Dedicated to interdisciplinary experimentation, Intermediatheque cherry picks from the vast collection of the University of Tokyo (Tōdai) to craft a fascinating and wholly contemporary museum experience. Go from viewing the best ornithological taxidermy collection in Japan to a giant pop-art print or the beautifully encased skeleton of a dinosaur. A handsome Tōdai lecture hall is reconstituted as a forum for events including the playing of 1920s jazz recordings on a gramophone or old movie screenings.
Wandering in from the attached mall KITTE, you may think you've uncovered another high-concept boutique rather than this imaginatively designed, eclectic display of art, natural history and science treasures. That sense of disorientation and discovery is deliberate and extends to the nontraditional offerings in the museum shop.
