes |
New Movie Screening in the Private Viewing Room — “Investigating the Structure of the Galaxy and the Nikon 91 cm Reflector Telescope”
| Screening from | March 2, 2021 |
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| Movie |
Specialists & Nikon Investigating the Structure of the Galaxy and the Nikon 91 cm Reflector Telescope |
| Cooperation | Subaru Telescope Okayama Branch Office, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan |
Long-term exhibition of Taizo Ichinose's war-damaged Nikon F camera and his last photograph
| Dates | September 29, 2020 – Late December, 2021 |
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| Exhibits |
Mementos of the photojournalist Taizo Ichinose, including his war-damaged Nikon F SLR camera One of his photograph |
A drama commemorating the 5th anniversary of the Nikon Museum “The lie detective — The sunken NIKONOS Ⅲ”
| Screening from | December 8, 2020 |
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| Movie |
A drama commemorating the 5th anniversary of the Nikon Museum “The lie detective — The sunken NIKONOS Ⅲ” Running time: approximately 47 minutes |
| Written by | Sanaka Hiiragi |
| Direction and filming | Shotaro Sakai |
| Script and leading actor | Joya |
| Cooperation | playApart |
New Movies at the Museum Theater, recorded using Nikon Z 50 cameras, including Parisian streetscape and Mt. Fuji shot from a drone
| Screening from | August 18, 2020 |
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| Movies |
A Walk in Paris Running time: approximately 3 minutes 12 seconds Artisans of Paris Running time: approximately 3 minutes 14 seconds Bird's-eye View of Mt. Fuji Running time: approximately 2 minutes 13 seconds |
“The Attraction of the Nikon F System Camera”, a Commemorative Exhibition for the 40th Anniversary of the Nikon F3
| Dates | August 4, 2020 – Late December, 2020 |
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| Exhibits | Approximately 20 F3 units in combination with various accessories |
New Movie Screening in the Private Viewing Room — “Tojinbo's Guardians and Nikon Binoculars”
| Screening from | February 1, 2020 |
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| Movie |
Specialists & Nikon Tojinbo's Guardians and Nikon Binoculars |
| Cooperation | NPO Editorial Desk of Memorable Words |
Private Viewing Room for Original Movies
| Screening from | January 6, 2020 |
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| Movies |
Nikon 100th Anniversary LUX CENTURIAE Tetsuro Goto Interviews series Specialists & Nikon series |
New Movie at the Museum Theater — “Cool breeze”, filmed using Nikon Z series cameras and F mount lenses
| Screening from | January 6, 2020 |
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| Movie | Cool breeze |
| Cooperation | Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. |