National Museum of Nature and Science

The National Museum of Nature and Science is in the northeast corner of Ueno Park in Tokyo. The museum has exhibitions on pre-Meiji science in Japan. It is the venue of the taxidermied bodies of the legendary dogs Hachikō and Taro and Jiro.
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  • Museum
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • Opening hours: Tuesday–Sunday 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
  • Description: National Science Museum in Tokyo, Japan
  • Address: 7, 台東区, 東京都 110-8718
  • Also known as
    “kahaku.go.jp”
    “Kokuritsu Kagaku Hakubutsukan”
    “National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan”
    “National Science Museum”
    “National Science Museum of Japan”
    “NSMT”
    “Tokyo Museum”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Museum of Western Art and Tokyo National Museum.
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The is the premier…
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The or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the ward of , Japan. is situated 350 metres north of National Museum of Nature and Science.
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is a major railway station in 's ward. is situated 290 metres south of National Museum of Nature and Science.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ueno and Ikenohata.
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National Museum of Nature and Science

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Latitude
35.71599° or 35° 42′ 58″ north
Longitude
139.77659° or 139° 46′ 36″ east
Open location code
8Q7XPQ8G+9J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 203960902
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q74940

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“National Museum of Nature and Science” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المتحف الوطني للطبيعة والعلوم”
  • Armenian: “Բնության և գիտության ազգային թանգարան”
  • Asturian: “Muséu Nacional de Naturaleza y Ciencia de Xapón”
  • Asturian: “Muséu Nacional de Naturaleza y Ciencia”
  • Basque: “Japoniako Zientzia Museo Nazionala”
  • Catalan: “Museu Nacional de Ciència de Tòquio”
  • Catalan: “Museu Nacional de la Natura i la Ciència”
  • Chinese: “国家自然科学博物馆”
  • Chinese: “国立科学博物馆”
  • Dutch: “Nationaal Museum voor Natuur en Wetenschap”
  • Esperanto: “Kokuricu-Kagaku-Hakubucukan”
  • Esperanto: “Nacia Scienca Muzeo”
  • Farefare: “‘National Museum of Nature and Science’”
  • French: “Musée national de la nature et des sciences de Tokyo”
  • French: “Musée national de la nature et des sciences de Tōkyō”
  • French: “musée national de la nature et des sciences”
  • French: “National Science Museum of Japan”
  • German: “Kokuritsu Kagaku Hakubutsukan”
  • German: “Nationalmuseum der Naturwissenschaften”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Nasional Alam dan Sains”
  • Italian: “Museo nazionale della natura e delle scienze”
  • Japanese: “Kokuritsu Kagaku Hakubutsukan”
  • Japanese: “かはく”
  • Japanese: “こくりつかがくはくぶつかん”
  • Japanese: “国立科学博物館”
  • Japanese: “東京教育博物館”
  • Japanese: “東京科学博物館”
  • Japanese: “科博”
  • Kannada: “ನ್ಯಾಷನಲ್ ಮ್ಯೂಸಿಯಂ ಆಫ್ ನೇಚರ್ ಅಂಡ್ ಸೈನ್ಸ್”
  • Korean: “국립과학박물관”
  • Persian: “موزه ملی طبیعت و علم”
  • Persian: “موزهٔ ملی طبیعت و علم”
  • Polish: “Narodowe Muzeum Przyrody i Nauki”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Nacional de Ciência do Japão”
  • Romanian: “Muzeul Național al Naturii și Științei din Tokyo”
  • Romanian: “Muzeul Național de Natură și Științe”
  • Russian: “Национальный музей природы и науки”
  • Spanish: “Museo Nacional de Ciencia de Japon”
  • Spanish: “Museo Nacional de Ciencia de Japón”
  • Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑ์ธรรมชาติและวิทยาศาสตร์แห่งชาติ”
  • Turkish: “Tokyo Ulusal Sanat Merkezi”
  • Turkish: “Ulusal Doğa ve Bilim Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний музей природи і науки Японії”
  • Vietnamese: “Viện bảo tàng Khoa học và Tự nhiên Quốc gia”

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