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Akita University, Graduate School of International Resource Sciences, Akita, Japan, Asia

Mining Museum

Museum or Collection Type:
Natural History & Natural Science
Institutional Type:
Museum

Subject:
Earth Sciences, Geology, Mineralogy, Natural History

Address:
28-2, Ohsawa, Tegata, Akita City, Japan, Zip Code 010-8502

Opening Hours:
9 am -4 pm , closed December 26 to January 5

Contact:
Director/Professor Tadao IMAI
w3admin@mus.akita-u.ac.jp
Phone: +81(0)188892461
Fax: +81(0)188892465

Links:
Mining Museum
Akita University, Graduate School of International Resource Sciences

Description:
Exhibits of Rocks, Minerals, Ores and Fossils; Natural History; Mining Industry; Outdoor Exhibitions of the Mabuki Furnace .

Akita Mining Vocational College which was the former institute of Akita Mining College was founded in 1910 and displayed the specimens related to geology in the exhibition room. More specimens were added later and it became one of the best Display Rooms.

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