Mifune Dinosaur Museum

Building in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

Mifune Dinosaur Museum

御船町恐竜博物館

General information
Address| 995-6
Town or city| Mifune, Kumamoto Prefecture
Country| Japan
Coordinates| 32°42′49″N 130°48′06″E﻿ / ﻿32.713627°N 130.801631°E﻿ / 32.713627; 130.801631
Opened| April 1998
Website
Official website

Mifune Dinosaur Museum (御船町恐竜博物館, Mifune-machi Kyōryū Hakubutsukan) opened in Mifune, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan in 1998. The museum collects, preserves, researches, and displays the dinosaur fossils found in the area; the collection, which includes Japan's first fossil from a meat-eating dinosaur, Mifunesaurus, numbers some 15,000 items.[1][2][3]

## See also[edit]

* Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum

## References[edit]

1. ^ 恐竜博物館について [About the Dinosaur Museum] (in Japanese). Mifune Dinosaur Museum. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
2. ^ 御船町恐竜博物館 [Mifune Dinosaur Museum] (PDF) (in Japanese). Kumamoto Prefecture. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
3. ^ "Links". Asia Dinosaur Association. Retrieved 17 August 2021.

## External links[edit]

* (in Japanese) Mifune Dinosaur Museum

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* Japan

Academics|

* CiNii

People|

* ISIL
* JP-2004115

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