Outline

The Taro Okamoto Museum of Art mainly collects and preserves the works of Taro Okamoto, and his parents Kanoko and Ippei.
Exhibitions will be held to encourage the questioning of accepted ideas and create new possibilities in art.
Also lectures and workshops will be held on related fields.
The museum will also support the creative activities of the citizens in the hope of contributing to and enhancing the richness in their lifestyles and the development of their cultural background.

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February	1989	"The World of Kanoko Okamoto – in memory of her birth a century ago"exhibition held at the Kawasaki City Museum.
April	1990	‘Ippei Okamoto and his apprentices’ held at the Kawasaki City Museum.
April	1991	‘Taro Okamoto – Outstanding Talent from Kawasaki’ exhibition held at the Kawasaki City Museum.
November	1991	352 principle works of Taro Okamoto donated to Kawasaki City.
December	1991	Construction of the museum decided upon.
June	1992	Organization and planning committee for the building of the Taro Okamoto Museum of Art established.
January	1993	Taro Okamoto awarded tha title ‘Honorable Citizen of the City of Kawasaki’.
March	1993	Basic concept for the Taro Okamoto Museum of Art decided upon. An additional 1427 principle works of Taro Okamoto donated to kawasaki City.
April	1993	Detailed – planning committee for construction of the Taro Okamoto Museum of Art established. ‘Taro – a kaleidoscope’ exhibition held at the Kawasaki City Museum.
July	1993	Basic plan for construction of the Taro Okamoto Museum of Art decided upon. Ikuta Green Belt decided upon as the proposed building site. Construction committee for the Taro Okamoto Museum of Art established.
March	1995	Basic construction plan, basic exhibition working plan and the working plan for the symbol tower completed.
December	1995	Committee for collecting and evaluating works for the Taro Okamoto Museum of Art established.
January	1996	Taro Okamoto dies at the age of eighty – four.
March	1996	Construction working plan for the symbol tower completed. the working plan for the construction of the museum.
June	1996	Exhibition in memory of Taro Okamoto held at Art Garden, Kawasaki.
November	1996	Work begins on the construction of the museum.
March	1997	Guidance and research council for the Taro Okamoto Museum of Art established.
September	1997	97 TARO’ exhibition held at 21Sin – Yurigaoka.
November	1997	‘Work begins on the gallery and the symbol tower. "Tower of the Mother".
February	1999	Construction of the building and the interior completed.
April	1999	Inauguration of the Taro Okamoto Museum of Art announced. The Kawasaki Museum Promotion Foundation is entrusted with its administration. Construction work for the symbol tower is completed.
July	1999	All construction work for the museum completed.
October	1999	Opening