http://www.lam.mus.ca.us/
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1.Outline
- Address : 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A
- Date of establishment : April 26, 1913
- Main administrative body : Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County Foundation
- Annual visitors : 1.5 million
- Floor space : about 43,000 square meters three-story building
- Collected materials : about 15million items
(Fossil collections of the Cenozoic mammals and cetaceans are particularly
famous as one of the best in the U.S.A.)
- Director : Dr. Jane Pisano
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2. Date of the establishment of sister museum relationship
May 11, 1998 8.30 a.m.
( Japan time; May 12, 1998 1.30 a.m. )
Site of conclusion : Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
a photo at left :Dr.Powell,ex-director of Natural History
Museum of Los Angeles County and Dr.Nakagawa, director of Ibaraki Nature
Museum signing the conclusion document. |
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3. Circumstances
- In 1992, sister park relationship between Kairakuen in Mito city (one of the three most famous gardens in Japan) and Shabarum Regional Park in Los Angeles County was established. Its conclusion ceremony was carried out at Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Since then, academic exchanges and cooperation between Ibaraki Nature Museum and Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County have developed.
- When Ibaraki Nature Museum opened in November, 1994, the opening commemorative exhibition "The World of the Saber-Toothed Cat" was put on view to the public, obtaining the cooperation by Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Furthermore, the exhibition "Searching for the Wonders of Minerals" was opened in April, 1996, followed by the exhibition "Sharks:Messengers from the Ancient Times" in July, 1996. Materials borrowed from Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County were displayed on both occasions. (After that, the exhibition "Cetacea" was opened in January, 1999, to commemorate the sister museum relationship between the two museums.)
- Through a lot of opportunities of academic exchanges and cooperative works, friendship between the two museums has been fostered. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County made a proposal to establish the amicable relation with Ibaraki Nature Museum, when the U.S. museum conference was held in Los Angeles.
- On May 11, 1998, Ibaraki Nature Museum officially established the amicable sister museum relationship with Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Conclusion ceremony was carried out in Los Angeles.
This is the 2nd case for Ibaraki Nature Museum to establish the sister museum relationship with foreign museum. Prior to this case, sister museum relationship with Inner Mongolia Provincial Museum was established in August, 1997. In Japan, it is the first case for museums regarding natural history to establish sister museum relationships with more than one foreign museum.
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1. Outline
- Address : Huhhot City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the Peopleﾕs
Republic of China
- Date of establishment : May 1, 1957
- Total ground area : about 10,000 square meters
- Total floor space of exhibition room : about 5,000 square meters
- Collected materials : about 100 thousand items
- Staff : 116
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2. Date of the establishment of sister museum relationship
August 21, 1997
Site of conclusion : Inner Mongolia Provincial Museum
3. Circumstances
- In September, 1993, the research group from Ibaraki Prefecture and the one from Inner Mongolia carried out the joint researches on fossil remains of dinosaurs and others at the Gobi Desert.
- In July, 1994, skeleton reproductions of Nuoerosaurus and Songhua mammoth were made. These skeleton reproductions are used as symbolic exhibits at Ibaraki Nature Museum.
- After the opening of Ibaraki Nature Museum, the exhibition "Message from Extinct and Endangered Creatures" was open to the public, with materials borrowed from Inner Mongolia Provincial Museum.
- Through a lot of occasions of cooperation and exchange, friendship between the two museums has been fostered. On August 21, 1997, Ibaraki Nature Museum officially established the amicable sister museum relationship with Inner Mongolia Provincial Museum at Huhhot City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
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