3pm Thursday September 6: Rockpooling
Explore rockpools out on Broad Ledge with Lyme Regis Museum marine biologist Chris Andrew and geologist Paddy Howe. See at close quarters the magical world of seaweed, fish and creatures like velvet swimming crabs and squat lobsters that lie in the wake of the receding tide. Meet at the museum.
6.30pm Saturday September 8: A Look at George Vialls
Lyme Regis Museum was built in 1902. Its architect, George Vialls produced a stunning building in Northern European renaissance style with a grand staircase. Join the museum’s former curator, Max Hebditch, in looking at the life and career of this outstanding architect. Saturday September 8, drinks from 6.30pm - all are welcome, free.
11am - 4pm Wednesday September 12: Re:collection Workshop
A drop-in day for adults at Lyme Regis Museum – sketch or photograph the museum’s collections. Join artist Jennie Pearson with your sketch book or camera for a day of inspiration, convivial discussion and encouragement. Collage materials provided and a glass of wine at midday – all are welcome, free.
10am - 5pm Saturday September 29 and Sunday September 30: Mary Anning Weekend at Lyme Regis Museum
A weekend of talks, walks and children’s activities. Fossil fish and sharks will be the theme of a programme of talks by six scientists in this field of research. Among the speakers will be the eminent environmentalist Sir Crispin Tickell; Tom Sharpe of National Museum of Wales; Dr Matt Friedman of the University of Oxford; John Cawley and Dr Stefanie Klug of University of Bristol; and Richard Edmonds, Jurassic Coast Earth Science Manager. Tickets for these talks are available at the museum shop. A highlight of the weekend will be a return visit to Lyme of the Philpot sisters’ collection of fossil fish. The sisters lived in Lyme at the time of Mary Anning and their important collection went to Oxford University in 1880. Museum admission is free all weekend.
The programme of activities for Mary Anning Weekend is:
SATURDAY – in and around Lyme Regis Museum
Get up close to rare FOSSIL FISH AND SHARKS. Meet the Philpot fish on a return visit to Lyme from Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
Drop in to the museum’s ground-floor gallery – FREE
Get hands-on with 3-D art – MAKE A GIANT FOSSIL FISH with artist Darrell Wakelam. Cutting-and-sticking fun for children of all ages.
Outside the museum – drop by from 11am to 4pm, materials provided FREE
Have a go at AMMONITE POLISHING with fossil experts Paddy, Chris and Brandon. Take home your own beautiful 190-million-year-old treasure.
Outside the museum from 10.30am to 4pm – materials at pocket-money price.
SATURDAY – on the beach and around town
10am FOSSIL HUNTING WALK – get out on the beach with geologists Paddy and Chris. Everyone should find a fossil!
Booking advised – phone, email or call in. Ticket £10 adult: £5 child/student.
12.30pm AND 2.30pm MARY ANNING WALKS. Do you want to know about Mary Anning’s life in Lyme? Then go on Natalie’s guided walk.
Booking advised – phone, email or call in. Ticket £6 adult: £3 child/student.
SATURDAY MORNING – in the Marine Theatre
10.30am to 1pm – A Morning of Discovery
10.30am – Richard Edmonds, Earth Science Manager for the Jurassic Coast explains its importance: Footsteps through Time: the Jurassic Coast in Context.
11.30am – John Cawley of University of Bristol reveals his new research: Pachycormus – Extinct Mesozoic Ray-finned Fish.
12.15pm – Dr Stefanie Klug also of University of Bristol brings to life: Sharks of the Lower Jurassic.
Booking advised – phone, email or call in. Ticket £6 adult: FREE child/student.
Combined ticket (morning and afternoon) £10 adult: FREE child/student.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON – in the Marine Theatre
2pm to 5pm – Living Fossils, Collectors and the Human Future
2pm – Tom Sharpe of the National Museum of Wales discusses: The Philpot Family and other Early Lyme Fossil Collectors.
3pm – Dr Matt Friedman of University of Oxford asks: Coelacanth: Living Fossil or Specialised Survivor?
4pm – Sir Crispin Tickell author of the influential Climate Change and World Affairs poses the question: The Human Future: Whither the Anthropocene?
Booking advised – phone, email or call in. Ticket £7 adult: FREE child/student.
Combined ticket (morning and afternoon) £10 adult: FREE child/student.
SUNDAY – in and around Lyme Regis Museum
Get up close to rare FOSSIL FISH AND SHARKS. Meet the Philpot fish on a return visit to Lyme from Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
Drop in to the museum’s ground-floor gallery – FREE
Get hands-on with 3-D art – MAKE A GIANT FOSSIL FISH with artist Darrell Wakelam. Cutting-and-sticking fun for children of all ages.
Outside the museum – drop by from 11am to 4pm, materials provided FREE
Have a go at AMMONITE POLISHING with fossil experts Paddy, Chris and Brandon. Take home your own beautiful 190-million-year-old treasure.
Outside the museum from 10.30am to 4pm – materials at pocket-money price.
3pm – Listen to Daphne Baker’s fascinating insight: MARY ANNING – FOSSIL PIONEER about the life and times of the Anning family in Lyme.
FREE – in the museum’s geology gallery (first floor)
SUNDAY – on the beach
10.45am FOSSIL HUNTING WALK – get out on the beach with geologists Paddy and Chris. Everyone should find a fossil!
Booking advised – phone, email or call in. Ticket £10 adult: £5 child/student.
Art Exhibition until 15 October
The museum’s new exhibition, ‘... where I intend to end my days’ by local artist Jennie Pearson, explores family links between Lyme and early pioneers of her native Western Australia. Jennie’s hand- and machine-stitched textiles make the connection with references to Lyme people such as Sir Richard Spencer who, in 1833, set sail to become Government Resident of the fledgling settlement in Albany, South West Australia. The exhibition is part of Lyme’s ArtsFest and admission is free on Sunday 9th and 16th September. It runs until 15 October when the museum is open every day (10am to 5pm Monday to Saturday and 11am to 5pm on Sundays).
Mary Anning Walks
- Sunday 2 September 2012 15.00
- Sunday 9 September 2012 15.00
- Sunday 16 September 2012 15.00
- Sunday 23 September 2012 15.00
- Saturday 29 September 2012 12.30 & 14.30
Fossil Walks
- Saturday 1 September 2012 11.15
- Sunday 2 September 2012 11.45
- Monday 3 September 2012 12.15
- Tuesday 4 September 2012 12.45
- Wednesday 5 September 2012 13.15
- Friday 14 September 2012 09.00
- Saturday 15 September 2012 10.00
- Sunday 16 September 2012 10.45
- Monday 17 September 2012 11.30
- Tuesday 18 September 2012 12.00
- Wednesday 19 September 2012 12.45
- Friday 28 September 2012 09.15
- Saturday 29 September 2012 10.00
- Sunday 30 September 2012 10.45
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