SUNTORY MUSEUM
Suntory Museum is a cultural complex featuring a
Gallery and an IMAX® Theater. Suntory Museum has a distinct
architectural design.
Suntory Museum was opened on November 3, 1994, as part
of Suntory's 90th anniversary commemorative project. The Suntory
Museum is located in Tempozan
Harbor Village, Osaka,
Japan where Suntory began.
The Suntory Museum is a cultural complex featuring a Gallery for
exhibitions and an IMAX® Theater with a gigantic 3-D screen, Museum
Shop, café, and lounge.
Suntory Museum
The Suntory Museum building features a unique
architectural design with a drum in the shape of an inverted cone
embracing a sphere and two rectangular parallelepipeds stretching
outward to the sea. The Suntory Museum building was designed by
Osaka's own internationally-renowned architect Tadao Ando.
The The Suntory Museum Gallery showcase arts and designs in
"easy-to-understand and enjoyable" exhibitions, with a well-balanced
collection of over 15,000 poster masterpieces by artists, such as
Toulouse-Lautrec, Mucha, and Cassandre.
The IMAX® Theater, another nucleus of this complex, has a 446 seat
capacity and a 20 meter high and 28 meter wide 3-D screen. It is
equipped with a 6-channel 15,000 watt digital sound system to bring
a truly powerful realistic film presentation.
Suntory Museum
The Suntory Museum Shop offers original museum goods
and other fashionable items; Café Solare and the Sky Lounge invites
you for a peaceful break with a gorgeous sunset view of the bay.
Suntory Museum also utilizes a solar-power system, as part of the
1993 field test project by the New Energy Development Organization (NEDO).
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