is a
museum of natural history
A natural history museum or museum of natural history is a scientific institution with natural history collections that include current and historical records of animals, plants, fungi, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, climatology, and more. ...
in
Higashisumiyoshi-ku
is one of 24 wards of Japan, wards of Osaka, Japan.
Points of interest
*Nagai Park
**Nagai Botanical Garden
**Nagai Stadium
**Yanmar Field Nagai
**Yodoko Sakura Stadium
Shopping
*Komagawa Shopping Arcade (駒川商店街)
Headquarters
*Sangari ...
,
Ōsaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2.7 ...
, Japan.
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 opened in a repurposed
elementary school
A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ed ...
in 1958. This predecessor institution closed to the public in 1973. The renamed Osaka Museum of Natural History opened in
Nagai Park is a large sports complex located in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka. Its facilities include three multipurpose sports stadia, including 50,000-seat Nagai Stadium, a baseball field, Nagai Botanical Garden, which boasts over ...
in 1974.
Collections
The collection comprises over one million items, while the display includes the
Pleistocene megafauna
Pleistocene megafauna is the set of large animals that lived on Earth during the Pleistocene epoch. Pleistocene megafauna became extinct during the Quaternary extinction event resulting in substantial changes to ecosystems globally. The role of hu ...
''Palaeoloxodon naumanni'' (
Naumann's elephant
''Palaeoloxodon naumanni'', occasionally called Naumann's elephant, is an extinct species belonging to the genus '' Palaeoloxodon'' found in the Japanese archipelago during the Middle to Late Pleistocene around 430,000 to 24,000 years ago. It is n ...
) and (Yabe's giant deer).
Publications
*
See also
*
Museums in Osaka
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these i ...
*
Wildlife of Japan
The wildlife of Japan includes its flora, fauna, and natural habitats. The islands of Japan stretch a long distance from north to south and cover a wide range of climatic zones. This results in a high diversity of wildlife despite Japan's isolation ...
References
External links
Osaka Museum of Natural HistoryElectronic edition of the Museum GuidebookArchive of the Bulletin and other papersBulletin of the Osaka Museum of Natural History
Museums in Osaka
Natural history museums in Japan
Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
1950 establishments in Japan
Museums established in 1950
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