About Partnership with Universities

This is a membership system for students and faculty of universities and vocational schools to make casual use of Tokyo's cultural facilities and to deepen their education and sensibility by experiencing real art.

Benefits available to member schools

1. Free admission to permanent exhibitions and collections

Students, faculty and staff of Partnership member schools can enter the permanent exhibitions of each facility free of charge.
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2. Discounts for special and special exhibitions

Students, faculty and staff of Partnership member schools can enter designated special and special exhibitions at discounted rates.
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3. Invitation to concerts, plays, and other performances

Concerts and plays sponsored by Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo Art Theater, etc. can be enjoyed by invitation and special treatment. In addition, we also offer invitations to rehearsals and backstage tours of sponsored performances.
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4. Holding of permanent exhibition guided tours

Volunteer staff will guide you through permanent exhibitions and collection exhibitions.

5. Cooperation in educational activities

We will dispatch curators, cooperate in the content design of lectures, and provide venues for lectures.
* Additional fee may be required.

*As for 3~5, prior application and meeting are required.
* For more information, please contact the following contact. Please note that we may not be able to meet your request depending on the content.

Partnership Application

Application procedure

1. STEP1 Enrollment Application (School → Foundation)
   Submit a copy of the "Enrollment Application Form" and the latest "School Basic Survey Student/Faculty Status Sheet."
2. STEP2 Request membership fee (Foundation → School)
3. STEP3 Payment of membership fee (School → Foundation)
4. STEP4 Issuance of membership cards (The Foundation → Schools)
5. Start using the service

annual fee

Number of Students * 1	Annual membership fee * 2
Less than 2,000	250,000 yen
From 2,000 to less than 3,000	350,000 yen
From 3,000 to less than 4,000	450,000 yen
From 4,000 to less than 5,000	550,000 yen
From 5,000 to less than 6,000	650,000 yen
From 6,000 to less than 8,000	750,000 yen
From 8,000 to less than 10,000	850,000 yen
More than 10,000	1.2 million yen

*(1) Includes graduate students and correspondence course students.
* 2 If you join during the course of a fiscal year, the annual membership fee will be calculated on a monthly basis from the month in which you join to the end of the fiscal year.

membership period

After payment of the annual membership fee is confirmed, we will issue a "membership card of the Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture Partnership.".
In principle, the membership period is from April 1 to the end of March of the following year.

Partnership member schools (As of April 2025, in the order of 50 syllables)