Museums in Osaka

The Osaka Museum of History brings the city's 1,400-year history to life through full-scale recreations of ancient Naniwa, starting with a stunning 10th-floor replica of a Naniwa Palace hall and descending through time.

A museum tracing Osaka's history from the Naniwa Palace era to the modern metropolis..

An interactive science museum in Nakanoshima with a planetarium and hands-on physics exhibits..

A recreated full-scale Edo-period streetscape on the museum's upper floor, where visitors can wear kimono..

An underground art museum designed by César Pelli, with strong Japanese and international contemporary collections..

A museum celebrating Momofuku Ando's invention of instant ramen, with hands-on noodle making..

The Cup Noodles Museum Osaka (Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum) is an interactive museum dedicated to the man who invented instant ramen, where you can create your own custom Cup Noodles.

The National Museum of Art, Osaka is an underground museum designed by Argentine architect César Pelli, recognizable by its dramatic steel-tube exterior structure resembling bamboo reeds swaying in the wind.