Natural History Museum and Institute

What it is

• A prefectural general museum in Chiba City.
• Opened on February 6, 1989.
• Japan's only museum with an attached Ecological Garden.
• Permanent exhibition theme is 'Nature and Humans of Boso'.

What to see

• Exhibits on Chiba's nature and human history.
• Ecological Garden, approximately 6.6 hectares.
• Plant community garden within the Ecological Garden.
• Ecological experimental garden within the Ecological Garden.
• 5,397 materials from Carl Linnaeus, acquired in 1993.

Getting there

• 20-minute walk from Keisei Chiba-dera Station.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.