![]() Various other private institutions, archives and museums have lent Moomin-themed material for the tour, including the earliest Moomin products dating from the 1950s, collector rarities, documentary films and photographic material. In addition to original works of Jansson, the Moomin Museum’s loan includes a selection of rare artefacts and sketches from Tove Jansson and Tuulikki Pietilä’s Paraphernalia collection, which has never been displayed outside the Moomin Museum. The majority of the exhibits are loans from the Moomin Museum (administered by Tampere Art Museum) and Moomin Characters Ltd. Most of the works featured in the exhibition have never been seen in Japan previously. The exhibition will feature over 600 of Tove Jansson’s original illustrations, drawings and paintings as well as a wealth of other Moomin-themed artefacts and archive material. After Tokyo, it will continue its tour of Japanese cities including Oita, Kanazawa and Nagoya, continuing until March 2021. Moomin: the Art and the Story will debut at Tokyo’s Mori Arts Center Gallery on April 9, 2019. ![]() The exhibition is among the top events in a special line-up celebrating the 100 th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Finland and Japan in 2019. The two-year tour will take in ten museums and other venues around Japan. The largest-ever touring exhibition of Moomin art by Finnish writer and artist Tove Jansson (1914–2001) will embark on a tour of Japan in April 2019. ![]()
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