National Science Museum
The National Museum of Nature and Science will carry out a museum appreciation project using a remote-controlled robot in collaboration with Chiba University Hospital, Chiba Children’s Hospital, and NPO Milfille Pediatric Cancer Frontiers.
In this project, children admitted to Chiba University Hospital and Chiba Children’s Hospital will operate robots, and Makoto Manabe, a deputy director specializing in mesozoic reptiles and birds such as dinosaurs, will explain from the dinosaur exhibition floor of the museum. Through robots, we will approach the mystery of children who cannot go out due to illness and dinosaurs, and carry out this project with a message of support for children who fight illness.
Overview [Date]: From 16:00 on January 17, 1945 (about 1 hour)
[Details]:
Part 1 (about 30 minutes)
Children admitted to Chiba University Hospital operate a robot at the National Science Museum
Part 2 (about 30 minutes)
Children admitted to Chiba Children’s Hospital operate a robot in the National Science Museum [Guide]: Makoto Manabe, Deputy Director of the National Science Museum [Robot to use]: Avatar “newme” (provided by avatarin Co., Ltd.)
* NPO Milfille Childhood Cancer Frontiers is an organization that supports children and their families with childhood cancer and those who have experienced childhood cancer after treatment. For details, please see here ( https://www.millefeuille.or.jp/ ).
Guide: Profile of Makoto Manabe
Deputy Director of the National Museum of Nature and Science (concurrently) Collection Director of the Specimen Materials Center (concurrently) Research Coordinator (concurrently) General Manager of the Human Research Department
■ With the theme of spatiotemporal analysis of ecosystem evolution, we are paying attention to the dinosaurs of the Mesozoic era and the mass extinction of the end of the Mesozoic era.
■ In the permanent exhibition, I was in charge of the dinosaur floor on the first basement floor of the Earth Pavilion. In recent exhibitions, I was involved in the planning and production of “Dinosaur Expo 2016”, special exhibition “Dinosaur Expo 2019”, and special exhibition “The Price of Growing Up with Picture Books” (2019.12.17-2020.3.1).
■ Books “Deep reading! Picture book” Seimei no Rekishi “” (Iwanami Science Library, 2017), “How to charm dinosaurs” (CCC Media House, 2019), “Dinosaur’s dizzying and pleasant daily life” (Bookman) , 2019), supervision of “Seimei no Rekishi (revised edition)” (2015), translation of “I am everyone’s grandma” (Iwanami Shoten, 2019).
Article provided by: Kokoshiru Ueno
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