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The Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum has welcomed its 20,000th visitor to the exhibition ‘Leo Lionni and Friends’, marking the milestone with a ceremony announced by the museum on 18 August 2026.
The museum said the 20,000th visitor was a family from Nagasaki City. The family told the museum that they particularly liked Leo Lionni’s picture book ‘Frederick’.
The milestone was announced in a post on the museum’s official X account, which described the event as a ceremony for the exhibition’s 20,000th visitor. The post identifies Tomoko Kosaka, director of the Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum, as taking part in the ceremony, but the available announcement does not provide further details of its programme.
‘Leo Lionni and Friends’ is devoted to the work of Lionni, the author and illustrator of ‘Frederick’. The museum’s announcement links the exhibition directly with the visitor milestone but does not specify the exhibition’s opening or closing dates, its full contents, or the number of works on display.
The announcement also does not identify any additional venues or event dates. The 20,000th-visitor ceremony was held in connection with the exhibition at the Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum, according to the museum’s notice.
