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 Find out what's coming up at the Museum.
Coffee Morning WEDNESDAY 3 MARCH
DROP IN ANY TIME BETWEEN 10.30am and noon
See how the museum is run.
Even take the opportunity to become a volunteer
– everyone welcome. ‘Women take the helm!’WEDNESDAY 3 MARCH at 2.30pm
19th century women in Dorset rural society.
A talk by John Lello. ‘Metal detecting in the undercliff’
THURSDAY 4 MARCH at 7.30pm at Woodmead Hall
A talk by Dr Colin Dawes.
Organised by the Friends of the Museum. 'Know Your Fossils'
SUNDAY 7 MARCH at 2.30pm
How fossils lived... how to find and identify... how to handle.
A talk by enthusiastic fossil experts Paddy and Chris. ‘Geology - What is it?’ WEDNESDAY 10 MARCH at 2.30pm
Geology for people who know nothing about it!
A talk by Richard Bull Family Fossil Day SUNDAY 14 MARCH
DROP IN ANY TIME BETWEEN 11.00am and 3.00pm
Science Week special event.
Question experts Paddy and Chris about fossils. ‘History of Lyme in ten objects’WEDNESDAY 17 MARCH at 2.30pm
Four intriguing exhibits are scrutinised and explained.
A talk by Paddy Howe, museum geologist. ‘Thomas Hawkins and his sea dragons - a mad, bad fossil collector?’ SATURDAY 20 MARCH at 2.30pm
A talk by Stephen Locke 'Artist James McNeil Whistler in Lyme'WEDNESDAY 24 MARCH at 2.30pm
A wit, dandy and shameless self-promoter.
A talk by Sandra Lello. ‘History of Lyme in ten objects’THURSDAY 25 MARCH at 2.30pm
The romance of Whistler’s doll and the tragedy of the Curfew Bell told by Felicity and Max Hebditch. ‘Museum’s Tobacco Pipes’ and ‘Tudor Rent Table’WEDNESDAY 31 MARCH at 2.30pm
Talks in series History of Lyme in Ten Objects
Felicity and Max Hebditch explain the mystery behind these two museum exhibits ‘Sidmouth: from the Triassic Age to the 21st Century’THURSDAY 1 APRIL at 2.30pm at Woodmead Hall
Talk by Dr Robert Symes follows the Friends of the Museum AGM
- everyone welcome Secondhand Book SaleSATURDAY 3 APRIL at the Pilot Boat Inn, Lyme Regis
DROP IN FOR COFFEE AND A BROWSE 10am to 12 noon
Organised by the Friends of the Museum ‘Lyme’s Charter Seal’ and ‘Model of the Undercliff’
WEDNESDAY 7 APRIL at 2:30pm
Talks in series History of Lyme in Ten Objects
Thea Hawkesworth tells the special story of these items in the museum’s collection ‘Mary Anning, Fossil Pioneer’
SATURDAY 10 APRIL at 2.30pm
Daphne Baker tells of the life of Lyme’s most famous person Nature Walk along the River LymSUNDAY 11 APRIL at 10am
Sunday morning ramble to Uplyme with local bird expert David Cox
Numbers limited – phone or email to book ‘Lyme’s Neolithic Stone Axe’ and ‘A Victorian Holidaymaker’s Journal’MONDAY 12 APRIL at 2.30pm Talks in series History of Lyme in Ten Objects
Felicity Hebditch and Thea Hawkesworth bring to life these engaging exhibits Easter Holiday FAMILY FUN DAYWEDNESDAY 14 APRIL
DROP IN ANY TIME BETWEEN 11am and 3pm
Get creative with museum curator Mary
Make and decorate your own dinosaur egg!
Free admission to everyone ‘John Gould – the Bird Man’s Link with Darwin’WEDNESDAY 21 APRIL at 2.30pm
Imogen Thomas talks on the 19th century ornithologist and entrepreneur ‘The HMS Formidable Disaster’THURSDAY 22 APRIL at 2.30pm
Sinking of World War I battleship, and Lyme’s part in the rescue
Talk by Jack Thomas ‘Butterflies and Moths’WEDNESDAY 28 APRIL at 2.30pm
See and hear about local finds – talk by the museum’s entomologist ‘Why Birds Sing’THURSDAY 29 APRIL at 2.30pm
With pictures and sounds – David Cox talks on local birdsong See also |
