Pokémon Fossil Museum to Showcase Real and Fake Fossils in U.S. Next Year

The Pokémon Company has exciting news for North American fans: the Pokémon Fossil Museum is set to make its way to the continent in May 2026. If you're curious about what the Pokémon Fossil Museum entails, it's precisely what it sounds like. Following a successful debut in Japan, this unique exhibition, which showcases fabricated Pokémon "fossils" alongside real-world ancient lifeforms found in fossils, will be hosted at Chicago's Field Museum starting May 22, 2026. This marks the first time the exhibit will venture outside of Japan.

During your visit, you'll have the opportunity to marvel at vivid Pokémon models displayed next to extinct lifeforms from the Field Museum’s collection. This includes scientific casts of iconic Field Museum dinosaurs such as SUE the T. rex and the Chicago Archaeopteryx, juxtaposed with Fossil Pokémon like Tyrantrum and Archeops. The museum invites you to explore and note the differences and similarities between these fascinating exhibits, asking, "How many differences (and similarities) will you spot, Trainers?"

Pokémon Fossil Museum Virtual Tour

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For those unable to travel to either Japan or Chicago, The Pokémon Company and Toyohashi Museum of Natural History have collaborated to bring the Pokémon Fossil Museum experience directly to your home. Pokémon enthusiasts can now embark on a virtual tour of the exhibit, allowing them to view the intriguing collection of real and Pokémon fossils, ranging from a tyrannosaurus to a Tyrantrum, all from the comfort of their own space.

In other Pokémon-related news, authorities in the UK recently arrested a man after discovering he was in possession of a cache of stolen Pokémon cards valued at £250,000 (approximately $332,500). The discovery was made following a raid by Greater Manchester Police on a home in Hyde, Tameside, located on the outskirts of Greater Manchester. A police spokesperson humorously remarked, "Gotta catch 'em all."