Osaka Maritime Museum

The Osaka Maritime Museum (なにわの海の時空館, Naniwa no Umi no Jikūkan) was a maritime museum in Osaka, Japan. It was opened by the Mayor of Osaka City on 14 July 2000 having started on site in March 1998.^[1] Designed by architect Paul Andreu^[2] with engineering design by Arup and Tohata.^[3] the museum was built on reclaimed land in the Bay of Osaka^[4] at a cost of 12.8bn yen, with a replica Edo period trading ship, the Naniwa Maru as its centrepiece. The requirement of the dome to resist seismic, wave, and wind loads and its successful completion,^[3] led to the building winning a Structural Special Award in 2002 from the Institution of Structural Engineers, UK.^[5]

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