— start quote — The MSU museum already has a sister museum relationship with the Mifune Dinosaur Museum in the Kumamoto Prefecture and regularly sends staff to Japan to assist with exhibits, train museum workers in fossil preparation, and speak to area groups. The executive director and chief curator of the Mifune Dinosaur Museum in Kumamoto visited Bozeman in 2013. The Museum of the Rockies has also sent a dinosaur exhibit through Japan, Taiwan and Singapore, attracting more than 800,000 visitors during its 2011-2014 tour. The Feb. 24 Memorandum of Understanding – signed by McKamey and Ikuo Kabashima, governor of the Kumamoto Prefecture – indicates that more collaborations are ahead. — end quote —
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