Why You Should Visit
Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring returns to Japan for the first time in 14 years, on loan from the Mauritshuis in The Hague. The show at Nakanoshima Museum of Art brings 12 works in total — two Vermeers, including his earliest known painting Diana and her Nymphs, plus ten Dutch Golden Age masterpieces — arranged in six themes from portraiture to landscape, with a 20-meter immersive video corridor. Tickets are date-and-time reserved and were sold by lottery only; there are no door sales.
Essentials
- location
- Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka — 5F Gallery
- period
- August 21, 2026 (Fri) - September 27, 2026 (Sun)
- Time
- 9:30–17:00 (last entry 16:30). Open until 20:00 (last entry 19:30) on Aug 28, Sep 4, Sep 11 and Sep 18–27. No closing days
- cost
- Adults 3,000 yen / high school & university students 1,500 yen / elementary & junior high 500 yen / preschoolers free (all tax included, timed entry). Half price with a disability certificate (once per person during the run). No tickets sold at the venue
- Links
- Kobe · Gluten-free
- access
- About 5 min on foot from Watanabebashi Station (Keihan Nakanoshima Line) or 10 min from Higobashi Station (Osaka Metro Yotsubashi Line). By car, just off the Nakanoshima-nishi exit of the Hanshin Expressway; use nearby paid parking.
- TICKETS / REGISTRATION
- Timed-entry tickets were sold by lottery through Ticket Pia only — no first-come sales and no door tickets (the lottery closed on 21 July 2026). If you missed out, check the official resale via Pia.
- NOTE
Works on view
- 12 works from the Mauritshuis collection
- Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring (c. 1665) — first visit to Japan in 14 years
- Vermeer, Diana and her Nymphs (c. 1653–54), his earliest known work
- 10 more Dutch Golden Age paintings
Structure
- Six themes: history painting / portraits incl. tronies / genre scenes / church interiors / landscapes / still lifes
- 20-meter immersive Vermeer video corridor
Notes
- Resold tickets are void (no entry, no refund)
- Student tickets require student ID
- Official resale via Pia only
Basque cheesecakeBaked with rice flour, no wheat. Whole 12cm, serves 2-3¥4,700 incl. shipping (Japan only)There are 12 car parks within a 12-minute walk of Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka — 5F Gallery. The map shows each with its walking time.
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