#MuseumMonday: Visiting the Lyme Regis Museum
While in Lyme Regis recently for the 2025 Fossil Festival, I stopped by the local museum as it was free to enter that weekend (adult tickets are usually £8.95). The Lyme Regis Museum offers a compelling journey through earth’s deep…
#MuseumMonday: The River at the Natural History Museum
I was fortunate enough last summer to visit the Natural History Museum, while a temporary exhibition by Jana Winderen and Tony Myatt titled the The River was installed in the Jerwood Gallery. It was billed as being a mesmerising journey…
#SciFri: Reflecting on the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival 2025
The Lyme Regis Fossil Festival was first held in 2005, and conceived by local enthusiasts alongside Dr Paul Davis of the Natural History Museum and the Lyme Regis Development Trust. Originally intended as a one-off celebration of the Jurassic Coast’s…
#MuseumMonday: Dartford Borough Museum
I recently found myself in Dartford and took the time to visit the Dartford Borough Museum, in order to kill some time but also to learn more about the significance of the local area and its natural history (who could…
#StevesLibrary: Slime – A Natural History
If you’ve ever picked up a frog or held frogspawn, one word may come to mind to describe the sensation that you feel. Slime. I am no stranger to this feeling and so I was surprised recently when I found…
#MuseumMonday: Britain – One Million Years of the Human Story
If you read my previous post on Mammoths: Ice Age Giants, this one probably won’t surprise you. If you haven’t then let me bring you up to speed quickly. I recently stumbled upon an old memory card that I used…
#MuseumMonday: Mammoths – Ice Age Giants
While backing up a long-forgotten memory card recently, I came across some photos from a couple of old exhibitions at the Natural History Museum. The first of these is Mammoths: Ice Age Giants, which was available to visit between 23th…
#SciFri: Natural History Museum at Tring
If you have been keeping a watchful eye on my social media accounts, you may be aware that a couple of weeks ago I visited the Natural History Museum at Tring. I have spent a lot of time at the…
#MuseumMonday: Timeline of exhibitions at the Natural History Museum
Hopefully by now, regular readers of my blog will know that I am a huge fan of the Natural History Museum in London. I had been doing some digging recently, trying to figure out how many of the temporary exhibitions…
#MuseumMonday: Chelmsford Museum
I thought I would try something a little different. If you couldn’t already tell, one thing that I really love is visiting museums. However, not all of these have a strong link to science and are usually more focused on…
