Please make reservations to enter the Miho Museum in advance after checking road conditions.



Due to landslides in August 2021, Shiga Prefectural Road 16 has been closed, and the bus service bound for Miho Museum from JR Ishiyama Station is currently suspended.



If you visit the museum by car from the direction of Otsu, please use the route either from Shigaraki Interchange of Shin-Meishin Expressway or Prefectural Road 12.

Permanent Exhibit

September 18 - December 12

"Ancient Collection of Miho Museum"

Information

Exhibition Term
September 18, 2021 - December 12, 2021
Open Hours
10:00 am to 4:00 pm (last entry: 3:00 pm)
Closed Days
Every Monday (or next business day if Monday is a national holiday)
Admission Fees
[Adults] 1,300 yen [High school/university students] 1,000 yen [Elementary/junior high school students] Free
Venue
South Wing
Audio Guides
There

Exhibition Highlights

Cult Figure of a Falcon-headed Deity
Egypt 1295 - 1213 B.C.

Statue of Goddess
Egypt about 270 - 246 B.C.

Winged, Human-headed Genius and Royal Attendant
Assyrian 883-859 B.C.

Rhyton with the Protome of a Desert Lynx Catching a Fowl
Late 2nd-1st century B.C.

Bowl with Gold Appliques
Achaemenid 6th century B.C.

Standing Buddha
Gandhara Second half of the 2nd century A.D.

Fresco Panels Depicting a Garden
Roman 1st century

Floor Mosaic Depicting Dionysos's Discovery of Ariadne on Naxos
Roman, probably from Syria 3rd to 4th century

Bust of Youth
Roman 1st century

Deer in lacquered wood
China, Late Eastern Zhou period 4th to 3th century B.C.

Wine Vessel: Fang Lei
China, Eastern Zhou period 4th century B.C.

Tomb Figure: Horse
China, Eastern Han period 25 - 220

Buddhist Votive Stele
China second quarter of 6th century

Ewer with a Plant Design
Sassanid 6th to 7th century

Plate
Tibet 8th - 9th century

Medallion and Animal Carpet
Safavi 16th to 17th century

Exhibition Galleries

Entrance Information Egypt West Asia Greece & Rome South Asia In Quest of Eternal Bliss: Prologue In Quest of Eternal Bliss: Ancient China In Quest of Eternal Bliss: The Fusion of Paradais of East and West In Quest of Eternal Bliss: China and Persia
South Wing

"In Quest of Eternal Bliss"

"Ancient Collection of Miho Museum"

North Wing

Exhibits

South Wing


Egypt

West Asia

Greece & Rome

South Asia

In Quest of Eternal Bliss: Prologue

In Quest of Eternal Bliss: Ancient　China

In Quest of Eternal Bliss: The Fusion of Paradaise of East and West

In Quest of Eternal Bliss: China and Persia