The bureau's director was Ryuichi KUKI, who later became the president of the National Museum; the officials in charge included Tenshin OKAKURA and Ernest Francisco Fenollosa, who contributed significantly to modern Japanese art history.
局長は後に国立博物館総長となる九鬼隆一であり、係官には近代日本美術史に大きな足跡を残した岡倉天心やアーネスト・フェノロサも名を連ねていた。