Mifune Dinosaur Museum
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| name = Mifune Dinosaur Museum
| native_name = 御船町恐竜博物館
| image = Mifune Dinosaur Museum 2.JPG
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| address = 995-6
| location_town = Mifune, Kumamoto Prefecture
| location_country = Japan
| coordinates = {{coord|32.713627|N|130.801631|E|display=title,inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000}}
| opened_date = April 1998
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| website = {{official website|https://mifunemuseum.jp}}
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{{nihongo|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.{{cite web |url=https://mifunemuseum.jp/about-us-to/ |script-title=ja:恐竜博物館について |trans-title=About the Dinosaur Museum |language=ja |publisher=Mifune Dinosaur Museum |access-date=17 August 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.pref.kumamoto.jp/uploaded/attachment/62224.pdf |script-title=ja:御船町恐竜博物館 |trans-title=Mifune Dinosaur Museum |language=ja |publisher=Kumamoto Prefecture |access-date=17 August 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.dinosaur.pref.fukui.jp/ADA/link-e.html |title=Links |publisher=Asia Dinosaur Association |access-date=17 August 2021}}
See also
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External links
- {{in lang|ja}} [https://mifunemuseum.jp Mifune Dinosaur Museum]
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Category:Museums in Kumamoto Prefecture
Category:Museums established in 1998
Category:1998 establishments in Japan
Category:Natural history museums in Japan
Category:Dinosaur museums in Japan
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