opened in Chūō-ku,

Ōsaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2.7 ...

, Japan in 2001. The project architects were César Pelli & Associates and Nihon Sekkei. It is adjoined by an atrium to the NHK Osaka Broadcasting Center, which was designed by the same architects and built at the same time. The former

Osaka City Museum is a former museum dedicated to the history of Ōsaka, Japan. Located in the former headquarters of the 4th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army in Osaka Castle Park, the ground floor opened to the public in December 1960, with the special ex ...

closed earlier the same year. Over four floors, the displays tell the history of the city from the time of the Former Naniwa Palace, located in the area now occupied by the museum. Remains of a warehouse, walls, and water supply facilities for the palace are also on view in the basement. In 2005, the collection numbered some 100,000 objects. By 2016, it had grown to 138,595 objects, while a further 17,632 items were on deposit at the museum.

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Osaka Museum of History
(official site)
Osaka Museum of History
at The Skyscraper Center
Project entry
at Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects (named César Pelli & Associates at the time they designed the building)
Project entry
at the Nihon Sekkei website Museums in Osaka History museums in Japan Chūō-ku, Osaka 2001 establishments in Japan Museums established in 2001 {{Japan-museum-stub

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