The Pokémon Fossil Exhibition is Coming to the U.S. in 2026

All people loves Pokémon, whether or not that’s playing with (and as) them, watching them, and collecting ’em all. Nintendo’s by no means not able to trot them out, and for these within the U.S., you’ll be capable to go to them at a museum subsequent yr.

On Could 22, 2026, Nintendo will deliver its Pokémon Fossil Museum to the Chicago’s Area Museum. The exhibit will function fabricated “fossils” of the monsters in contrast with “historical lifeforms present in real-world fossils. […] Trainers of all ages are invited to go to and uncover the unimaginable world of fossils each within the Pokémon world and in our personal actual world,” reads the announcement. Two famous highlights are scientific casts of Area Museum dinos Sue the T.rex and the Chicago Archaeopteryx subsequent to Tyrantrum and Archeops, respectively.

The Pokémon Fossil exhibit began in Japan this previous March and can wrap up its present run in Fukui earlier than touring to the Benex Dinosaur Museum in Nagasaki (June 7-September 11) and Tokushima’s Prefectural Museum (October 4-December 28). Chicago shall be its first venue within the U.S., and at time of writing, future cities and nations to observe haven’t been revealed. The Area Museum additionally isn’t promoting tickets proper now, however you possibly can signal as much as be alerted for after they do here.

In the meantime, Pokémon Legends: Z-A, the subsequent huge entry within the collection, is due for the Nintendo Swap and Swap 2 in late 2025.

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