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OSAKA SCIENCE MUSEUM
Osaka Science Museum houses a collection of historic science exhibitions along with the Osaka planetarium. The Osaka Science Museum is located in a modern building next to outstanding National Museum of Art, Osaka.
The Osaka Science Museum (大阪市立科学館 Ō) features modern interactive science exhibits spread out over 4 floors wth each floor featuring a different theme. Throughout each day there are live science shows which demonstrate science through very visual activities.was opened in 1989 to celebrate the 100th aniversary of the formation of Osaka City.
Within the Osaka Science Musuem complex is the Osaka Planetarium which features one of the largest domes in the world at 26.5. The Planetarium uses a modern digital system to project views of the sky and other astronomical images.
The museum also houses a collection of scientific resources,
including
Japan's first planetarium (a Carl Zeiss II model)
The Cockcroft-Walton accelerator
Resources related to Seimikyoku, Japan's first fully-fledged
chemistry laboratory
Pre-war electrical measuring devices
Its collection of books and magazines for a general audience,
largely on astronomy, is the most comprehensive in Western Japan.
The science building is the place where Hideki Yukawa created his
theory on mesons, for which he was awarded a Nobel prize. At the
time this building was part of Osaka University. It was also the
first place in Japan where cosmic waves were measured.
Address: Nakanoshima, kita-ku, Osaka-shi
Access: 5 min walk from Watanabebashi Station (Keihan Nakanoshima Line)
Opening hours: 9:30am - 4:45pm Close: Mondays (except public holidays)
