Minato City Minato Science Museum: 2026 Minato Ward 80th Anniversary Special Exhibition '80 Trivia Points Staff Want to Share! Why? Curious! Interesting!'

The Minato City Minato Science Museum (Location: Toranomon, Minato Ward, Tokyo; Director: Naoto Fuse) will hold the special exhibition '80 Trivia Points Staff Want to Share! Why? Curious! Interesting!' for 32 days from Wednesday, June 10, to Sunday, July 12, 2026.

Minato Ward was established on March 15, 1947, by merging the former Shiba, Azabu, and Akasaka wards, and will celebrate its 80th anniversary on March 15, 2027.

To commemorate this, the museum staff has collected trivia focused on eight themes: Minato Ward, human body, food, daily life, creatures, technology, Earth, and space. We are introducing these 80 points to the public.

These 80 trivia points collect familiar phenomena hidden in daily life from diverse perspectives and provide explanations from a scientific standpoint, offering new opportunities for discovery.

Additionally, during this exhibition, we will premiere the Minato Science Museum's original planetarium program, 'Strolling the Starry Sky: The Starry Sky When Minato Ward Was Born,' produced to commemorate the 80th anniversary.

Event Overview Event: '80 Trivia Points Staff Want to Share! Why? Curious! Interesting!' Organizers: Minato City Minato Science Museum, Minato Ward, Minato Ward Board of Education Cooperation: Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corporation, Miwa Lock Co., Ltd., and others Dates: June 10 (Wed) – July 12 (Sun), 2026 Admission: Free (Planetarium show is charged) Venue: Minato City Minato Science Museum, Multipurpose Lobby

1) Basic Structure The 80 trivia points collected by staff will be divided into eight categories, with 10 points for each. We will also feature a 'Your No.1 Trivia' voting corner and a sharing corner where visitors can post their own trivia on a tree-shaped fixture.