The thumbnail image display apparatus includes a display, a detector for detecting an operation including a touch operation and a pan operation performed by a user with the display, a storage for storing a plurality of thumbnail images that can be displayed on the display and identifiers respectively corresponding to the thumbnail images in such a manner that the thumbnail images and the identifiers are associated with each other, and a controller, wherein the controller changes the identifier in accordance with a movement information of the pan operation and displays the identifier on the display, when the detector detects the pan operation upon detecting the touch operation, and the controller reads, from the storage, the thumbnail image corresponding to the identifier displayed on the display and displays the thumbnail image on the display, when the detector detects an end of the pan operation.