7Japan Gallery Building and Central Hall

The 1931 building itself, with its aeroplane shaped plan and domed central hall where the Foucault pendulum swings.

In This Area

The Japan Gallery Building

Ministry of Education architects (Bunbu Kasai and others), Completed 1931

Japan Gallery, all floors

Foucault Pendulum

National Museum of Nature and Science, Installed 1931; present pendulum later

Japan Gallery, central hall stairwell