*4th Floor
Starting from the third floor and ending on the first floor, the ordinary exhibitions are arranged into five themes.
You can view the exhibit explanations by scanning the two-dimensional barcodes posted in each exhibition area with your smartphone, etc. Available in Japanese, English, Chinese, and Korean.
There are ten terminal displays of information, where you can take a view of 3D map of Hyogo Prefecture, virtual museum, and videos introducing nature and environment of Hyogo. Also, you can access various pieces of information regarding biological, geological, and landscape diversities of Hyogo through the electronic picture book. Besides these, you can enjoy
There are two terminal displays of museum information system on the third floor, where you can access gross view of exhibitions there. Also, you can challenge quizzes on relevant topics.
Here you'll find a variety of specimens of plants, animals, rocks, minerals, and fossils. Visual materials for environmental education are also available. Visitors are invited to examine all of these items.
Extending from coast of the Japan Sea to that of the Seto Inland Sea, Hyogo is composed of a number of unique natural environments. Large panels, videos, and the georama highlight the distinctive natural beauty of the Tajima, Tanba, Harima, Hanshin, and Awaji areas.
Here we review the history of human beings and their environment.
Hyogo Prefecture has geological strata from the Paleozoic to Cenozoic eras, and fossils of ammonites and plants have been known since ancient times.In recent years, a number of valuable fossils have been reported one after another, including dinosaur fossils such as Tambatitanis and Yamatosaurus, and the area is attracting attention.In this exhibition, we will outline the characteristics of each fossil-producing layer and introduce research results on representative animal and plant fossils produced from each region.
This floor has three groups of exhibitions, The Specimen Repository on Display (SRD), The World of Aquatic Organisms (WAO), and Fossil Studio (FS). SRD shows some examples of actual state of specimens for researches deposited in the stock rooms of this museum. WAO features organisms inhabiting aquatic habitats in Hyogo. FS demonstrates handling of fossils for cleaning, an important process in preparation for detailed observations on fossils for reconstruction, etc.
The earth was born more than four billion years ago. Since then, this planet has been home to a succession of various organisms including plants and animals. Now it accommodates a huge biodiversity as the stage of harmonius ommunity of life. There are two groups of exhibitions on this floor. One, History of Life, introduces the process of evolution of life from an initial emergence over three billion years ago to the appearance of human beings, as traced with a succession of fossils. The other, Forest of Harmonius Community, exhibits the actual state of rain-forest on Borneo, where numerous organisms co-exist in good harmony. These exhibitions altogether demonstrate fascinating beauty of our planet of life.
This facility, located beside the Entrance Hall close to the entrance/exit of the Main Exhibition Building, is aimed to show visitors an actual process of cleaning of Dinosaur fossils excavated at San-nan Cho, Tanba City. Here you can stand close to labo tables and watch works of preparation staff, who remove soils and non-fossil portions of rock from each piece of dinosaur fossil by skillfully handling elaborated and newly devised cleaning machines. Occasionally preparation staff may take a short rest, but you can still enjoy with exhibition panels etc., set in this facility. Opening hours: Open from 10:00 to 17:00 on Saturdays,Sundays and National Holidays. Entrance fee: free
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