Museum of Railway (Japanese: 鉄道博物館 Tetsudō Hakubutsukan) is the name for a museum projected to be opened in 2007 or early 2008 in Onari-cho, Omiya-ku, Saitama, Saitama, Japan. It is specialised to research and education of history, science and technology about railway. The East Japan Railway Culture Foundation, a not-for-profit affiliate of the East Japan Railway Company will build and operate it. It has a 19,800-square metre (m²) building built on the 42,500 m² campus, with 9,500 m² display area. A museum is a non-profit making, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ... 2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 is a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Omiya (大宮区; -ku) is a ward of Saitama. ... Saitama (Japanese: さいたま市; -shi) is the capital city of Saitama Prefecture in Japan. ... For the suburb of Melbourne, Australia, see Research, Victoria. ... History is a term for information about the past. ... For the scientific journal named Science, see Science (journal). ... Technology ( Gr. ... A non-profit organization (often called non-profit org or simply non-profit or not-for-profit) can be seen as an organization that doesnt have a goal to make a profit. ... An affiliate is an entity with a relationship with a peer or a larger entity. ... Yamanote Line, Tokyo JR Yamanote Line train in Tokyo, Japan Above Yurakucho in Tokyo East Japan Railway Company (東日本旅客鉄道 Higashi-Nihon Ryokyaku Tetsudo or JR東日本; JR Higashi-Nihon) is a Japanese private railroad company, one of the seven JR companies. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ...

The museum will feature about 30 railway cars, train cockpit simulators, railway model georamas, mini trains, storages for artifacts and books, video booths, a multi-purpose hall, a gallery balcony, a cafeteria, a museum shop and a research room. Cockpit of a light aircraft, showing instrumentation dials and dual control yokes. ... A simulation is an imitation of some real device or state of affairs. ... An artifact (also artefact) is a term coined by Sir Julian Huxley meaning any object or process resulting from human activity. ... One of a number of cafeterias at Electronic City campus, Infosys Technologies Ltd. ...

It is the successor for the Transportation Museum in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. The non-railway collections will be lended to other museums. Categories: Wards of Tokyo | Japan geography stubs ... Tokyo (東京; Tōkyō  listen, literally eastern capital), is located in the Kanto region on the island of Honshu in Japan. ...

Access

• 1 minute walk from New Shuttle Onari Station

External links

Museum of Railway (in Japanese only) (http://www.railway-museum.jp/top.html)

Transportation Museum (Foreign languages) (http://www.kouhaku.or.jp/english/index.html)

East Japan Railway Culture Foundation (English page) (http://www.ejrcf.or.jp/en_zh/index_en.html)