---
name: "Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum"
lat: 36.081306
lng: 136.50621
official_url: "https://www.dinosaur.pref.fukui.jp/"
fee: "Permanent exhibition, individual rate: adults ¥1,000, high school & university ¥800, primary & junior high ¥500, age 70+ ¥500. Preschoolers free — charges start at primary school. Annual passes ¥3,000 / ¥2,400 / ¥1,500 / ¥1,500. With a disability certificate, the holder and one carer are admitted free."
last_verified: "2026-08-14"
---

# Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum

The exhibition hall sits inside a silver dome, divided into three zones: dinosaurs, the science of the earth, and the history of life. Fifty-one skeletons stand in 4,500 square meters, with well over a thousand specimens, dioramas and film. Bronze reconstructions beside some dinosaurs can be touched. Three of them give off a sound from head and tail, so their size can be heard as well as seen. A ramp follows the dome wall up to the second floor, changing your angle on the skeletons.

- Area: fukui
- Type: sightseeing
- Average stay: 90 min
- Hours: 9:00-17:00 (entry, including re-entry, until 16:30). During the summer extension (18 July-16 August in FY2026) 8:30-18:00, entry until 17:30. Closed the 2nd and 4th Wednesday (the next day if that is a holiday; open every day in the school summer holidays) and 31 Dec-1 Jan.
- Last verified: 2026-08-14

## Family facts (value + conditions + source + verified date)

| Feature | Value | Conditions | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroller friendly | Yes | Strollers are lent free at the main building's 3F general reception, but numbers are limited. Lifts serve the main building, the new building and the permanent exhibition hall; a ramp gets you into the Science of the Earth zone despite its small step, and another ramp spirals around the dome between floors 1 and 2. | 2026-08-14 (web) | [source](https://www.dinosaur.pref.fukui.jp/guide/barrierfree.html) |
| Diaper changing table | Yes | Changing tables in the multi-purpose toilets of both the main and new buildings. There is also a baby room for nappy changes. | 2026-08-14 (web) | [source](https://www.dinosaur.pref.fukui.jp/guide/barrierfree.html) |
| Nursing space | Yes (1) | One nursing room, on the 3rd floor of the main building. Ask at the 3F reception to use it; hot water for formula is kept there too. | 2026-08-14 (web) | [source](https://www.dinosaur.pref.fukui.jp/guide/barrierfree.html) |
| Family restroom | Yes | Toilets on every floor of both buildings, with multi-purpose toilets on the men's and women's sides alike. The 3F one is fitted for ostomates. | 2026-08-14 (web) | [source](https://www.dinosaur.pref.fukui.jp/guide/barrierfree.html) |
| Elevator | Yes | Lifts in the main building (3F to B1), the new building (3F to 1F) and the permanent exhibition hall (2F to B1). The cars are 136cm deep, 160cm wide, with a 90cm door opening. | 2026-08-14 (web) | [source](https://www.dinosaur.pref.fukui.jp/guide/barrierfree.html) |
| Outside food allowed | No | Eating and drinking inside is limited to the restaurant and the vending machine corner. If you bring a packed lunch, use the free rest area in the car park or the facilities in the surrounding park. The restaurant takes no bookings and fills up on weekends and holidays. | 2026-08-14 (web) | [source](https://www.dinosaur.pref.fukui.jp/other/help.html) |
| Indoor / outdoor | Indoor | An indoor museum of three floors above ground and one below, entered on the 3rd floor. | 2026-08-14 (web) | [source](https://www.dinosaur.pref.fukui.jp/guide/barrierfree.html) |
| Diaper disposal bin | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Kids' toilet seat & step stool | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| English support | Not checked yet |  |  |  |