When the MHL opened in April 2001, it displayed models of Japan's earliest residences and other buildings, as well as offering (and selling) related information to the media.
西元二○○一年四月開館後，大阪住居博物館主要是蒐集日本最早期的住宅、建築模型加以展示，並且提供、販賣相關資訊給媒體。