Visitors from Japan Travel to Rochester Museum & Science Center October 4 to Celebrate "Friendship Doll"

WHAT: Seven visitors from Nagasaki, Japan will be coming to the Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC) to celebrate Nagasaki Tamako's 85th birthday. Also known as Miss Nagasaki, she is one of 58 ambassador dolls sent from Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, to America in 1927 as part of an exchange of dolls between children of the two lands. The dolls' mission is to promote understanding between nations through friendship among children. Nagasaki Tamako has been in the RMSC collections since 1929. OF NOTE: Miss Nagasaki is in good condition for being 85 years old and having made numerous trips to Japan.

WHO: Rochester Museum & Science Center Staff; Visitors from Nagasaki, Japan.

WHEN: 10am on Thursday, October 4

WHERE: Rochester Museum & Science Center

657 East Avenue

Rochester, NY 14607

Note: The Miss Nagasaki doll is not available for the general public viewing at this time.

Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC) receives major funding from Monroe County. RMSC includes a planetarium, nature center and science/regional history museum. The mission of the RMSC is to stimulate broad community interest and understanding of science and technology, and their impact—past, present, future—on our lives. For more information about RMSC, visit www.rmsc.org. Find us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter (@rocRMSC).

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