You Can See Pokémon Fossils at Tokyo’s National Museum of Nature and Science

You Can See Pokémon Fossils at Tokyo’s National Museum of Nature and Science

Right now, if you go to Tokyo’s National Museum of Nature and Science, you’ll get to see . . . Pokémon fossils? Yep, you read that right. And while the Pokémon fossils might not be real, the museum is using this opportunity to teach real science.

This is the traveling Pokémon Fossil Museum, and it gave this description of itself:

“Pokémon, the beloved creatures of the Pokémon video game series, are full of mystery. Some of them can only be revived from fossil-like states!

The subject of this exhibition is the so-called fossil Pokémon, which are shown as part of a unique paleontological learning experience. Visitors will be able to compare the fossil Pokémon with similar prehistoric life forms found in real-world fossils.

Our ‘Fossil Professor’ and ‘Excavator Pikachu,’ along with real-world experts, will guide you through the exhibition, offering assistance on how to compare the fossils of the two worlds.”

The exhibit further explains, “Life sized conceptual skeleton models of Fossil Pokémon are featured in this exhibition, which showcases skeleton models, fossils and replicas from our world for easy comparison!” And: “Compare skeletons of Pokémon with those of real-world prehistoric life forms! How Pokémon skeleton would be like was conceptualized for this exhibition. The images will help you imagine how these creatures must have looked like if they were to be excavated like real-world fossils.”

The exhibit began at Tokyo’s National Museum of Nature and Science on March 15, and will stick around until June 19. After that, it’s slated to travel to the Toyohashi Museum of Natural History and be on display there from July 16 – November 6. After that, it will be packing its bags and going to the Oita Prefectural Art Museum from December 10, 2022 – January 24, 2023.

Of course there will be special merchandise to go with it, and they are not available online.

Source: SoraNews24, Pokémon Fossil Museum

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