To provide an image display apparatus which uses a plurality of kinds of retrieval pictures selectively in accordance with the situation and can be handled with unified operation.

A CPU 21 includes two kinds of pictures of a multi-display picture and a calendar display picture as retrieval pictures for retrieving an image stored on an image recording medium 26. When operation for instructing magnification adjustment of a lens 11 is notified from a main body operating unit 23 during display of the multi-display picture, the CPU 21 increases or decreases the number of images to be simultaneously displayed from 2 stages × 2 columns to 3 stages × 3 columns or inversely, for example. Furthermore, when the operation for instructing the magnification adjustment of the lens 11 is notified from the main body operating unit 23 during display of the calendar display picture, the CPU 21 expands or reduces the range of batch display from month-by-month to year-by-year or inversely, for example.