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Opened in 2007 to mark 20 years of JR East. It is laid out in five parts: vehicles, history, work, science and the future.
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A museum in Omiya, Saitama. It was planned as the centerpiece of JR East's 20th-anniversary projects and opened on October 14, 2007 (Heisei 19). A new South Wing opened in July 2018 (Heisei 30). It is next to Railway Museum Station on the New Shuttle.
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