Osaka Museum of Natural History
Ōsaka-shi-ritsu Shizen-shi Hakubutsukan is a museum of natural history in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Ōsaka, Japan.
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Osaka Museum of Natural History
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- Osaka Museum of Natural History
- Founded
- 1958.
- Headquarters
- Japan.
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Ōsaka-shi-ritsu Shizen-shi Hakubutsukan is a museum of natural history in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Ōsaka, Japan.
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Osaka Museum of Natural History was founded in 1958.
Its fields of activity include exhibition and natural science. It is a member of Japan Consortium for Open Access Repository.
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• Name — Osaka Museum of Natural History • Native Name — 大阪市立自然史博物館 • Address — Nagai Park 1-23, Higashisumiyoshi-ku • Location Town — Ōsaka, Ōsaka Prefecture • Location Country — Japan • Opened Date — 10 November 1950 (in Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts) 13 January 1958 (in Nishi-ku) 27 April 1974 (in Nagai Park)
History
History
A preparatory committee for the establishment of the museum was set up in 1949, and late the following year the first display opened on the second floor of Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts. Designated a museum-equivalent facility in accordance with the Museum Act in 1952, the Osaka Museum of Natural Science opened in a repurposed elementary school in 1958. This predecessor institution closed to the public in 1973. The renamed Osaka Museum of Natural History opened in Nagai Park in 1974.
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1958
Osaka Museum of Natural History established.
1958
Osaka Museum of Natural History was established or created on 13 January 1958.
Publications
• Bulletin of the Osaka Museum of Natural History
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Collections
The collection comprises over one million items, while the display includes the Pleistocene megafauna Palaeoloxodon naumanni (Naumann's elephant) and Sinomegaceros yabei (Yabe's giant deer).
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References ==== External links
• Osaka Museum of Natural History • Electronic edition of the Museum Guidebook • Archive of the Bulletin and other papers • Bulletin of the Osaka Museum of Natural History
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