About the Museum Building
Photo Gallery
![Image: exterior of the Otaru Museum as seen from the front](../../images/gallery-tnl01.jpg)
1. Exterior view of the museum 1
![Image: exterior of the Otaru Museum as seen from the bottom of the hill](../../images/gallery-tnl02.jpg)
2. Exterior view of the museum 2
![Image: exterior of the Otaru Museum as seen from the top of the hill](../../images/gallery-tnl03.jpg)
3. Exterior view of the museum 3
![Image: exterior of the Otaru Museum in the snow as seen from the bottom of the hill](../../images/gallery-tnl04.jpg)
4. Exterior view of the museum in the snow
![Image: exterior of the Otaru Museum lit up as seen from the bottom of the hill](../../images/gallery-tnl05.jpg)
5. Exterior view of the museum at night
![Image: exterior of the watchtower on the Otaru Museum's fourth floor](../../images/gallery-tnl06.jpg)
6. Watchtower
![Image: exterior of the Otaru Museum Main Entrance](../../images/gallery-tnl07.jpg)
7. Main Entrance
![Image: exterior of the dome on the north front roof of the Otaru Museum](../../images/gallery-tnl08.jpg)
8. Dome
![Image: relief on the exterior walls of the museum featuring a recurrent motif said to be the Blakiston's fish owl](../../images/gallery-tnl09.jpg)
9. Owl relief on an exterior wall
![Image: banking hall counter in the Lobby Area](../../images/gallery-tnl10.jpg)
10. Lobby Area
![Image: windbreak room inside the Main Entrance](../../images/gallery-tnl11.jpg)
11. Windbreak room
![Image: overall view of the History Zone](../../images/gallery-tnl12.jpg)
12. History Zone 1
![Image: tower stand displays in the History Zone explaining the history of the Bank of Japan](../../images/gallery-tnl13.jpg)
13. History Zone 2
![Image: Otaru Museum within a miniature diorama of the city of Otaru at its zenith](../../images/gallery-tnl14.jpg)
14. Miniature diorama of Otaru in the 1920s and 1930s
![Image: exhibits from a collection of Bank of Japan notes issued after World War II](../../images/gallery-tnl15.jpg)
15. Banknote Gallery
![Image: overall view of the Business Operations Zone](../../images/gallery-tnl16.jpg)
16. Business Operations Zone
![Image: door of the original vault](../../images/gallery-tnl17.jpg)
17. Door of the original vault
![Image: replica package of 100 million yen in the original vault for visitors to try lifting](../../images/gallery-tnl18.jpg)
18. Replica package of 100 million yen in the vault
![Image: relief on the interior walls of the museum featuring a recurrent motif said to be the Blakiston's fish owl](../../images/gallery-tnl19.jpg)
19. Owl relief on an interior wall
![Image: overall view of the History Zone as seen from the interior balcony](../../images/gallery-tnl20.jpg)
20. Inside the museum 1
![Image: overall view of the History Zone as seen from the Lobby Area](../../images/gallery-tnl21.jpg)
21. Inside the museum 2
![Image: museum building under construction with temporary roof covering](../../images/gallery-tnl22.jpg)
22. The Otaru Branch building under construction
![Image: exterior of the Otaru Museum building, then the Otaru Branch, right after the completion of construction as seen from the bottom of the hill](../../images/gallery-tnl23.jpg)
23. Elevated view of the Otaru Branch at the time of its completion
![Image: exterior of the Otaru Museum building, then the Otaru Branch, right after the completion of construction as seen from the front](../../images/gallery-tnl24.jpg)
24. Front view of the Otaru Branch at the time of its completion