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9-404: Since October 2009, the entire area of Katsuyama City has been recognized as a Japanese Geopark " Dinosaur Valley Fukui Katsuyama Geopark  [ ja ] ". Since July 2014, the guide tour to the field station next to the excavation site has been available from the end of April to early November. Dozens of fossil specimens of five named dinosaurs and their excavation site have been designated as

18-508: A Natural Monument of Japan since February 2017. The Asia Dinosaur Association Secretary Office has been housed inside the museum since its establishment in 2013. FPDM was established as a paleontological and geological museum in the Nagaoyama Park where it is close to the dinosaur excavation site (the museum is about 5.5 km southwest from the site) in 2000. The nature section of Fukui Prefectural Museum has transferred to FPDM at

27-513: Is prepared and displaying in the first floor of the museum. More than 40 skeletons of dinosaurs including 10 original fossils are displayed in "World of Dinosaurs". There is a nearly 200 m diorama reconstructing the Jurassic period of Zigong , China. This diorama includes some robotic dinosaurs that move and make sounds. "Science of the Earth" (1F) is focusing on the earth science , including

36-462: The plate tectonics , rock formation, precious gems and so on. There is a hands-on exhibition room for children called "Dino Lab"(1-2F). Visitors can enjoy several quizzes 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 ). In the second floor, "History of Life" displays various specimens along with

45-470: The basement floor. The basement consists of "Dino Street" and a diorama of the excavation site. "Dino Street" is a passage displaying various real fossils from all over the world on the right and left walls. There is a replica reproducing a discovery of a nearly complete skeleton of Camarasaurus found in Wyoming , USA at the end of the passage. Incidentally, the original fossil bones of this Camarasaurus

54-412: The same time. The name was changed from "Fukui Prefectural Museum" to "Fukui Prefectural Museum of Cultural History" in 2003. The exhibition is roughly divide into 5 zones; "Dino Street", "World of Dinosaurs", "Science of the Earth", "History of Life", and "Dino Lab". The museum entrance is located at the third floor of the building. After ticketing, visitors go down an approx. 33 meters long escalator to

63-528: The spring to the fall, visitors can experience excavation activities at the park and the field station. 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 and completed in the summer of 2000 as the centerpiece of the Dino Expo Fukui 2000  [ ja ] that

72-436: The timeline from the birth of life to the present. Exhibits on this floor show how ancient single-celled organisms evolved into dinosaurs and mammals such as human beings. Images of the exhibition hall have been disclosed on Google Street View. Some exhibits are on the outside of the museum building such as many kinds of rock specimens, a triassic tree trunk, and a replica of tyrannosaur skeleton (Wankel) laying in rocks. From

81-584: Was hosted in Nagaoyama Park. It officially opened on July 14, 2000 with an area of approximately 30,000 m (320,000 sq ft). The total floor space is approx. 15,000m making it one of the largest paleontological museums in Japan. The exhibition hall was constructed as a dome with no pillar allowing for wide open spaces to display the large dinosaurs. The total construction cost is approximately 14 billion JPY (9.15 billion for building, 3.1 billion for exhibits). The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum signed

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