｜Museum Objective｜List of Companies that Established the Museum｜Exhibitions｜Guide Map｜ In the past "making things" was a commonplace activity readily seen in all kinds of workshops. Scenes of a blacksmith hammering out cutlery, for example, or of a cooper assembling barrels were a part of our everyday lives. As production activities became more sophisticated, however, opportunities to observe such scenes have become rare. This commemorative museum was designed to show visitors this type of "making things, through the textile machinery and automobile industries with which the Toyota Group has been involved, and to show the transitions in industry and technology. Above all, the museum was established to develop an understanding by the younger generation who will be responsible for the future of the importance and wonder of "making things" and the "spirit of being studious and creative" that such activity requires. In 1911, Sakichi Toyoda, the founder of the Toyota Group, established Toyoda Automatic Weaving Plant on this site as a pilot plant for development of automatic looms. That plant served as the Honsha Plant of former Toyoda Spinning & Weaving Co., Ltd., and was also the site of the organizational meetings for Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd., and Toyota Motor Corporation, making it a site worthy of commemoration as the birthplace of the Toyota Group. Parts of the original redbrick buildings dating from the 1910s are still standing. They are preserved as an important industrial heritage and are integrated into the Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry ▲Go to TOP Copyright (C) Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology All rights reserved.