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Nagai Park 1-23 , Higashi-Sumiyoshi-ku,Osaka 546-0034, JapanPhone +81-6-6697-6221 / Facsimile +81-6-6697-6225

Osaka Museum of Natural History

By subway, getting off at "M26:Nagai" station of "Midosuji Line". Ten minutes walk toward the east.By JR, getting off at "Nagai" station of "Hanwa Line". Fifteen minutes walk toward the east.

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●Research activityWe research the nature and geological history of Osaka. Each curatorial staff has a professional specialty and performs his/her own studies, as well as collaborate as a team.Collection and laboratory equipment are also utilized by scientists from home and abroad.

●Collection and preservationWe collect a wide selection of specimens and literature related to the natural history. These are utilized for scientific research and exhibition. We preserve them so that they will be available to the next generation.

●Educational activitiesWe host a variety of educational events, such as nature hiking, workshops, lectures, botanic tours and so on. We also accept guest scientists and museum trainees from universities.

●Association of Osaka Museum of Natural HistoryThere is a "Friends of Osaka Museum of Natural History" group, organaized by members who use the museum extensively to study nature. For information, please ask tomonokai@mus-nh.city.osaka.jp

●Nature Information CornerThere is an information counter with curatorial staff. Your questions about nature, exhibitions and activities are welcome.

ActivitiesWe have a variety of activities as follows.

Library

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HillsOsaka Bay

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You can touch the items with this symbol mark.

Hands onEntrance exhibit is expressive of ancient Osaka at the palaeolithic age, when the interaction between human and nature started. This is the main theme of this museum, “Nature and Human Activities”.

What kind of environment are you living in now? Let us take a look at what kind of creatures exist in the diverse environments of the Osaka area.

This exhibit begins from the formation of the Osaka Plain, and then traces back in time, the history of the islands of Japan, and the Earth, as well as the history of life itself.

The long history since the origin of life has increased the diversity in the global biota. Evolution resulted in a variety of body structures and shapes geographically and ecologically.

Plants and animals live out their lives in close connection with various environments and other organisms around them. Many of these ecological links are introduced in this exhibit .

Nature has provided us with gifts. Where does the food, which you see on your dining tables, come from?

Information Center

Nature Square　Natural History of Osaka

Natural History of OsakaNatural History of Osaka

Nature Hal l Planned exhibitions are held temporarily here.

Naumann HallNaumann Hall

3rd Exhibition Room Evolution of Life1st Exhibition RoomThe Natural World Around Us

2nd Exhibition RoomHistory of the Earth and Life

5thExhibition RoomThe Lives of Living Things

3rd Exhibition Room Evolution of Life1st Exhibition RoomThe Natural World Around Us

2nd Exhibition RoomHistory of the Earth and Life

5thExhibition RoomThe Lives of Living Things

4th Exhibition Room(temporarily in gallery)The Gifts from Nature

4th Exhibition Room(temporarily in gallery)The Gifts from Nature

Information on the nature of Osaka, such as the biota and geology, are regionally and taxonomically exhibited.

Osaka Museum of Natural History

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3rd Exhibition roomEvolution of life19 Speciation20 Dispersal21 Coevolution22 Evolutionary diversity of insects23 Zoogeography of insects24 Sea as the cradle of life25 Whence come we?

First Exhibition RoomThe Natural World Around Us１ Alien species around the ports 　 in Osaka２ Urban nature３ Rural nature４ Nature of country forest５ Virgin forest of ancient Osaka６ Endangered habitat and life７ Insects in the forests of Osaka８ Foods of prehistoric man in Osaka９ Influences of alien species10 Life in Osaka Bay

2nd Exhibition roomHistory of the earth and life11 History of Osaka Plain12 The Great Ice Age13 The Quaternary Period14 The Osaka Group15 The age of mammals16 Late Cretaceous fossils from the Izumi Mountains of Osaka17 The age of dinosaurs and ammonites18 Aspects of the Palaeozoic sea and forest

5th Exhibition roomThe Lives of Living Things27 Different Species, different way of life28 Wating for their chance29 Quest for the new world30 Predator-prey interactions31 Competition for resources32 Parasitism and mutualism33 Inter-specific interactions among three spesies34 Habitats created by other organisms35 Animals utilizing various

environments36 Wide-ranging travelers37 No environment exists isolation38 Connections to human beings and

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4th Exhibition roomThe diversity of life26 Food plants and their homes