The Modern Transportation Museum (交通科学博物館, Kōtsū Kagaku Hakubutsukan) was 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 included 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 were moved to what eventually became the Kyoto Railway Museum in 2016.[1]
See also
- Railway Museum (JR East counterpart in Saitama, Saitama)
- SCMaglev and Railway Park (JR Central counterpart in Nagoya)
References
External links
- Official website
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- Defunct museums in Japan
- Aerospace museums in Japan
- Museums in Osaka
- Railway museums in Japan
- Museums established in 1962
- Museums disestablished in 2014
- 1962 establishments in Japan
- 2014 disestablishments in Japan