Osaka Science Museum, Osaka
The Osaka Science Museum has 4 floors of interactive science exhibits for children, and a planetarium with a vast OMNIMAX panoramic screen system on a dome of 26 metres diameter.
The Osaka Science Museum has 4 floors of interactive science exhibits for children, and a planetarium with a vast OMNIMAX panoramic screen system on a dome of 26 metres diameter. There are exhibits on 'Electricity and Energy', 'Enjoy Science', 'Familiar Chemistry', and 'Universe and Discovery' in this building in Nakanoshima, which was earlier home to the Faculty of Science of the University of Osaka, where Dr. Hideki Yukawa studied Mesons, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1949.
Hours
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9:30
17:00
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Tue
9:30
17:00
Wed
9:30
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9:30
17:00
Fri
9:30
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9:30
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About Osaka Science Museum
4 Chome-2-1 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Ōsaka-shi, Ōsaka-fu 530-0005, Japan
+81 6-6444-5656
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