The Kobe City Museum opened in Kobe, Japan in 1982. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a municipality.
Exhibitions
Special Exhibition Commemorating the Donation: Living with Glass—Masterpieces from the Hari Bunko Collection
calendar_todayFeb 28, 2026 — Apr 5, 2026
30th Anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake: The Great Van Gogh Exhibition - Café Terrace at Night
calendar_todaySep 20, 2025 — Dec 19, 2025
Special Exhibition: Bronze Bells and Villages—Yayoi Life and the National Treasure Sakuragaoka Bronze Bells
calendar_todayJul 5, 2025 — Aug 31, 2025
Special Exhibition: Ikenaga Hajime, the Collector of Namban Art—Creations Spun from Words
calendar_todayApr 26, 2025 — Jun 15, 2025
Special Exhibition: The World Expanding from Old Maps—The 70-Year Trajectory of Matsutaro Namba’s Collection
calendar_todayFeb 1, 2025 — Mar 23, 2025
Giorgio de Chirico: Retrospective
calendar_todaySep 14, 2024 — Dec 8, 2024
Special Exhibition: Thermae – Ancient Rome and Japan Connected Through Baths
calendar_todayJun 22, 2024 — Aug 25, 2024
Special Exhibition: Colorful JAPAN—A Journey into Hand-Colored Photographs of the Late Edo and Meiji Periods
calendar_todayMar 30, 2024 — May 19, 2024
Special Exhibition: Cultural Properties of Kobe III – Our Treasures, City, Heart, and Skills to Pass on Today
calendar_todayJul 22, 2023 — Sep 10, 2023
Special Exhibition: Ghibli Park and Ghibli Exhibition
calendar_todayApr 15, 2023 — Jun 25, 2023
The Essence of Modern Indian Painting: Nandalal Bose and Upendra Maharathi—75th Anniversary of Indian Independence and 70th Anniversary of India-Japan Diplomatic Relations
ナンダラル・ボース, ウペンドラ・マハラティ
calendar_todayJan 14, 2023 — Mar 21, 2023
Special Exhibition Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Kobe City Museum: The Revival of the Kawasaki Museum—An Invitation to the Beauty Preserved by Kawasaki Shozo
calendar_todayOct 15, 2022 — Dec 4, 2022
The Greats: Masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland
calendar_todayJul 16, 2022 — Sep 25, 2022
Special Exhibition: Ancient Egypt - Six Mummy Stories
calendar_todayFeb 5, 2022 — May 6, 2022
Special Exhibition Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Presentation of the Ino Map: Ino Tadataka
calendar_todayJul 10, 2021 — Aug 29, 2021
Special Exhibition: Higashiyama Kaii - The Wall Paintings of Toshodaiji Miei-do Hall
東山魁夷
calendar_todayApr 24, 2021 — Jun 9, 2021
Special Exhibition: Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Wadamisaki Battery's Designation as a Historic Site - Osaka Bay Defenses and Daiba Exhibition
calendar_todayFeb 6, 2021 — Mar 28, 2021
Special Exhibition: TSUNAGU—THE POWER OF KOBE CITY MUSEUM
calendar_todayDec 5, 2020 — Jan 24, 2021
[Cancelled] Special Exhibition: Boston Museum of Fine Arts Exhibition, Art × Power
calendar_todayOct 24, 2020 — Jan 17, 2021
Special Exhibition: Japanese Glass—Vitreous Colors of Daily Life
calendar_todayOct 3, 2020 — Nov 23, 2020
History Exhibition of the Five Treaty Ports
calendar_todaySep 29, 2020 — Oct 4, 2020
[Cancelled] Hyogo Calligraphy Exhibition: 70th Anniversary of the Hyogo Calligraphy Writers Association—2020 Message from Reiwa
calendar_todayJul 23, 2020 — Sep 22, 2020
Special Exhibition: The Courtauld Collection: A Vision for Impressionism
calendar_todayMar 28, 2020 — Jun 21, 2020
Special Exhibition: Chronicles of Architecture and Society—400 Years of Takenaka Corporation
calendar_todayJan 11, 2020 — Mar 1, 2020
Masterpieces of the Kobe City Museum: Intermingling Cultures, Connecting History, Linking Beauty
