First Exhibition Room
-Nature of Osaka-
We have used and developed all those natural resources such as land, minerals, water, etc. for making our life better. As a result, natural environmental balance has been badly destroyed, and fauna and flora have been changed greatly from what they used to be. For instance, many plants and animals found in Osaka are not native ones to Japan but naturalized ones which had migrated from the foreign countries for the past 100 years. While our daily life became convenient and well-off, nature was seriously destroyed. We should consider about what kind of nature we need around us and how we keep company with it from now on.
1. Invaders
1A. Invasion by exotic plants and animals
Alien animals introduced with logs ; Seeds mixed with imported soybean
1B. Naturalized plants and animals
Dandelion in urban nature ; Freshwater animals from the Mississippi ; Chronological table of naturalization of plants and animals in Japan
2. Urban nature
Household insects ; Medical insects around the house ; Urban insects
3. Rural nature
Weeds and insects ; Irrigation pond and the neighboring nature ; Bamboo thicket
4. Nature of country forest (diorama)
5. Virgin forest of ancient Osaka (diorama)
6. Wild mammals of Osaka
7. Insects in the forests of Osaka
Insects of the evergreen oak forest, the deciduous oak forest, the pine forest, and the beech forest ; Insects which have disappeared from Osaka
8. Foods of prehistoric man in Osaka
8A. Edible wild plants in Johmon age Cultivated plants
8B. The shell mound of Morinomiya archaeological site
9. Riverbed nature of Yodo-gawa
Fishes of riverside pools "Wando" ; Animals in reed-bed
10. Life in Osaka Bay
10A. Water quality of Osaka Bay as indicated by barnacles
10B. Fishes commenting on the Osaka Bay (mural paint)
10C. Tidal flat in Osaka Bay (diorama)