Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum

Information

Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum is located near the Japan's largest findspot of dinosaurs. The museum exhibits more than 30 skeletal preparations of dinosaurs gathered from all over the world. Visitors can experience the age of the dinosaurs at a diorama with real-sized dinosaur models and CG theater. The museum also exhibits other ancient creatures and the earth's history.

Opening Hours

9:00 - 17:00 *admission until 30 minutes before closing

Closed

The 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month

Price / Entrance Fee

720 yen (General, Adult)
410 yen (Student)
260 yen (Child)

Access / Public Transport

20 minutes from Katuyama Station on the Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line by the bus bound for Nagaosan. Get off at Kyoryu Hakubutsukan-mae Bus stop.
10-minute taxi ride from Katuyama Station on the Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line

Address / Location

51-11, Murokocho Terao, Katsuyama-shi, Fukui, 911-8601

Tweets

MATCHA @MATCHA_global - 2020-07-02: Discovering Fossils At The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum https://t.co/JBd3F1l0r5
Japan Consulate Miami @JapanCons_Miami - 2020-06-26: Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum
Here, you'll have the opportunity to view the skeletons of over 40 dinosaurs! You… https://t.co/FNyA9uGcwl
Jonathan Cramb @Crambot_palaeo - 2020-05-07: I hear that it’s #NationalDinosaurDay in Australia, so here’s Muttaburrasaurus in the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Mu… https://t.co/0OYqLAwjIP
Max Xavier @max1xavier - 2020-04-20: @RobotMakerGirl @SUEtheTrex Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum has an older style virtual tour.
Steve Brusatte @SteveBrusatte - 2020-04-14: @MarciaRochna Definitely the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum--one of my favorite museums in the world!
Ben Grace @BG_Grace - 2020-04-06: Ichnotaxonomic revision of dinosaur tracks from the Lower Cretaceous Tetori Group, Japan (OA) (pdf) - v Memoir of t… https://t.co/NCxdczMiKI
Takuya Imai @imai_takuya - 2020-03-31: Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum is closed until April 19th. We regret that we cannot show you the new specimens w… https://t.co/q1r7zB3bCO
Takuya Imai @imai_takuya - 2020-03-25: BTW, I feel that Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum is the only public and permanent place in which you can have bot… https://t.co/W7PBWGtZLE
Takuya Imai @imai_takuya - 2020-03-25: Since I realized that there has not been an announcement in English...

Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum is CLOSED… https://t.co/a2Zagrsb33
🍺 寝瓶 🍺 @Nevin_Thompson - 2020-03-21: Virtual dinosaur museum, courtesy of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum. (Fukui is the dinosaur capital of Japan… https://t.co/OQyKayMgYN
Η Νερονή Κλαύδιος Καίσαρ Αύγουστος @NERONECLAVDIVS - 2020-02-11: The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum and Tokushima Prefectural Museum announced on October 10 that fossils of the… https://t.co/NMtcgjOJuA
Dinotoyblog @dinotoyblog - 2020-02-06: Released in 2016, the excellent #Redondasaurus vs. #Coelophysis set by @Favorite_co_ltd for the Fukui Prefectural D… https://t.co/JTbh1MLWkU
Philippine Primer @PrimerPH - 2020-02-04: #Travel: This dinosaur museum in Japan houses a a selection of dinosaur bones, animatronic displays, and a section… https://t.co/Z4z9BYFyeS
Isaiah Montvel-Cohen @IsaiahMontvel - 2020-02-02: @OfficialBilly_R Next to the ones at the AMNH, the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum's exhibits are the best I've e… https://t.co/i0llW0goFj
Klinsman Hinjaya @KlinsmanHinjaya - 2020-02-02: @ChrisDPiazza I've always wanted to visit the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum – seems a super awesome place for d… https://t.co/ni0gzBwWF6
ケビン Nguyen @DraikenTalkos - 2020-01-03: @dory_tori From Gifu, about 4 hours including a bus from the nearest station. A lot less time from Kyoto because th… https://t.co/WUVy1EpV6f
Isaiah Montvel-Cohen @IsaiahMontvel - 2019-12-16: I’ll be visiting Katsuyama, Fukui (the site of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum) and Tokyo again. Gonna be in… https://t.co/XkoDtTRlI0
Arab News Japan @ArabNewsjp - 2019-11-23: Fossil remains found in Thailand have been determined to be those of a new species of carcharodontosaurus, a large… https://t.co/hoc0kOQb4E
Takuya Imai @imai_takuya - 2019-11-15: #FossilFriday #FPDM

It's my pleasure to publish on Fukuipteryx prima on this Fossil Friday.… https://t.co/9pbWYVjtVx
NBMS @NBMSzebras - 2019-11-04: Eating at a Japanese restaurant, visiting the Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins and visiting the Fukui Prefectural Dino… https://t.co/42GCCyWAuR
Isaiah Montvel-Cohen @IsaiahMontvel - 2019-10-26: For my last day in Katsuyama, I went to the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum one more time. I’ve come to really lo… https://t.co/oW1h35BSDr
Isaiah Montvel-Cohen @IsaiahMontvel - 2019-10-26: Here are some images of the trail on the hill leading to the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum. I took these over t… https://t.co/PeM1Kn2z4D
Isaiah Montvel-Cohen @IsaiahMontvel - 2019-10-26: Here’s one last video I took of the animatronic Fukuiraptor at the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum.

I know the… https://t.co/uakwfOZGNi
Isaiah Montvel-Cohen @IsaiahMontvel - 2019-10-24: A full sized skeleton of the Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus) at the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum. https://t.co/ddx105BTAI
Isaiah Montvel-Cohen @IsaiahMontvel - 2019-10-24: The early primates Plesiadapis and Notharctus on display at the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum. https://t.co/D4gmB6CUdS
Isaiah Montvel-Cohen @IsaiahMontvel - 2019-10-24: The family tree of humankind, in the evolution hall at the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum. https://t.co/8DBZ6urFSv
Isaiah Montvel-Cohen @IsaiahMontvel - 2019-10-24: The fossil remains of the primitive primate Smilodectes gracilis, at the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum. https://t.co/nFc2HYg62L
Isaiah Montvel-Cohen @IsaiahMontvel - 2019-10-24: The full skeleton of a woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) at the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum. https://t.co/nzQRPiZMkn
Isaiah Montvel-Cohen @IsaiahMontvel - 2019-10-24: The skeleton of Allodesmus, an ancient seal from the Miocene, at the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum. https://t.co/bClXem5LgA
Isaiah Montvel-Cohen @IsaiahMontvel - 2019-10-24: The skeleton of Pakicetus, one of the early ancestors of whales, at the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum. https://t.co/615JzPDatx
Isaiah Montvel-Cohen @IsaiahMontvel - 2019-10-24: The skeleton of a Dorudon atrox at the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum. https://t.co/O77vRbJ0XR