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Japanese name: 科学技術館

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WHAT TO DOScience Museum

The Science Museum in Kitanomaru. It conveys industrial technology through hands-on experience.

WHERETokyo

Tokyo

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Overview

The Science Museum in Kitanomaru. It conveys industrial technology through hands-on experience.

About this place

The Science Museum (Kagaku Gijutsukan) is a museum (science museum) in Kitanomaru Park, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. It is operated and managed by the Japan Science Foundation, a public interest incorporated foundation. The idea of establishing the Science Museum was considered as a central project from the preparatory stage of founding the Japan Science Foundation. The concept was as follows. Of the broad range of technology, limit it to physics, chemistry and engineering.

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Field：Industrial science, hands-on exhibits

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