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The Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts has concluded its special exhibition commemorating its 90th anniversary, but the institution is continuing to sell the accompanying catalog through its official shop. The exhibition, titled 'Full Throttle! Stories of Famous Treasures,' ran from April 25 to June 21, 2026, at the Osaka museum, and the 343-page hardcover publication remains available both in-store and online.
The museum’s online shop lists the catalog as a record of the anniversary exhibition, which was organized around the theme of tracing the museum’s collections and the stories attached to individual works. The catalog is priced at 2,800 yen, with shipping charged separately for online orders. According to the shop listing, the publication can be purchased through the museum’s official e-commerce site.
The catalog is substantial in scope. The shop describes it as a B5-format volume of 343 pages, issued on April 25, 2026, the opening day of the exhibition. The listing also identifies the book as the official exhibition catalog for 'Full Throttle! Stories of Famous Treasures — Episode of Beauty Traced with Osaka City Art Museum,' using the Japanese title for the anniversary project.
The contents page shows that the book is structured as both an exhibition record and a history of the museum’s collecting and research activities. It includes essays on the museum’s origins, sections on stories in art, and chapters focused on the making, transmission, materials and techniques behind works in the collection. The publication also contains work commentary, a chronology, an exhibition list and an English-language list of works.
The online listing highlights several themed essays and columns contributed by museum staff and other writers, including sections on the museum’s new collection, a narrative around 'Hyakki Yagyo Zukan,' and technical and conservation studies tied to selected works. The catalog also includes material on restoration and analysis, indicating that the publication serves as more than a souvenir volume and reflects the museum’s curatorial and scholarly framing of the anniversary exhibition.
The shop notice says that orders are shipped according to weight and number of items, with different delivery methods used for single-copy and multiple-copy purchases. Buyers who need a receipt are asked to request one in the order notes. For the Osaka museum, the catalog keeps the 90th-anniversary project available after the exhibition’s close, with the publication remaining on sale through the museum’s official online store.
