Insulator Museum

{{Short description|Museum in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan}} {{Infobox museum | name = Insulator Museum | native_name = 碍子博物館 | native_name_lang = | logo = | logo_upright = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | map_type = Japan Aichi Prefecture#Japan | map_relief = 1 | map_size = | map_caption = | map_dot_label = Insulator Museum | former_name = | established = | dissolved =  | location = Nagoya, Japan | type = Ceramics museum | accreditation = | key_holdings = | collections = | collection_size = 7020 items | visitors = | founder = | executive_director = | leader_type = | leader = | director = | president = | ceo = | chairperson = | curator = | architect = Taniguchi Yoshirō | historian = | owner = NGK Insulators | public_transit = | parking = | network = | website = {{URL|www.ngk.co.jp/english/about/}} | coordinates = {{Coord|format=dms|display=it}} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 16 }} The '''Insulator Museum''' of the firm NGK Insulators, located in Nagoya, Japan, is the only museum of porcelain insulators in the world.<ref name="ngkenglish">{{cite web|url=https://www.ngk-insulators.com/en/rd/labo/museum/ |title=Insulator Museum |publisher=NGK Insulators, Ltd.}}</ref><ref name="IEEEarticle">The Evolution of Porcelain Insulator Technology in Japan’, Fujimura T., ''Electrical Insulation Magazine'', IEEE. Vol. 11. 1995</ref> == History == The museum contains some unique items, including a "pin insulator for communication" manufactured in 1875 that is believed to be the oldest domestic Japanese insulator.{{fact|date=June 2011}} It has "approximately 5,000 pieces of insulators and maintenance tools from 21 countries... and 57 manufacturers."<ref name="ngkenglish" /> About 300 pieces are on display at any one time.<ref name="ngkenglish" /> It also has a detailed and informative display on the material, processes and applications.

NGK Insulators is one of the world's largest manufacturer of electrical porcelain, with a number of plants in different countries.<ref name="IEEEarticle" /> Due to the company's significant production of ceramic items, its annual sales exceed $USD3.5 billion. NGK Insulators has been producing porcelain continuously for nearly 100 years, and, sometime in the mid 1980s, its total output surpassed 150 million porcelain units.

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==External links== * [http://www.ngk.co.jp/english/about/labo/museum Museum website] {{in lang|en}}

Category:Museums with year of establishment missing Category:Ceramics museums in Japan Category:Industry museums in Japan