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Osaka Prefectural Children's Museum Big Bang Osaka Prefectural Children's Museum Big Bang
OSAKA Prefecture

A form that communicates the energy of dreams
Promoting the theme of "toys attracting play and play creating children's culture," this museum allows children to see, touch, and use things, enjoying a variety of experiences. Each floor's exhibitions are based on stories written by animator and the museum's manager, MATSUMOTO Reiji. The disc-shaped central facility resembles a huge spaceship taking off.
Photo:A fantasy exterior-UFO, tower, and dodecahedron.


Experience a mysterious off-balanced feeling and echoes in the Toy Tower.
Experience a mysterious off-balanced feeling and echoes in the Toy Tower.

Space Factory on second floor for drawing and creating-fostering the power of dreams.
Space Factory on second floor for drawing and creating-fostering the power of dreams.
Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture/Tel: 0722-94-0999
Design Public Building Office, Dept. of Construction and Urban Development, Osaka Pref. Govt. and SAKAKURA ASSOCIATES architects and engineers, Osaka Office
Construction Taisei Corp., Mitsubishi Corp. and Morimoto Corp. joint venture
Site area 98,000 sq. m
Floor area 4,423 sq. m
Height Main structure: 33.7 m; Play tower: 53 m
Floors 1 below ground, 5 above ground (The main building)
Completed 1999


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