Nara Women's University Memorial Hall Autumn Opening

• Letters: "Nara Women's Higher Normal School students in old photographs" and Western language and culture research materials centered on the collection of former president Tamura. Graduation albums and group photos from the normal-school era are shown for the first time, alongside actual teaching specimens that appear in the photos
• Science: taxidermy, skeletal and wet specimens, plus posters on recent research
• Human Life and Environment: clothing teaching specimens and related materials, sewing machines, a Connection Machine board and old tableware
• Engineering: posters on collaborations with companies and art museums

• Nara Women's University students give a mini concert daily, 12:20–12:50

• Designed by Yamamoto Jihei, head of the building department at Kyoto Imperial University. Half-timbered walls in a style common in Northern Europe, topped with a lantern tower and dormer windows
• Seven rooms off a central corridor on the ground floor; the whole upper floor is a pillar-free auditorium with a double coved ceiling and clerestory windows
• Designated an Important Cultural Property on December 27, 1994, together with the main gate and guardhouse. Renovation of the exterior walls, roof tiles, leaks and air conditioning ran from August 2025 to March 2026

• Usually open for about a week each spring (late April–early May) and autumn (late October–early November). The autumn 2025 opening was cancelled for renovation

*Inquiries: Nara Women's University, Public Relations and Fund Section (0742-20-3220)