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==Construction==
==Construction==
[[File:FukuiDinosaurMuseum01.JPG|thumb|right|Entrance sign]]
[[File:FukuiDinosaurMuseum01.JPG|thumb|right|Entrance sign]]
The location for the museum was chosen because many fossils have been found in Katsuyama and it uses many fossils found in the surrounding area. The museum was designed by [[Kisho Kurokawa]]<ref name="edizioni">[http://www.edizionipress.com/dinosaur.php5?sort=title Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum: Kisho Kurokawa Architect and Associates]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Edizioni Press. Accessed July 10, 2008.</ref> and completed in the summer of 2000, as the centerpiece of the {{ill|Dino Expo Fukui 2000|ja|恐竜エキスポふくい2000}} that was hosted in the nearby Nagaoyama Park.
The location for the museum was chosen because many fossils have been found in Katsuyama and it uses many fossils found in the surrounding area. The museum was designed by [[Kisho Kurokawa]]<ref name="edizioni">[http://www.edizionipress.com/dinosaur.php5?sort=title Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum: Kisho Kurokawa Architect and Associates]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Edizioni Press. Accessed July 10, 2008.</ref> and completed in the summer of 2000, as the centerpiece of the {{ill|Dino Expo Fukui 2000|ja|恐竜エキスポふくい2000}} that was hosted in the Nagaoyama Park.


It officially opened on July 14, 2000, with an area of approximately {{Convert|30000|m2|ft2|abbr=on}}, making it one of the largest museums in all of Japan. There are no support beams within the main display area of the building, allowing for wide open spaces to display the large dinosaurs.<ref name="chubu">{{cite web |url=http://www.kandou10.jp/en/spot/spot729_c7_0.html |title=Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum |work=Chubu Wide-area Tourism Portal Site |year=2008 |access-date=July 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325025925/http://www.kandou10.jp/en/spot/spot729_c7_0.html |archive-date=2009-03-25 }}</ref>
It officially opened on July 14, 2000, with an area of approximately {{Convert|30000|m2|ft2|abbr=on}}, the total floor space is approx. 15,000m<sup>2</sup> , making it one of the largest paleontological museums in Japan. The exhibition hall was construct as a dome with no pillar, allowing for wide open spaces to display the large dinosaurs.<ref name="chubu">{{cite web |url=http://www.kandou10.jp/en/spot/spot729_c7_0.html |title=Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum |work=Chubu Wide-area Tourism Portal Site |year=2008 |access-date=July 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325025925/http://www.kandou10.jp/en/spot/spot729_c7_0.html |archive-date=2009-03-25 }}</ref>


The total construction cost is approximately 14 billion JPY (9.15 billion for building, 3.1 billion for exhibits). <ref>{{cite web |url =　https://www.dinosaur.pref.fukui.jp/museum/construction.html |title = 恐竜博物館の建物}}</ref>
The total construction cost is approximately 14 billion JPY (9.15 billion for building, 3.1 billion for exhibits). <ref>{{cite web |url =　https://www.dinosaur.pref.fukui.jp/museum/construction.html |title = 恐竜博物館の建物}}</ref>

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Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum (FPDM)
福井県立恐竜博物館
Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum is located in Fukui Prefecture
Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum
Location within Fukui Prefecture
Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum is located in Japan
Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum
Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum (Japan)
EstablishedJuly 14, 2000
Location51-11 Terao, Muroko-chō, Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates36°04′58″N 136°30′24″E / 36.082909°N 136.506666°E / 36.082909; 136.506666
TypeNatural history museum
Visitors901,119 (FY2016)
DirectorToshihisa Takeuchi
Curator15
ArchitectKisho Kurokawa
Public transit accessKatsuyama Eiheiji Line (Echizen Railway)
WebsiteOfficial website

The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum (福井県立恐竜博物館, Fukui Ken-ritsu Kyōryū Hakubutsukan), located in Katsuyama, Fukui, Japan, is one of the leading dinosaur museums in Asia that renowned for its exhibits of fossil specimens of dinosaurs and paleontological research.[1] It is sited near the Kitadani Dionosaur Quarry that the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation of the Tetori Group is cropped out and a large number of dinosaur remains including Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis, Fukuisaurus tetoriensis are found and excavated.[2]

Since October 2009, the entire area of Katsuyama City has been recognized as a Japanese Geopark "Dinosaur Valley Fukui Katsuyama Geopark [ja]".[3][4] Dozens of fossil specimens of dinosaurs at the museum and their excavation site have been designated as a Natural Monument of Japan since February 2017.[5] From July 2014, visitors can see the quarry in the Museum's field station, only with reservation required.[6]

The Asian Dinosaur Association Secretary Office has been housed inside the museum since its establishment in 2013.[7]

History

Exterior view

FPDM has been established as a paleontological and geological museum in the Nagaoyama Park where is close to the dinosaur excavation site (the museum is about 5.5 km southwest from the site) at 2000. The nature section of Fukui Prefectural Museum has transferred to FPDM at the same time. The name has been changed from "Fukui Prefectural Museum" to "Fukui Prefectural Museum of Cultural History" in 2003.

  • 1982: A nearly complete skeleton of Crocodilia was found at Sugiyama branch of Takinami river in Katsuyama City of Fukui Prefecture.[8]
  • 1984 April: "Fukui Prefectural Museum" was opened at Fukui City of Fukui Prefecture (changed to Fukui Prefectural Museum of Cultural History since 2003).
  • 1988: Two tooth of carnivorous dinosaur were discovered at the same site with Crocodilian skeleton in the museum's preliminary survey. [8]
  • 1989: The First Dinosaur Excavation Project was executed for 5 years (1989-1993).[8]
  • 1995: The Second Dinosaur Excavation Project was executed for 5 years (1995-1999).[8]
  • 1998 July: Start construction of the museum building.[9]
  • 2000 June: Completion of the museum.[9]
  • 2000 June: Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis was named.[10]
  • 2000 July 14: Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum was opened.[9]
  • 2003: Fukuisaurus tetoriensis was named.[11]
  • 2007: The Third Dinosaur Excavation Project was executed for 4 years (2007-2010).[8]
  • 2010: Fukuititan nipponensis was named.[12]
  • 2013 July: The Asian Dinosaur Association was established and its secretary office is settled in FPDM.[13]
  • 2014 July: The Field Station was opened near the Dinosaur Quarry.[14][15]
  • 2015: Koshisaurus katsuyama was named. [16]
  • 2016: Fukuivenator paradoxus was named.[17]
  • 2017 February 9: Dinosaur fossils of 5 species and the outcrop of the excavation site were nationally designated to as a natural monument.[18]

Exhibits

Euoplocephalus skeleton

The museum entrance is located at the third floor of the building. After ticketing, visitors go down a about 33 meters long escalator to the basement floor. The basement consists of "Dino Street" and a diorama of the Kitadani dinosaur quarry. "Dino Street" is a passage displaying various real fossils of all over the world on the right and left walls. There is a replica reproducing an excavation site of a Camarasaurus skeleton found in Wyoming, USA at the end of the passage. The original fossil bones of this Camarasaurus is prepared and displaying in the first floor of the museum.

Forty-four dinosaur skeletons including 10 original fossils are displayed in "The World of Dinosaurs". About 200 m2 of the diorama reconstructing the Jurassic period of Zigong, China.[19] This diorama includes some robotic dinosaurs that move and make sounds.

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Slide at a children's play area

There is an exhibition area focusing on the earth science in the first floor, including plate tectonics, rock formation and precious gems. There is also a hands-on exhibition room for children, called "Dino Lab". Visitors can enjoy several quiz with dinosaur fossils and touch some specimens including a real limb bone of Tyrannosaurus.

Visitors can view the inside of the fossil preparation laboratory through the large window(Fossil Preparation).

The theme of second floor is "the history of life", displaying various specimens along with the timeline from the birth of the life to the present. Exhibits on this floor show how have the ancient single-celled organisms been evolved into dinosaurs and mammals such as human beings.


Images of the exhibition hall have been disclosed on the google street view [20].


There are also outdoor exhibits to complement the main ones inside the museum. From the spring to the fall, visitors can experience excavation activities at a location on the park grounds. Additional replicas of dinosaurs and their fossils can be found throughout the park grounds.

Construction

File:FukuiDinosaurMuseum01.JPG
Entrance sign

The location for the museum was chosen because many fossils have been found in Katsuyama and it uses many fossils found in the surrounding area. The museum was designed by Kisho Kurokawa[21] and completed in the summer of 2000, as the centerpiece of the Dino Expo Fukui 2000 [ja] that was hosted in the Nagaoyama Park.

It officially opened on July 14, 2000, with an area of approximately 30,000 m2 (320,000 sq ft), the total floor space is approx. 15,000m2 , making it one of the largest paleontological museums in Japan. The exhibition hall was construct as a dome with no pillar, allowing for wide open spaces to display the large dinosaurs.[19]

The total construction cost is approximately 14 billion JPY (9.15 billion for building, 3.1 billion for exhibits). [22]

Sister museums

The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum signed a sister museum agreement with the following museums:[23]

See also

References

  1. ^ Kato, Akira (2014-01-14). "CGI, scientific studies bring dinosaurs closer". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  2. ^ Goto, Michiharu (2010). "Lower Cretaceous Planorbidae (Gastropoda) from the Kitadani Formation of the Tetori Group in Katsuyama City, Fukui Prefecture, Central Japan" (PDF). Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum (9). Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum: 41–45. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
  3. ^ "Dinosaur Valley Fukui Katsuyama Geopark". Dinosaur Valley Fukui Katsuyama Geopark Promotion Council. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  4. ^ Japanese Geoparks Network
  5. ^ "国天然記念物の文化財指定について". Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  6. ^ "Field Station". Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
  7. ^ "Asia Dinosaur Association". Retrieved 2018-07-29.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Dinosaur Excavation (in Japanese)". FPDM. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  9. ^ a b c "History (in Japanese)". FPDM. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  10. ^ Azuma, Yoichi; Philip J., Currie (2000). "A new carnosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Japan" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 37 (12): 1735–1753. doi:10.1139/e00-064. Archived from the original on 28 May 2006.
  11. ^ Kobayashi, Y. and Azuma, Y. (2003). "A new iguanodontian (Dinosauria; Ornithopoda), form the lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation of Fukui Prefecture, Japan". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(1): 166-175
  12. ^ Azuma, Y.; Shibata, M. (2010). "Fukuititan nipponensis, a new titanosauriform sauropod from the Early Cretaceous Tetori Group of Fukui Prefecture, Japan". Acta Geologica Sinica – English Edition. 84 (3): 454–462. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00268.x.
  13. ^ "ADA constitution" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-02-12.
  14. ^ "The Field Station of FPDM".
  15. ^ "Everyone is a researcher in FPDM".
  16. ^ Shibaba, Masateru; Azuma, Yoichi (2015). "New basal hadrosauroid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation, Fukui, central Japan" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3914: 421. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3914.4.3.|
  17. ^ "A bizarre theropod from the Early Cretaceous of Japan highlighting mosaic evolution among coelurosaurians". Nature. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  18. ^ "国天然記念物の文化財指定について".
  19. ^ a b "Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum". Chubu Wide-area Tourism Portal Site. 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-03-25. Retrieved July 10, 2008.
  20. ^ Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum on the Google Street View
  21. ^ Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum: Kisho Kurokawa Architect and Associates[permanent dead link]. Edizioni Press. Accessed July 10, 2008.
  22. ^ "恐竜博物館の建物".
  23. ^ "FPDM:恐竜博物館との提携機関". Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
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