ROBOT Museum
I visited Nagoya Japan a number of years ago when my then girlfriend was teaching over there. Had a great time.
Now, I will want to go back for another visit:
From
Digital World/Tokyo:
Japan to open its first robot museum in October
Japan's first bot museum is set to open this October in a refurbished auto showroom in Nagoya, of all places.
Once cleansed of cars and sales staff ("Nice robot here, one owner only!"), the site will become home to cast-off bots from the 2005 Aichi Expo and their industrial brethren. The 2,600-square-meter museum will also feature a shop and a cafe set in a "near future" environment where humans and robots coexist peacefully. The entry fee hasn't been fixed yet.
Got this from
BoingBoing who said:
Designers are transforming a 2600-square-meter former car showroom into Japan's first robot museum, with a planned opening in October, 2006. Exhibits will cover a wide range of models, from toys to industrial helpers to outer space explorers. Humans and robots will enjoy snacks side by side in a robot cafe on-site. Museum planners anticipate nearly half a million visitors a year.
Very awesome!
Posted by DaveH at July 1, 2006 11:27 PM