National Museum of Nature and Science
The National Museum of Nature and Science (国立科学博物館 Kokuritsu Kagaku Hakubutsukan) is in the northeast corner of Ueno Park in Tokyo. Opened in 1871, it has had several names, including Ministry of Education Museum, Tokyo Museum, Tokyo Science Museum, the National Science Museum of Japan, and the National Museum of Nature and Science as of 2007.[1] It was renovated in the 1990s and 2000s, and offers a wide variety of natural history exhibitions and interactive scientific experiences.
The museum has exhibitions on pre-Meiji science in Japan.
Research branches
Exhibition buildings
Nihonkan (Japan Gallery)
- Jomon people and Jomon dog, restoration models
- Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon)
- Honshu wolf (Japanese wolf)
- Papier-mache terrestrial globe, created by Shibukawa Shunkai in 1695. Important Cultural Properties of Japan
- Tsurigane-dokei (hanging bell-shaped clock)
Chikyūkan (Global Gallery)
- Giant pandas named "Fei Fei" (left) and "Tong Tong" (right)
- Myriad year clock, 19th century. Important Cultural Properties of Japan
- Mitsubishi A6M Zero (Zero Fighter) Model 21
- Skeleton of sperm whale
- Specimen of giant squid
- Fossil of Triceratops named "Raymond"
- The largest fragment of Nantan meteorite
See also
- Hachikō
- List of museums
- National Science Museum (disambiguation) - disambiguation page
- Tokyo National Museum
References
External links
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Coordinates: 35°42′57″N 139°46′35″E / 35.715939°N 139.776527°E
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