Guidance Session for the TOBUNKEN Library for Graduate Students of Musashino Art University

　On July 21st, 2026, the Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (TOBUNKEN) introduced guidance for the TOBUNKEN Library to four graduate students of Musashino Art University, led by Professor EMURA Tomoko.

　At the beginning of this guidance session, KIKKAWA Hideki explained how to use the library and how the collection was developed in the conference room on the second floor of TOBUNKEN. The group then moved to the library and its stack rooms, where our staff introduced materials related to art and architecture, including investigational photographs of cultural properties, exhibition catalogues, and auction catalogues. The participating students, whose specialties include Japanese art history, architecture, and oil painting, handled the materials, listened to the explanations, and actively asked questions from the viewpoint of how they could use the materials for their own research and creative projects.

　The Cultural Property Archives Section of the Department of Art Research, Archives and Information Systems, under the research project “Expansion of Specialized Archives and Comprehensive Reference Services,” has a mission to collect, organize, and conserve materials concerning cultural property studies and prepare an easily accessible and effectively usable environment for experts and students. As a part of this effort, we will continue to actively hold guidance sessions.

　If you would like to participate in a session, please submit a request with reference to “Guidance Session” (Target: undergraduate/graduate students, museum staff, etc.)
https://www.tobunken.go.jp/joho/japanese/library/application/application_guidance.html