Goshoura Cretaceous Museum, Fossil museum in Amakusa, Japan.
Description
Goshoura Cretaceous Museum displays fossils from the Cretaceous period discovered in the Amakusa region, including dinosaur bones and marine remains. The collection documents life and environments from approximately 100 million years ago in this part of Japan.
History
The museum was founded in 1997 to preserve paleontological discoveries from the Amakusa region. These findings reveal that the area was once covered by seas and supported a rich variety of prehistoric life.
Culture
The museum serves as a learning space where people can understand how this region looked millions of years ago and what creatures inhabited it. Visitors discover the deep connection between the landscape they see today and the ancient world beneath it.
Practical
The museum is located within the Amakusa-Goshoura Geopark and is easily accessible by public transportation. Visitors should allow one to two hours to explore the exhibits and examine the fossils closely.
Did you know?
Around the museum lie several locations where fossils remain visible in their original geological layers, and visitors can gather firsthand observations on site. This direct contact with the rock formations shows how paleontologists work and what they learn about the past.
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