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Museums

Osaka Museum of Natural History

The Osaka Museum of Natural History is a facility dedicated to providing a comprehensive understanding of the natural world that surrounds us, including its origins, mechanisms, changes, and history, through exhibitions, educational activities, and research. The museum presents these themes through five permanent exhibitions titled "The Natural World Around Us," "History of Earth and Life," "Evolution of Life," "The Gifts from Nature," and "The Lives of Living Things," in addition to special exhibitions. It also aims to convey this knowledge clearly through events such as observation sessions and lectures.

Osaka Museum of Natural History, Naumann Hall

Osaka Museum of Natural History, Exhibition Hall 2

Osaka Museum of Natural History, Exhibition Hall 3

The website and brochures are available in English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and Korean.

Main works

The Allosaurus was a theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic period (about 150 to 140 million years ago) in North America, Africa, and Australia. It measured 10 meters in length and stood 4.5 meters in height. As a carnivore, it had sharp teeth lining its mouth. Its short forelimbs had three fingers, while its hind limbs had four toes, all equipped with sharp claws. It likely used these teeth and claws to prey on other dinosaurs. This Allosaurus skeleton replica on display was created from a restored skeleton at the Natural History Museum of Utah to coincide with the opening of the Osaka Museum of Natural History in 1974.

Allosaurus