Nintendo is converting its old Kyoto factory into a new museum

The museum will sit on the site of the former Nintendo Uji Ogura Plant and will highlight the company’s extensive history of making toys and games. There’s not a whole lot of detail on the museum just yet, but Nintendo has shared that it will showcase the many products the company has launched over the years, going back to its early days as a maker of hanafuda playing cards back in 1889.

The Nintendo Uji Ogura Plant was built in 1969 and was initially used for manufacturing cards as well as offering repairs for toys and, later, game consoles. In 1988, Nintendo opened another factory nearby and in 2016, the new factory took over all the functions of the old plant.