Mitsubishi Auto Gallery, Corporate automobile museum in Hashime-chō, Japan.
The Mitsubishi Auto Gallery is a corporate museum located within a research facility, displaying roughly 1,100 square meters of vehicles spanning different decades of production. The exhibition arranges automobiles to show how engineering and design evolved across generations.
The museum opened in 1989 and holds vehicles dating back to 1917, marking over a century of automotive history. The collection records how the company evolved from early manufacturing to modern engineering practices.
The name represents how automobiles became central to Japan's industrial growth, with the collection showing the company's role in that transformation. Visitors can see how design choices reflect the era in which each vehicle was built.
Visiting works best on weekdays when the museum is open and vehicles are fully available for viewing. The location inside a research center means access arrangements may differ from standard museums.
Visitors can see some of the oldest company vehicles, revealing how basic early manufacturing was before modern techniques. These exhibits show the dramatic leap in technology and craftsmanship across the generations.
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