Miraikan

Permanent Exhibition “Explore the frontiers”

“Explore the frontiers” zone explores, on a variety of scales, the construction of the world, the Earthʼs environment and all the life nurtured within, as well as the Solar System and the universe. Looking back on the universeʼs history that spans 13.8 billion years; How did humans begin, and how are people living and interacting with the world around us? By taking a scientific viewpoint, people can think from a broad perspective on which path people should follow to the future.

Permanent Exhibition “Create your future”

“Create your future” zone illustrates desirable societies and lifestyles, and considers ideas people can use to achieve them. The exhibit asks "What science and technology is needed, and how should people use it to develop a society that can sustain a world population in excess of eight billion?". Create your future provides a projection of a future society and the search for knowledge.

Demonstrations by the humanoid robot ASIMO have ended as of March 31st, 2022.

Symbol Exhibit “Geo-Cosmos”

The Geo-Cosmos is the symbol exhibit of the Miraikan and realistically projects the figure of the Earth shining in space, with a pixel resolution that exceeds 10 million. Upgraded with the latest LED panels, the Geo-Cosmos creates a fresh, even more realistic vision of our Earth. The HDR (High Dynamic Range) panels and wider color gamut deliver richer, deeper color and light expression.

Special Exhibitions

Every year between two and three specially curated exhibitions are produced and shown, with science and art often overlapping. They dealt with a wide range of topics from "The NINJA - who were they?" to the "Detective Conan: Scientific Investigation" and “You and Robots - What is it to be Human?”. In 2012, the Special Exhibition "The Story of the End of the World: 73 Questions We Must Answer" dealt with the Tohoku earthquake and its aftermath.

Gallery

File:Nihon-Kagaku-Miraikan,Koto-ward,Tokyo,Japan.JPG|Miraikan - The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation File:Geo-Cosmos Miraikan cropped.jpg|Symbol Exhibit “Geo-Cosmos” File:Miraikan Earth globe screen.jpg|Geo-Cosmos from a different angle File:President Obama Talks to Japanese Astronaut and Students - Flickr - East Asia and Pacific Media Hub (1).jpg|US President Obama talks to Japanese Astronaut Soichi Noguchi under the Geo-Cosmos, 2014

References

References

1. [https://www.miraikan.jst.go.jp/en/spexhibition/archive/ Past Special Exhibitions. The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan)]. Miraikan.jst.go.jp. Retrieved on 2015-05-09.
2. Shea, Michael (2014). [https://journals.ed.ac.uk/unfamiliar/article/view/1061 The Story of the End of the World: An Alternative Approach to the Future at the Japanese Museum of Science and Innovation] ''The Unfamiliar'' 4(1): 56–62.