Dear press members,

Thematic exhibition “MONODZUKURI EXHIBITION”
Invitation to our press preview on Friday, March 12, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Ueno, Tokyo

Prior to the official opening of our thematic exhibition called “MONODZUKURI EXHIBITION,” the National Museum of Nature and Science will hold a press preview as follows.

A special guided tour by our researcher in charge of the project will be offered during the preview. We would like to invite journalists to this tour so that they can learn more about monodzukuri.

Date	Friday, March 12, 2010, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (registration starts at 2:30 p.m.)
Place	National Museum of Nature and Science (7-20 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo)
Registration	Entrance of the administrative building of the National Museum of Nature and Science *Please enter through the side entrance.

Access guide

Five minutes’ walk from the Park Exit of JR Ueno Station; ten minutes’ walk from Tokyo Metro Ginza Line/Hibiya Line Ueno Station; ten minutes’ walk from Keisei Line Ueno Station
*No parking is available

Preview program

2: 30 p.m. Registration starts (at the side gate)
3:00 pm. to 5:00 p.m. Preview of the exhibition room (in the Planned Exhibition Hall, Japan Gallery 1F)
- The researcher in charge will provide a guided tour of the exhibition and answer questions.
- Photo shooting in the exhibition room will be permitted.

Profile of the researcher in charge

Kazuyoshi Suzuki
Head of the Division of History of Science and Technology, Department of Science and Engineering
Suzuki specializes in the development process of Japan’s science and technology (especially in the early modern to contemporary periods). He collects, surveys and studies materials directly related to traditional and modern technologies as well as contemporary industrial technologies. His broad spectrum of research ranges from mechanical dolls and mining/measuring techniques in the Edo period and shipbuilding and spinning in the Meiji period, to automobiles, aircraft and rockets of today.

If you wish to attend the preview, please fill out the attached reply form (PDF : 4KB)(Japanese form only), and send it to us by Wednesday, March 10.
* Although you can attend the preview without advance registration, we are asking this to estimate the rough number of expected attendees. We appreciate it if you could send a reply to the following contact.

Office of Exhibition Management, Museum Programs and Communications Department, National Museum of Nature and Science
TEL: 03-5814-9175 or 9883 FAX: 03-5814-9899
7-20 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo, 110-8718
E-mail: kikakuten@kahaku.go.jp