Ticket Sales Info Visit Guidelines & Tips Visiting with Children Frequently Asked Questions

Link to reserve tickets is below. Please read the following information prior to making your reservation.

What to Expect

This is a fully immersive installation, featuring yellow pumpkins of various sizes, adorned with black polka dots, that are surrounded by mirrors. You’ll become part of the artwork as you seemingly enter an infinite field of glowing pumpkins. When you are inside:

• You will have 1.5 minutes to experience the work inside the room. The doors will be closed.
• A gallery attendant will always be present in the room, and they will handle access to the door.
• Please anticipate changes in light, sound, and reflective elements. Some visitors may find the changes in sensory input disorienting.
• Expect to spend up to 30 minutes, total, in the exhibition (including queuing and viewing the Kusama prints and paintings).

Ticket Sales Info

Timed tickets are required for Yayoi Kusama: All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins due to the artist’s popularity and the fully immersive nature of the installation. The general public and CAM Members must have a timed ticket to enter the exhibition.

Tickets go on sale online and are released one month prior to the visit date. Check back often to see if tickets are available.

CAM Members

CAM Members get free and early access to exhibition tickets! Members may see the exhibition before it opens to the public during Member Preview Days, July 14-16, 2026. Once the exhibition opens, members get exclusive access to tickets on Tuesdays–Fridays, 11 a.m.–noon, and Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m.–noon. Learn more about membership and join or renew.

Reciprocal Benefits

Members of other art museums can still redeem their reciprocal benefits for this exhibition. Present your membership card at the front desk on the day of your visit to check available times. However, please keep in mind that tickets are limited and may be sold out.

Visit Guidelines & Tips

Arrival

• Please plan to arrive 15 minutes before your scheduled entry time to ensure everything runs smoothly.
• At the time on your ticket, report to the gallery across from the Terrace Café (Gallery 125) with your tickets ready. Print or have them open on your phone.
• We will do our best to adhere to your entrance time.

Because of the delicate nature of the art, there are security rules in the gallery.

• Only two people inside the installation at one time. Single ticket holders may be asked to join another visitor.
• A CAM staff member will accompany you into the room.
• Remain standing—no sitting, crouching, lying down, or stepping off the platform.
• Your visit lasts 1 minute and 30 seconds; please exit when directed.
• Do not touch the art and stay aware of your surroundings.
• All phones and cameras in the installation must be secured to your person using a neck strap; lanyards are available for use.

• Cameras and phones must stay within the platform and never be held over the barriers—and must be attached to your body via a lanyard.
• Keep your hands close to your body while inside the installation.
• No belongings are allowed inside the installation except securely tethered phones or cameras. A designated area directly at the entrance of the immersive experience room will be provided for belongings to be left while inside the installation. CAM is not responsible for lost or stolen objects.
• There is no re-entry into the installation or introduction gallery.

Access

• To enter the room there is a 2-foot-long ramp transitioning a 2-inch rise without handrails. 
• The viewing space inside the room is approximately 30 inches wide. Please take this into consideration if you are a user of a mobility device.
• For individuals using a mobility device, please be advised that you will exit the room by moving backwards through the same door and down the ramp as you entered. 
• As with all exhibitions, a gallery attendant will be present in the room at all times. It is not the responsibility of the attendant to provide assistance in any way to visitors, or to supervise unattended children under the age of 15 while adults are inside the installation.  
• Inside the room visitors should anticipate changes in light and sound and reflective elements. Some visitors may find the changes in sensory input disorienting.  
• The space may not be suitable for visitors that experience claustrophobia. 

Visiting with children under 16

• Please use discretion when bringing small children; artwork is within their reach.
• Children under a year are free but still need a timed ticket and must be carried or in a front-style infant carrier. (An adult holding a child or with a child in a carrier counts as the two people in the room.)
• Ticket holders can only enter the installation one time per ticket. Tickets will be scanned for entry.
• Visitors aged 15 and under must enter with a ticket-holding adult.
• Children aged 15 and under cannot wait outside the installation alone and must be with a ticket-holding adult in line.
• No strollers inside the installation. A stroller parking area is available in the gallery right near the immersive installation.
• We encourage children to keep their arms crossed in front of their torso when they are inside the room. Very small children must be held.

Free Tickets

The exhibition will be free for members and nonmembers every Thursday evening from 5–8 p.m. and on Friday, July 31, August 28, and September 25, from 5–9 p.m. during Art After Dark. Tickets must also be reserved online in advance for free entry times.

Tickets for the designated free times are available on the ticket reservation page beginning at 11 a.m. on the day of the event.

Photos and Videos

Feel free to take photos with your cell phone! Flash photography, tripods, and selfie sticks are not permitted in the museum.

Visiting with Children

Scenarios

I am visiting with two children 15 years or younger.

This scenario will require 2 adults (18+).

I am visiting with a 16 year old and a 15 year old.

This scenario requires the purchase of 3 tickets, and the adult must enter with the 15 year old. The adult ticket will be scanned to enter the installation with the 15 year old who also has a ticket, while the 16 year old waits in line. The 16 year old may be paired with another person in line to enter the installation while the 15 year old and the adult exit.

I am visiting with a 3 year old.

Use discretion. This scenario will require 2 paid tickets. The adult will need to make sure the 3-year-old does not touch the art inside the installation.

I am visiting with my infant in a carrier and my 15 yr old.

This scenario will require 2 adults. Infants in carriers need a (free) ticket.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many works are included in the exhibition?

Yayoi Kusama: All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins is one immersive installation. In addition, there are 10 paintings and two prints for visitors to enjoy before entering the immersive experience.

How much time can I spend in the exhibition?

The prints and paintings can be viewed at your own pace, and then you will enter the line for the immersive installation. The immersive installation room is designed to be experienced for 1.5 minutes with a gallery attendant escorting you in and out. There is no reentry to either space.

How many times can I go into the exhibition with my ticket?

Your ticket is valid for one entry into the exhibition at your specified time. Because of the intimate nature of the installation, and to accommodate as many guests as possible, we cannot permit multiple visits to the room or accompanying gallery.

The tickets are sold out. How do I get tickets?

Tickets go on sale to the public online and are released 30 days prior to the visit date. Check back often to see if tickets are available.

How do I get free tickets?

Tickets for the designated free times are available on the ticket reservation page beginning at 11 a.m. on the day of the event.

Why can’t I take my bag in?

Yayoi Kusama: All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins is an intimate installation. For the safety of the artwork on display and to make the most of your experience, bags must be checked at the complimentary coat check in one of the museum entrances or in the designated area directly at the entrance of the immersive experience room.

What if I miss my allotted time?

Because of the timed nature of the experience, if you’ve missed your assigned time slot for the day, you will need to purchase another ticket for a new time that day, or for another day.

Why can’t my whole family/group go in together?

The installation can only accommodate two people at a time.

What if I am claustrophobic?

Individuals with sensitivity to small rooms or changes in lighting are advised not to enter.

Can I take photos or videos?

Photography is allowed with use of cell phones and small personal cameras. All phones and cameras must be secured to your person using a neck strap. A limited number of phone lanyards will be available for use while you are in the exhibition. Flash, tripods, and selfie sticks are prohibited in the museum.

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