The National Museum of Nature and Science (国立科学博物館, Kokuritsu Kagaku Hakubutsukan) located in Ueno Park, Taito city, Tokyo, It’s Japan’s national museum that covers both natural history and the history of science and technology. Founded in 1877 (or close, depending on how “founding” is defined) and has grown into one of the oldest and most comprehensive science museums in Japan.
A model of the Hayabusa spacecraft, The Hayabusa mission was a project by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to **collect samples from the near-Earth asteroid Itokawa and return them to Earth. The Hayabusa spacecraft was launched on -May 9, 2003, and traveled for seven years on a round trip of approximately six billion kilometers. The mission successfully delivered a capsule containing samples from the asteroid to the Woomera Desert in Australia on June 13, 2010.
The Space Flyer Unit (SFU), The SFU was a Japanese unmanned, reusable satellite launched in March 1995. It was designed to be retrieved and reused for various scientific and engineering experiments in space. The satellite was launched by a Japanese H-II rocket and was later retrieved by the U.S. Space Shuttle Endeavour during mission STS-72 in January 1996.
Museum has over 5,004,294 specimens and materials in its collection as of fiscal year 2022.
Of those, around 25,000 items are on permanent display, the rest are stored and used for research.
In the previous 2 episodes, I was trying to showcased physics, chemistry, revolutionary inventions, scientific instruments, stories of Nobel laureates, different species of dinosaurs, evolution of present-day animals, and fossil skeletons in Japan. If you want, you can read those posts.
1. National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo: Episode 1
2. National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo: Episode 2
A sperm whale skeleton can be very large, with some specimens measuring up to 18 meters long.
This display about trilobites and their relatives, explaining their place in the animal kingdom. Trilobites are extinct arthropods from the Paleozoic era. Modern arthropods are divided into several groups, including crustaceans and insects.
A fossil slab containing multiple specimens of the crinoid Cactocrinus imperator. Crinoids, also known as sea lilies, are marine animals that look like plants. This particular fossil is a rare specimen from the Mississippian subperiod, which occurred about 367 to 289 million years ago.
* Stromatolites are considered some of the oldest known fossils on Earth, with examples dating back as far as 3.5 billion years.
A fossil of a Dunkleosteus , a prehistoric fish that lived during the Late Devonian period, approximately 380-360 million years ago.
The exhibit features two ancient human skeletons, possibly from the Jomon period in Japan, displayed in a diorama.
A display about the burials from the Sungir archaeological site. The Sungir site is an Upper Paleolithic archaeological site in Russia, known for its elaborate burials of early modern humans.
The image shows several large pine cones, possibly from a Coulter pine or Sugar pine tree.
This is a Mongolian lark, a species of bird known for its elaborate singing
★this is a taxidermied snow leopard
Ocean Bottom Seismometer (OBS), a device used for seismic research on the seafloor. This particular instrument is from the Earthquake Research Institute at the University of Tokyo.
The image shows an old-style fathometer, which is a type of sonar device used to measure the depth of water. It is a piece of marine navigation equipment.
This image shows the core component of the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) which is part of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission’s main satellite. The GPM mission is an international satellite mission that provides next-generation observations of rain and snow worldwide every three hours.
The AMSR2 is a high-performance microwave sensor onboard the Global Change Observation Mission - Water “SHIZUKU” (GCOM-W) satellite, operated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
A display of a Lichtenstein FuG 202 airborne radar antenna. These antennas were used on German night fighter aircraft during World War II. The display appears to be in a museum, possibly the Finnish Air Force signals museum, as Finland purchased these antennas in 1944.
The exhibit features a recreation of the MARS-101 (Magnetic Automatic Reservation System) computer, which was used by Japanese National Railways for seat reservations.
FUJIC, Japan’s first electronic computer, which was completed in 1956. It is currently preserved here. The FUJIC was developed by Bunji Okazaki at Fuji Photo Film to automate calculations for lens design. It was a binary, 3-address type computer that used approximately 1,700 vacuum tubes. used ultrasonic mercury delay lines for its 255-word memory, was capable of performing calculations at a speed about 2,000 times faster than a human.
ETL Mark II, a large relay-based automatic computer developed in 1955 by the Electrotechnical Laboratory in Japan. It was a completely asynchronous computer that used 22,253 relays and had a 200-word memory capacity. The computer was designed using a theory of electrical computation circuits based on the logical mathematics of Mochinori Goto.
★ the Wilbur Machine, a nine simultaneous equation solver..The machine is a mechanical calculator designed to solve systems of linear equation.
This machine was designed to predict ocean tides by using a series of pulleys and wires to simulate the harmonic constituents of tidal changes
The device is an early television camera tube, a key component in the development of television technology.
The Otomo was built by Hakuyosha Ironworks in Tokyo from 1924 to 1927. It was one of the first mass-produced Japanese cars and was also the first domestically produced car to be exported by Toyota Automobile.
Toyoda Automatic Loom, Type G, which was invented and perfected by Sakichi Toyoda in 1924. This loom is a significant piece of Japanese industrial history
Tiger brand mechanical calculator, a type of pinwheel calculator. The Tiger calculator was a Japanese-made mechanical desktop calculator based on the Brunsviga mechanical desktop calculator.
An exhibit featuring early microcomputer technology, including the Intel 4004 microprocessor and the NEC TK-80 microcomputer kit, released in 1976
★An arc lamp is an electric lamp that produces light by creating an electric arc between two conductive electrodes, typically made of carbon.*
★Astationary steam engine from the late 19th century, likely used in a factory. The large flywheel is a key component of the engine, used to store rotational energy and smooth out the power delivery.
★An Edison dynamo, an early type of electrical generator. This particular dynamo was used at a commercial thermal power plant in Japan
★A Historical documents from the Edo period in Japan, specifically related to mathematics in the year of 1674. The main document is a replica of a work by Seki Takakazu, a prominent Japanese mathematician.
★All the living Mammals on the EARTH
I have tried to showcase the artifacts and exhibition of National Museum of Nature and Science within These 3 Episodes. This is my final episode. We were just amazed and enjoyed a lot at the Museum and also show you all my experience about some rare artifacts and exhibition. Hope you all liked it. Arigatou Gozaimasu.
How to get there
Nearest Station:
Approximately a 5-minute walk from the Park Exit of JR Ueno Station
Opening Hours: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (last entry at 4:30 PM)
Extended hours until 8:00 PM on Fridays and Saturdays
Closed: Mondays (or the following day if Monday is a national holiday)
Wheelchair Accessibility : Yes 
Admission: Adults and university students: ¥630
Free for high school students and younger, as well as senior citizen over 65 years
Parking: Paid/coin parking available (Approximately 3000yen for 24h parking, weekend costs more)
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