{"id":170839,"date":"2025-05-08T11:43:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T02:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=170839&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-05-08T11:43:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T02:43:28","slug":"kyushu-university-to-open-rare-specimen-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-university-to-open-rare-specimen-exhibit\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu University to Open Rare Specimen Exhibit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu University will open rarely seen parts of its General Research Museum to the public on weekends from May 17 to June 15. Located on the former Hakozaki Campus in Fukuoka\u2019s Higashi Ward, the museum houses approximately 1.54 million academic specimens. The exhibit includes beetle collections such as jewel beetles and stag beetles, mineral samples from Japan and abroad, and fossils including ammonites. A highlight is the rare \u201cplatinum beetle\u201d collected from Central and South America. Special tours and workshops led by researchers will also be available.<\/span><b> Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/event\/2025exhibition\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu University Museum<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20250507\/5010028098.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-170829\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_kyushu-university-museum_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_kyushu-university-museum_2025_cl.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_kyushu-university-museum_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_kyushu-university-museum_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_kyushu-university-museum_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu University Museum official X<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyushu University will open rarely seen parts of its General Research Museum to the public on weekends from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":170835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-170839","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-higashi-ku","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/170839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}