| 1972 | January | Former mayor Abe Genzo publicly announced the establishment of an art museum in Fukuoka City. |
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| 1973 | November | Tokoin Temple (an incorporated religious organization) gifted 85 works of Buddhist art to the Fukuoka City Board of Education. (They were later transferred to our museum.) |
| 1974 | December | The 1st Art Material Acquisition Committee was convened. At the Seaside by Raphaël Collin was purchased as the first work in the museum’s collection. |
| 1978 | September | The Kuroda family gifted 440 works (425 pieces of pre-modern art, 15 of modern and contemporary art, related to the Fukuoka domain of the Kuroda family.) (Some pieces were entrusted or purchased afterward.) |
| October | Dancer Listening to Organ in a Gothic Cathedral by Joan Miro was purchased. | |
| 1979 | November | The Fukuoka Art Museum opened on November 3. The special inaugural exhibition Asian Artists Exhibition Part I: Modern Asian Art – India, China and Japan was held. In the autumn of the following year, Asian Artists Exhibition Part II Festival: Contemporary Asian Art Show, 1980 was held. This was the original form of the Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale, now held at the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum. |
| 1980 | March | When the Matsunaga Memorial Museum Foundation closed, 371 works were gifted to the museum (among them 369 pieces of pre-modern art, including an Important Cultural Property, Tea Leaf Jar with Design of Mt. Yoshino, by Nonomura Ninsei). |
| 1990 | October | Some of the Kuroda Family Treasures, including Gold Seal (National Treasure), Renowned Nihon-go (a spear with long blade) and other historical materials were transferred to the Fukuoka City Museum. |
| 1995 | December | Recognizing that an Asian art museum would be established in Fukuoka in the near future, Madonna of Port Lligat by Salvador Dali was purchased as a new centerpiece of our collection in lieu of Asian modern art. |
| 1996 | November | A masterpiece of antique Kyushu ceramics, a large covered dish with flower and bird design in enamel in the Kakiemon style (Arita ware) was purchased. |
| 1999 | March | 672 pieces from the Asian modern art collection were transferred to the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum. |
| 2016 | September | From September 1, the Fukuoka Art Museum temporarily closed almost for two and a half years due to a large-scale renovation. |
| 2019 | March | On March 21, Reopening of the Fukuoka Art Museum. |
