National Museum of Nature and Science

The National Museum of Nature and Science is in the northeast corner of Ueno Park in Tokyo. The museum has exhibitions on pre-Meiji science in Japan. It is the venue of the taxidermied bodies of the legendary dogs Hachikō and Taro and Jiro. A life-size blue whale model and a steam locomotive are also on display outside.

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Kokuritsu Kagaku Hakubutsukan; National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan; National Science Museum; National Science Museum of Japan; Tokyo Museum; kahaku.go.jp
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NMNC01s3200

国立科学博物館 - panoramio (8)

Perot Museum dire wolf 2

Ovalipes punctatus - National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo - DSC07548

Whale statue @ Ueno Park (10065183065)

Rehabilitating a whale specimen

国立科学博物館 - panoramio (13)

Permanent exhibition room "Minerals in Japan", National Museum of Nature and Science

National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan Gallery, 1F South

• Reassessment of type specimens of Cordyceps and its allies described by Dr. Yosio Kobayasi preserved in the mycological herbarium of the National Museum of Nature and Science (TNS). Part 1: the genus Torrubiella - scientific article published in March 2010, Q1860
• "The Amazing Journey from Egg to Adult": An embryology exhibition at the National Museum of Nature and Science - scientific article published in February 2018
• An Annotated Catalogue of Type Specimens of Amphibians and Reptiles in the National Science Museum, Tokyo - scientific article published in 1997, Q1860, online
• List of Amphipod Type Specimens Relocated in the Collection of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Japan - scientific article published in May 2019, Q1860, online
• New insights from museum specimens: a case of Viviparidae (Caenogastropoda: Mollusca) in Iwakawa's collection preserved in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo - scientific article published on 21 December 2020, Q1860
• Reassessment of type specimens of Cordyceps and its allies described by Dr. Yosio Kobayasi, preserved in the National Museum of Nature and Science. Part 2: Cordyceps (Elaphocordyceps) on Elaphomyces - scientific article published in September 2010, Q1860

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Kahaku		Commons
commons	image		NMNC01s3200		Commons
commons	image		国立科学博物館 - panoramio (8)		Commons
commons	image		Perot Museum dire wolf 2		Commons
commons	image		Ovalipes punctatus - National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo - DSC07548		Commons
commons	image		Whale statue @ Ueno Park (10065183065)		Commons
commons	image		Rehabilitating a whale specimen		Commons
commons	image		国立科学博物館 - panoramio (13)		Commons
commons	image		Permanent exhibition room "Minerals in Japan", National Museum of Nature and Science		Commons
commons	image		National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan Gallery, 1F South		Commons