#MuseumMonday: Muzeum Przyrodnicze Instytutu Systematyki i Ewolucji Zwierząt PAN in Kraków
There are natural history museums that overwhelm visitors through monumental architecture, vast galleries and spectacular collections (I’m thinking about a certain museum in South Kensington here), and there are museums whose importance lies somewhere rather different: in the scientific history…
#SteveReviews: Surviving Earth
There is a familiar problem with television programmes about the history of life: dinosaurs tend to steal the show. The fossil record, however, is considerably stranger and more interesting than a succession of tyrannosaurs, velociraptors and sauropods. Surviving Earth, an…
#SciFri: An exhibition review of Jurassic Oceans – Monsters of the Deep
There is something inherently appealing about an exhibition devoted to the prehistoric oceans. Dinosaurs may dominate popular perceptions of the Mesozoic, but the seas of the Jurassic and Cretaceous worlds contained an equally extraordinary cast of evolutionary experiments: dolphin-shaped ichthyosaurs,…
#MuseumMonday: A quick visit to the Dorking Museum and Heritage Centre
A couple of months ago now, I visited the Dorking Museum and Heritage Centre with a few friends of mine, one of which whom is a volunteer at the Museum. The Dorking Museum and Heritage Centre is a small but…
#SciFri: Titanosaur at Peterborough Cathedral
When you think of dinosaurs, the last place that comes to mind is probably a cathedral (unless you’re thinking along the lines of the Natural History Museum). However, earlier in the spring of 2026, one of the most extraordinary exhibitions…
#SciFri: Fossil Hunting at the Kings Dyke RIG Site
It will be no surprise to regular readers of this blog that I really enjoy fossil hunting! Recently, I visited a new site with a number of friends of mine, at the Kings Dyke Nature Reserve, which is often referred…
#SciFri: Triceratops: Eat, Roam, Repeat at Manchester Museum
Earlier in the year, I visited the Manchester Museum in order to attend a bold new chapter of natural history storytelling at the museum, with the exhibition of Triceratops: Eat, Roam, Repeat, centred on one of the most recognisable dinosaurs…
#MuseumMonday: Exploring the Lapworth Museum of Geology
The Lapworth Museum of Geology is one of the UK’s oldest specialist geological museums, located at the University of Birmingham. Founded in 1880 and named after the pioneering geologist Charles Lapworth, the museum was originally established to support teaching and…
#StevesReviews: Why Dinosaurs?
If there is something that I hate about growing up, it is that people stop asking you what your favourite dinosaur is. Despite this, most of us still have one. For me, it is Tyrannosaurus rex. Those of you reading…
#SciFri: GIANTS at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
I was fortunate enough to be in Birmingham recently, and while I was there I visited the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. I will be covering the museum itself in a later blog post for #MuseumMonday so please keep an…
