Museum joins hands with Japan counterpart

Zhejiang Nature Museum and Japan Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum  signed an agreement on Thursday to forge sister relations between the two museum.

Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum is a world-famous specialized museum featuring fossils of ancient creatures

With a history of more than 70 years, Zhejiang Nature Museum is one of the oldest museums in China and has a total of 110,380 pieces of collections in a great variety of categories.

Zhejiang Nature Museum which currently located on Jiaogong Road in downtown Hangzhou will move to a new location at the West Lake Culture Square under construction.

The new Zhejiang Nature Museum has a total floor area of over 20,000 square meters and is expected to be open to public in 2006.

On the net:

Zhejiang Nature Museum: http://www.zmnh.com/#

Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum: http://www.kisho.co.jp/WorksAndProjects/Works/kyoryu/index.html

Source: Zhejiang Online