Nagamori Collection Gallery Winter Music Festival 2026: Enjoying American Music and Christmas with Music Boxes
Japanese name:永守コレクションギャラリー 冬の音楽祭2026―オルゴールで楽しむアメリカ音楽とクリスマス―
📅 Thu, Nov 19, 2026 - Tue, Jan 26, 2027
About this event
Held at the Nagamori Collection Gallery, "Winter Music Festival 2026: Enjoying American Music and Christmas with Music Boxes" is a special exhibition commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Stephen Foster, known as the father of American music. During the exhibition period, through antique music boxes, phonographs, and automated instruments from the gallery's collection, worldwide beloved songs by Foster such as "Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)" and "My Old Kentucky Home" are introduced. In this immersive gallery, visitors can experience music box culture and related technologies. In addition, numerous events enjoyable for both adults and children are held during the period, including "Automaton Music Box Making," "Christmas Concerts," and "Special Music Box Concerts." A variety of winter holiday programs are offered, including a workshop to make traditional German Schwibbogen (candle arches) and the quiz rally "Become a Music Box Doctor!"
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Nagamori Collection Gallery
1-1 Higashinokuchi, Morimoto-cho, Muko, Kyoto 617-0003
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