Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum

Local name福井県立恐竜博物館
LocationKatsuyama, Fukui, Japan

The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, located in Katsuyama, Fukui, Japan, is one of the leading dinosaur museums in Asia that is renowned for its exhibits of fossil specimens of dinosaurs and paleontological research. It is sited in the Nagaoyama Park near the Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry that the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation of the Tetori Group is cropped out and a large number of dinosaur remains including Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis and Fukuisaurus tetoriensis are found and excavated.Since October 2009, the entire area of Katsuyama City has been recognized as a Japanese Geopark "Dinosaur Valley Fukui Katsuyama Geopark". Since July 2014, the guide tour to the field station next to the excavation site has been available from the end of April to early November.

Dozens of fossil specimens of five named dinosaurs and their excavation site have been designated as a Natural Monument of Japan since February 2017.

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Opening hours

Daily: 9 am - 5 pm (last admission at 4:30 pm)

Closed: Dec 29 - Jan 2

Admission

Adults: 720 JPY
High school + college students: 410 JPY
Children: 260 JPY

More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukui_Prefectural_Dinosaur_Museum

Official Website https://www.dinosaur.pref.fukui.jp/

Address Japan

Coordinates 36°4'56.279" N 136°30'23.358" E

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