Interactive Gallery Talk with Sign Language Interpretation at the Chihiro Art Museum Tokyo
Business Overview
An interactive gallery talk with sign language interpretation was held once during each of the three exhibitions, creating a place where the deaf, the hard of hearing, the hearing impaired and the hearing impaired could enjoy art works together and share fun, learning and discoveries.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Saturday, January 24, 2026 - Saturday, June 6 10:00~17:00
- Venues
- Chihiro Art Museum Tokyo (Nerima Ward, Tokyo)
- Viewing Support Contents
- Interactive gallery talk with sign language interpretation
- Viewing Support Date and Time
- At the exhibition "Shorei no Tsubasa: Chihiro IWASAKI, Noriko IBARAKI, and Shuko OKAGAMI."
Saturday, January 24, 2026 14:00~15:00
120 Years After His Birth "Tebukuro" Artist Rachev and the World of Folklore Picture Books/Chihiro: Always Next to Me - Children and Animals ".
Saturday, April 4, 2026 14:00~15:00
At the exhibition "Chihiro Iwasaki "There are simple but precious things in picture books."/The Magic of Picture Books = Magic Picture Books."
Saturday, June 6, 2026 14:00~15:00
Profile
[Chihiro Iwasaki Memorial Foundation]
This foundation was established in 1976 to commemorate the achievements of Chihiro Iwasaki (1918-1974), a picture book artist, and to conduct activities that contribute to the development of picture book culture. In 1977, the world's first art museum specializing in picture books, the Chihiro Iwasaki Picture Book Museum (currently the Chihiro Art Museum Tokyo) was opened on the site of Chihiro's home and studio, and in 1997, the Chihiro Azumino Art Museum was opened in Nagano Prefecture. It collects, displays, preserves and researches works of outstanding picture book artists from Japan and overseas.