[O-05] Understanding of formation process of Japanese archipelago from Japanese Geoparks

[O05-P38] Education activities of museum encouraged establishing of graduate school in geopark -Museum of Nature and Human Activities and San’in Kaigan UNESCO Global Geopark

*Tohru Sakiyama¹ (1.Institute of Geo History, Japan Geochronology Network)

Keywords:management, geopark, museum, lifelong education

Museum of Nature and Human Activities was established as prefectural museum of Hyogo Prefecture in 1992. Some stuffs of the museum played important role as management stuffs of the geopark council at early stage of establishment of San’in Kaigan Geopark. It resulted in establishing of Graduate School of Regional Resource Management, University of Hyogo in the San’in Kaigan Geopark. It depends on management process of lifelong education activities of the museum that stuffs of the museum participated in activities of the geopark easily. This presentation shows evolution process of the museum and their interaction to the geopark.