The Osaka Museum of History lies just outside Osaka Castle Park. The top floor of this museum is a full-size re-creation of the inside of the Naniwanomiya Palace. Each of the other floors introduces a different Period in Osaka's past, using exhibit models and going from ancient days to more recent times as you move down. The museum is designed to give visitors a multi-dimensional experience of the 1,350-year history of Osaka, with life-size reconstructions, scale models, and key photographs and movies.

• Right outside exit 9 of Tanimachi 4-chome Sta. on the Osaka Metro Tanimachi and Chuo Lines
• +81-6-6946-5728
• 4-1-32 Otemae, Chuo-ku, Osaka
• 9:30-17:00
  *Open until 20:00 Fridays only during special exhibits
  *Admissions close 30 minutes prior to facilities
• Tuesdays (closed the following Wednesday when holidays fall on Tuesday)
  New Year holidays (12/28 - 1/4)
• Individuals: adults: 600 yen, high school and university students: 400 yen
  Middle school students and under and Osaka resident persons aged 65 or over enter free
  *Separate charge for special exhibits
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