The WILDLIFE MUSEUM

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Published on: 2020/04/28

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The WILDLIFE MUSEUM was established by W. T. Yoshimoto (Yoshi) in 1992. After closing the museum, Yoshi donated about 400 taxidermy to [the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo](https://www.kahaku.go.jp/english/index.php) (NSMT or Kahaku) in 1997. Now [the Yoshimoto Collection](https://www.kahaku.go.jp/english/research/db/zoology/yoshimoto/index.html) is one of the biggest taxsidermy collection on the world. This scene includes 24 models of taxidermis belong to [the Yoshimoto Collection](https://www.kahaku.go.jp/english/research/db/zoology/yoshimoto/index.html) made with photogrammetry. The entrance of the scene are imitated the WILDLIFE MUSEUM. Please enjoy the nostalgic feeling. Modeling; [Kent Mori](https://twitter.com/rojohaku), Programming; [noria901](https://styly.cc/ja/artist-program/noria901), Graphics; [Kazuki Saito](https://sites.google.com/view/museum-on-the-street/about-us). The modeling part of the scene was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP17K12967, and W. T. Yoshimoto Foundation, Hawaii. Twitter;[kahaku](https://twitter.com/museum_kahaku), Hashtag;[#TheWildlifeMuseumVR](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TheWildlifeMuseumVR) BGM; [Maoudamashii](https://maoudamashii.jokersounds.com/) [Kahaku Event page](https://www.kahaku.go.jp/3dmuseum/yoshimoto-vr/)