Modern Transportation Museum
| Modern Transportation Museum | |
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| Established | 21 January 1962 |
| Dissolved | 6 April 2014 |
| Location | Minato-ku, Osaka, Japan |
| Type | Railway museum |
| Public transit access | Bentencho Station |
| Website |
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The Modern Transportation Museum (交通科学博物館 Kōtsū Kagaku Hakubutsukan) is the corporate museum operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in Minato-ku, Osaka, Japan. It opened on 21 January 1962, next to Bentencho Station on the Osaka Loop Line.[1] The collection includes steam locomotives, electric locomotives, diesel locomotives, a prototype of a magnetic levitation train, and the original engine of a Messerschmitt Me 163.
The museum was closed on 6 April 2014, and the exhibits will be moved to a new railway museum due to open next to the Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum in Kyoto in 2016.[1]
See also
- Railway Museum (JR East counterpart in Saitama, Saitama)
- SCMaglev and Railway Park (JR Central counterpart in Nagoya)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 大阪の交通科学博物館、2014年4月6日に閉館…京都の新鉄道博物館に移行 [Modern Transportation Museum to close 6 April 2014 - MOving to new railway museum in Kyoto]. Yahoo News (in Japanese). Japan: Yahoo Japan Corporation. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
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