As the main activities, the museum has been conducting promotional activities through lecture presentations and publications, etc., as well as collecting, preserving, studying and exhibiting cultural properties centered on Buddhist art.
仏教美術を中心とした文化財の収集、保管、研究、展示を行うとともに、講演会や出版活動などを通じた普及活動を行うことを主たる活動内容としている。