Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum
The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, located in Katsuyama, Fukui, Japan, is one of the leading dinosaur museums in Asia that is renowned for its exhibits of fossil specimens of dinosaurs and paleontological research.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Type: Museum
- Description: natural history museum in Fukui Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “FPDM” and “Fukui Ken-ritsu Kyōryū Hakubutsukan”
- Address: 村岡町, 勝山市, 福井県
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hishima Station and Katsuyama Station.
Hishima Station
Railway station
Photo: MaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hishima Station is an Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line railway station located in Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. Hishima Station is situated 3 km southwest of Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum.
Katsuyama Station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Katsuyama Station is an Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line railway station located in the city of Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. Katsuyama Station is situated 3 km southwest of Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum.
開善寺
Buddhist temple
Photo: Kazuo Ogasawara, CC BY-SA 4.0.
開善寺 is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 2½ km south of Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum.
Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum
- Categories: paleontological museum, prefectural museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Katsuyama, Fukui, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
36.0823° or 36° 4′ 56″ northLongitude
136.50657° or 136° 30′ 24″ eastOpen location code
8Q8R3GJ4+WJOpenStreetMap ID
node 1420949543OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q3247157
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Thai—“Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “福井县立恐龙博物馆”
- Chinese: “福井縣立恐龍博物館”
- French: “musée préfectoral des dinosaures de Fukui”
- French: “Musée préfectoral des dinosaures de Fukui”
- German: “Dinosaurier-Museum der Präfektur Fukui”
- German: “Fukui-Kenritsu-Kyōryū-Hakubutsukan”
- Italian: “Museo prefetturale dei dinosauri di Fukui”
- Japanese: “FPDM”
- Japanese: “福井県立恐竜博物館”
- Korean: “후쿠이 현립 공룡 박물관”
- Ladin: “Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum”
- Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑ์ไดโนเสาร์จังหวัดฟูกูอิ”
- Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑ์ไดโนเสาร์ประจำจังหวัดฟูกูอิ”
- “FPDM”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include fossil extraction workshop and チャマゴン広場のワゴンエリア.
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