Mifune Dinosaur Museum (御船町恐竜博物館, Mifune-machi Kyōryū Hakubutsukan) opened in Mifune, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan in 1998. The museum collects, preserves, researches, and displays the dinosaur fossils found in the area; the collection, which includes Japan's first fossil from a meat-eating dinosaur, Mifunesaurus, numbers some 15,000 items.[1][2][3] | ||||||
Location: Mifune, Kumamoto Prefecture | ||||||
Opened: April 1998 | ||||||