Osaka Science Museum Nakanoshima
Osaka Science Museum is located in Nakanoshima. It has four floors covering electricity and electronic appliances, science and the family.
Osaka Science Museum, Nakanoshima 大阪市立科学館
Osaka Science Museum is located in the Nakanoshima district of Osaka city.
Exhibits
The museum, which opened in 1989, has four floors covering electricity and electronic appliances, science and the family, science in everyday life and space and space exploration. The museum presents a number of "Science Shows" running throughout the day. Basic science is explained with simple, easy-to-understand explanations by museum staff.
The basement floor houses the museum's planetarium, which is one of the largest in Japan. Osaka Science Museum (www.sci-museum.jp) 4-2-1 Nakanoshima Kita-ku Osaka 530-0005 Tel: 06 6444 5656 Admission: 600 yen for adults for the planetarium. Hours: 9.30 am - 5 pm (last entry at 4.30 pm. Closed on Mondays or the next day if Monday is a national holiday) and closed over the New Year holiday period.
Access - Getting There
The museum is a short walk west from Exit #3 of Higobashi Station on the Yotsubashi Line of the Osaka subway. It is even closer to Watanabehashi Station on the Keihan Nakanoshima Line. The museum is a longer walk from Fukushima Station on the Hanshin and Osaka Loop lines. Google map of the Osaka Science Museum Osaka National Museum of Art