Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
トヨタテクノミュージアム産業技術記念館

451-0051 Nagoya, Japan

Entrance Lobby

The lobby houses a rest corner and leads directly to the Room of Fame, a restaurant, and the Video Library.
In the middle of the lobby you’ll find the circular loom invented by Sakichi Toyoda in 1906. This circular loom integrated many inventive technologies, such as three-dimensional weaving, and is currently exhibited as the symbol of the museum’s key spirit of being studious and creative.

Textile Machinery Pavilion

This spacious floor of more than 3,468 ㎡ was originally built as a cotton-spinning factory in the Taisho Period (1912-1926) and the building itself is as it was way back then. The displays introducing the changes that have occurred in motive power, as well as configuration models and approximately 95 different spinning and weaving machines, give you a clear command of the technical progress that has taken place over the years.

1.Basics of Spinning and Weaving Technology
2.Japan's Original Technology and Introduction of Western European Technology
3.Development of Spinning Technology
4.Development of Weaving Technology
5.History of Control Technology
6.The Latest Looms
 

Automobile Pavilion

Take a long look at this 7,900 sq. meter expanse; it’s as if a huge sports gym was turned into an automotive factory! Examine the detailed exhibitions of Automobile Mechanisms and Component Parts, Automotive Technology, Manufacturing Technology. Observe actual machinery operations,　cross-cut component models (with viewer control buttons), experimental apparatus, and production equipment. Enjoy the clear and easy-to-understand automotive demonstrations with realistic visual and audio effects.

1.Material Testing Center／Prototyping Plant
2.History of Automobile Technology and Industry
3.Automobile Mechanisms and Component Parts
4.Establishment of Domestic Automobile Technology
5.Development of Technology to Meet Social Needs
7.Breakthrough Production Technology
6.Automobile Production Technology in the Early Years(1930-1940s)
 

Creative Workshop

This building is part of the Kariya Iron Working Shop belonging to Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd. that was built in 1926 for the full-scale production of the Type G Automatic Loom.

Technoland At Technoland, you can experience firsthand a variety of textile machinery and automobile displays that are brimming with originality. These firsthand encounters spark kids' interest in manufacturing, and give parents and children a chance to enjoy themselves together. A special kids' area provides a place for preschool children to play and have fun.
 

Steam Engine

After its manufacture in 1898, this steam engine was used in a German spinning mill. It was modified in 1902 to generate electrical power and moved to a saw mill near Stuttgart.
Since 1976 it has been preserved as a valuable industrial heritage. It was specially acquired by this museum in spring 2005 as a key exhibit in line with our founding principle of displaying the real history of industrial technology.
 

Toyota Group Building

The former head office of Toyoda Spinning & Weaving Co., Ltd., originally constructed in 1925, has been completely restored and holds many of Sakichi and Kiichiro Toyoda’s personal belongings and papers.
 

Toyoda Shokai Office

Sakichi Toyoda established ”Toyoda Shokai　Office” in 1902 as a company for inventing, researching and developing the automatic loom. This building itself was built in 1905 and was both the residence and the work place for Sakichi, the place where he devoted all his time and energy into developing the automatic loom.

設立の目的

トヨタグループの共同事業として設立した産業技術記念館は、豊田佐吉が明治４４年に自動織機の研究開発のために創設した試験工場の場所と建物を利用して建設しました。

　建築史的に評価された赤レンガの建物を、グループ全体の歴史的遺産として保存しながら広く社会の皆様にご利用いただき、社会の健全な発展に役立つことを目的としております。
 

館の創設と基本理念

産業技術記念館は、１９９４年６月、名古屋市西区・栄生の地に開館しました。往時の様子をとどめる豊田自動織機栄生工場（トヨタ自動車工業より移譲）を産業遺産として保存しながら、近代日本の発展を支えた基幹産業の一つである繊維機械と、現代を開拓し続ける自動車の技術の変遷を通して、日本の産業技術史について次代を担う人たちへ系統的に紹介するための施設です。

織機の発明に一生を捧げた豊田佐吉。その長男として自動車製造に取り組み、トヨタ自動車工業を創業した豊田喜一郎。産業技術記念館は、豊田佐吉が『發明私記』にも記した飽くなき「研究と創造の精神」と、自動車の国産化に挑んだ喜一郎が情熱を注いだ「モノづくり」の大切さを、広く社会に伝えることを基本理念として活動しています。

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