Kyoryu Island National Museum

The **Kyoryu Island National Museum** is the flagship museum of Kyoryu Island. Its main building is located in Lightning City and is the largest and widest building on the island (but not the tallest as Starlight Tower holds that position). The museum was established in 1882 and specializes in paleontology and the natural science surrounding the dominant life forms on the island: its unique dinosaur life. Other historical specializations of the museum such as the island's modern history, human archaeology and artifacts are studied by its branches on the other five countries on the island.

In the Dinosaur Adventure Universe, the museum is the world's largest dinosaur museum and is home to the world's largest collection of dinosaur fossils, due to the abundance of dinosaurs living on the island, as well as taxidermied dinosaurs.

## History and construction

The Kyoryu Island National Museum was founded in 1882.

### During the wars of the KB Multiverse

#### Nazi Zombie invasion of the KB Multiverse

During the Nazi Zombie invasion of the KB Multiverse, Kyoryu Island was among the locations attacked by a vast army of Nazi zombies under the command of a revived Adolf Hitler. The museum was attacked by the army in the war and was converted into a bunker. The building along with the rest of Kyoryu Island was liberated from the Nazi Zombies by the Sailor Senshi.

## Layout and exhibit collection

The main building in Lightning City has ten floors, including three basement floors.

### Ground floor

The massive central hall of the museum is graced by the skeletons of a *Tyrannosaurus rex* (perhaps the largest one in Kyoryu Island) and a *Seismosaurus*.

### Basement 1

Basement 1 houses a gigantic site of fossils.

## Branches

The museum's branches in the other countries in Kyoryu Island also display dinosaur fossils and paleontological specimens, and every branch has their own unique field based on the country it is located in.

### Fire Country

*Main article: Fire Country State Museum*

The Fire Country State Museum houses a collection of large theropod fossils and dinosaur eggs. Located at the foot of a volcano, it's design is based on the Heyuan Dinosaur Museum in China.

### Water Country

*Main article: Water Country State Museum*

Also featuring an extensive collection of marine reptile and invertebrate fossils, the Water Country State Museum had a design based on the Oman Natural History Museum and uses the ammonite motif in its building plan.

### Earth Country

*Main article: Earth Country State Museum*

The Earth Country State Museum also houses a local artifact collection, including earthenware. The main building's design is based on the Moscow Paleontological Museum in Russia and the former Mongolian Natural History Museum building.

### Grass Country

*Main article: Grass Country State Museum*

The Grass Country State Museum also houses a paleobotanical and botanical collection as well as local artifacts and agricultural artifacts. This museum has a pavilion garden. The main museum building's design is based on the Tokyo National Museum and the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo, Japan.

### Wind Country

*Main article: Wind Country State Museum*

The Wind Country State Museum also houses a local artifact collection. The main building's design is based on the Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

## Design inspirations

* Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Japan
* Tianyu Museum of Nature, Shandong, China
* Natural History Museum, London, UK
* National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian), Washington DC, USA
* Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pennsylvania, USA
* Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Alberta, Canada
* Natural History Museum, Berlin, Germany
* Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
* Mongolian Natural History Museum, Ulaanbaatar
* Paleozoological Museum of China, Beijing, China
* Geological Museum of China, Beijing, China
* Zigong Dinosaur Museum, China
* National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan
* National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
* Goseong Dinosaur Museum, South Korea