Miraikan

Museum Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan

What to expect

Miraikan, also known as the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, is a science museum that offers a variety of interactive exhibits and activities for visitors of all ages. The museum features permanent exhibitions such as 'Explore the frontiers' and 'Create your future', which allow visitors to explore the construction of the world, the Earth's environment, and the universe. The museum also features a symbol exhibit called 'Geo-Cosmos', which projects a realistic image of the Earth in space. Additionally, the museum hosts special exhibitions that deal with a wide range of topics, from science and technology to art and culture. Miraikan is a great place for families to visit, with many hands-on activities and exhibits that are suitable for children

Plan your family visit to the Miraikan with these blog insights 👇

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the Miraikan, the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation. We explored robotics, computer science, medicine, and space exploration

Highlights: The interactive exhibits about space exploration were interesting and the children enjoyed them. We were expecting more robot demonstrations. The reconstitution of the space station was really interesting ✨

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the Miraikan National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, where the hands-on activities engaged our first grader enough that we were able to spend about 2 hours here

Highlights: The hands-on activities engaged our first grader ✨

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This family's experience:

Activities: We spent a whole day at Miraikan, the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, and met the robots!

Highlights: We watched the dancing antics of ASIMO, and met a creepy hotel receptionist and a very strange baby! It was really fun! ✨

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This family's experience:

Activities: We saw robots and interacted with a few of them

Highlights: The kids enjoyed seeing the robots and learning about how they work ✨

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, which has many robots and demonstrations. It is more suitable for older children than younger children

Highlights: We enjoyed seeing the robots and the demonstrations. We thought it was a good museum for older children who are interested in science and technology ✨