This facility was relocated and restored to its original state the foundry and main house of the Tanaka family, who ran a foundry business in Hirakata Village, Ibaraki County, Kawachi Province (present-day Hirakata Kaminomachi) during the Edo period. The foundry exhibits the history and techniques of casting and the history of the Tanaka family, while the main house displays agricultural tools and everyday items such as food, clothing and shelter used in Hirakata City. Also on display on the premises is a restored dwelling modeled after a Yayoi period pit dwelling excavated from an archaeological site in the city, as well as the remains of a Yayoi period pit dwelling that has been preserved and relocated.