Mizunami Fossil Museum

Building in Gifu Prefecture, Japan

35°22′23″N 137°14′07″E / 35.373029°N 137.235287°E / 35.373029; 137.235287Opened1974WebsiteOfficial website

Mizunami Fossil Museum (瑞浪市化石博物館, Mizunami-shi Kaseki Hakubutsukan) is a museum of fossils in Mizunami, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The museum, which opened in 1974, has a special focus on the palaeoenvironment of the area and on the fossils of the Miocene Mizunami Group [ja].^[1] The collection includes some 250,000 fossils, of which around 3,000 are included in the permanent display.^[2]

Publications

Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (瑞浪市化石博物館研究報告) (1974–)^[3]

References

^ "Mizunami Fossil Museum". Mizunami City. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
^ 瑞浪市化石博物館について [About Mizunami Fossil Museum] (in Japanese). Mizunami City. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
^ 瑞浪市化石博物館研究報告 [Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum] (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 29 August 2021.