Transportation Museum

Japanese: 交通博物館 - こうつうはくぶつかん

This museum aims to promote the dissemination and research of transportation knowledge by showing the development and history of transportation such as railways, automobiles, ships, and aircraft through actual objects, models, photographs, documents, and other materials. It was located in Kanda-Sudacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, but closed on May 14, 2006. In 1921, the Railway Museum first opened under the elevated tracks at the north exit of Tokyo Station as part of the 50th anniversary of the opening of the railway, and in 1936 it moved to Kanda-Sudacho. After many changes, it was renamed the Transportation Museum. Since 1971, it has been managed by the Transportation Culture Promotion Foundation. The first floor is dedicated to railway materials from each era, and displays include an actual Murray compound steam locomotive, a replica of a steam car model presented by Matthew Calbraith Perry, foreign railway models, and monorails. The second floor was dedicated to ships and automobiles, with models of frontier canoes, Senkoku ships, hydrofoils, and other vessels, as well as models and examples showing the evolution of automobiles, while the third floor displayed various historical materials showing the history of aviation, transportation of the future, and travel in the past. The museum's collection totaled over 200,000 items, with about 2,000 items on display at any one time.

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Japanese:

鉄道，自動車，船舶，航空機など交通機関の発達と歴史を実物，模型，写真，文献などの資料で示し，交通知識の普及と研究を目的とした博物館。東京都千代田区神田須田町にあったが，2006年5月14日に閉館した。1921年，鉄道開通 50周年記念事業の一つとして東京駅北口高架下に初めて鉄道博物館が開館し，1936年神田須田町に移転，幾多の変遷を経，交通博物館との名称になった。1971年から財団法人交通文化振興財団が経営を担当。1階を各時代の鉄道資料にあて，マレー式複式蒸気機関車の実物をはじめ，マシュー・カルブレース・ペリーが献上した蒸気車模型の複製，外国鉄道模型やモノレールなどを展示。2階は船舶と自動車で，未開地のカヌー，千石船，水中翼船などの模型，自動車の変遷を示す模型と実例を置き，3階は航空の歴史と未来交通，昔の旅を示す各種の歴史資料が陳列された。収蔵資料総数約 20万余，常時約 2000点を展示していた。

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