National Museum Collections and Exhibitions Staff are busy preparing for the opening of the upcoming exhibition Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World which opens this weekend on March 8!
Here is a peek behind the covered doors.
![As the photographs are hung](https://i0.wp.com/blog.janm.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/a1.jpg?w=400&ssl=1)
![A Dragon lurks behind the photographs](https://i0.wp.com/blog.janm.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-21.jpg?w=400&ssl=1)
![The wall art was painted by hand](https://i0.wp.com/blog.janm.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-31.jpg?w=400&ssl=1)
![Hanging the photographs](https://i0.wp.com/blog.janm.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-2a1.jpg?w=400&ssl=1)
Join us this Saturday for the opening day. Many of the artists will be here to present live tattooing, lectures, and a book signing of the exhibition catalogue.
For information about the exhibition and related public programs, visit: janm.org/perseverance