Yamagata
Museums & Exhibitions in Yamagata
Yamagata (Hokkaido & Tohoku) has 60 museums and galleries listed on MUSEUM DOOR, spread across Yamagata, Tsuruoka, and Sakata. They include Ideha Culture Memorial Museum, Ma Horoba ･ Dowa Sato Hamada Hirosuke Memorial Museum, and Hiroshige Art Museum. 5 exhibitions are currently on view — spanning History, Crafts, and Folklore. Browse links to each museum's official site and current & upcoming exhibitions, organized by city.
Exhibitions in Yamagata
Photo: さかおり（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsOn viewIdeha Culture Memorial MuseumSpecial Exhibition for the Year of the Horse: Unseen Hagurosan
2026.06.20 〜 2026.11.16
HistoryCraftsFolklore- Photo: Tak1701d (CC BY-SA 3.0) / Wikimedia Commons
Mogamigawa Art Museum
Yamagata
On viewMogamigawa Art MuseumUnraveling the Stars: Kokone Kanagawa, Gen Nakamura, Kanon Hiroki (Mogami River Future Art 1)
2026.10.16 〜 2026.11.17
Contemporary Art - Photo: Tak1701d (CC BY-SA 3.0) / Wikimedia Commons
Mogamigawa Art Museum
Yamagata
UpcomingMogamigawa Art MuseumConnecting and Weaving Outlines: Miwa Takahashi and Rie Hara (Mogami River Future Art 2)
2026.11.20 〜 2026.12.22
Contemporary Art 
Photo: Ebiebi2（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsOn viewSakata City Cultural Museum, Kokyu Bunko50 Years Since the Great Sakata Fire (Oct. 29, 1976): Remembering the Blaze and the Road to Recovery
2026.10.03 〜 end date TBA
History- Photo: Tak1701d (CC BY-SA 3.0) / Wikimedia Commons
Mogamigawa Art Museum
Yamagata
On viewMogamigawa Art MuseumKeiji Mashimo, Poems of Snow Country — Mogami River 3: Snow at Ōyodo, Looking Toward Mikase Bridge
2026.10.16 〜 2027.01.12
Western Painting 
Photo: アラツク（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsOn viewUkitamu Fudoki no Oka Archaeological MuseumThe 34th Special Exhibition: Dr. Minoru Kato and Yamagata's Paleolithic Era
2026.10.03 〜 2027.01.31
Archaeology- Photo: Tak1701d (CC BY-SA 3.0) / Wikimedia Commons
Mogamigawa Art Museum
Yamagata
UpcomingMogamigawa Art MuseumToru Kadowaki Photography: Another Murayama — Reflecting on Heisei Through Silver-Gelatin Panoramas
2026.12.25 〜 2027.02.16
Photography - Photo: Tak1701d (CC BY-SA 3.0) / Wikimedia Commons
Mogamigawa Art Museum
Yamagata
UpcomingMogamigawa Art MuseumKeiji Mashimo: Poems of Snow Country — Mogami River 4, Mogami Gorge in Snow
2027.01.15 〜 2027.04.06
Western Painting 
Photo: Ebiebi2（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsAlways on viewBasho & Seifu History MuseumPermanent Exhibition: Basho and Seifu Suzuki
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Museums in Yamagata60
河北町1
Kaneyama1
Takahata3
Mikawa1
Yamagata City9
Mogami Yoshimitsu History Museum
Yamagata
Yamagata Prefectural Sangyo Science Museum
Yamagata
Yamagata Prefectural Museum
Yamagata
Yamagata City Sangyo History Museum
Yamagata
Yamagatadaigaku Fuzoku Museum
Yamagata
Yamagata Art Museum
Yamagata
山寺 後藤美術館
Yamagata
Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum
Yamagata
Bun Sho Museum
Yamagata
Sakata City7
Shonai3
Kaminoyama City3
真室川町1
Tsuruoka City8
Tendo City5
Obanazawa City1
Yonezawa City3
Other1
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