Lyme Regis Museum honoured with prestigious national award from Arts Council England Lyme Regis Museum is delighted to announce its outstanding Jurassic Coast Geology Collection has been awarded Designated Status… READ MORE
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February Half Term Activities at Lyme Regis Museum
February Half Term Activities at Lyme Regis Museum Lyme Regis Museum is offering a varied programme of family-friendly activities this February half term, combining hands-on creativity, interactive learning and local… READ MORE
Fossil Festival Saved!
Fantastic Fossils, Roarsome Dinosaurs and the Amazing Mary Anning will return to the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival 2023! Dinosaurs, Talks, Walks, Storytelling, Exhibitions & Street Performance will be coming to… READ MORE
Friends of the Museum Bursary Award Video 2022
The Lyme Regis Museum has been celebrating its centenary. As part of this The Friends of the Museum set up a bursary for sixth form students from Woodroffe School. The… READ MORE
Mary Anning on Mars!
We’ve just discovered that ‘Curiosity’, NASA’s long serving planetary rover on Mars (3,000 Mars days or ‘Sols’ and counting) has carried out test drillings, and that two of these ground… READ MORE
In conversation with curious things
A creative project for wellbeing and pleasure Lyme Regis Museum is full of curious things, we often ask ourselves; how did it get here, who made it, why is it… READ MORE
We’ve received a grant from Arts Council England’s Cultural Recovery Fund!
Lyme Regis Museum has been awarded £60,000 as part of the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. It will ensure that our… READ MORE
Press Release: Museum Re-opening
It is wonderful to be re-opening Lyme Regis Museum on Tuesday 8 September and we are looking forward to hearing the happy buzz of visitors in the galleries again. The… READ MORE
Lyme Regis Museum Investigates…
Find out about fossils with modern-day ‘Mary Anning’, geologist Dr Anjana Khatwa. We’re releasing a series of short films on You Tube, where Anjana brings our fossils to life in… READ MORE
Henry De la Beche and the Enslavement of Black People
Henry De la Beche, first Director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, President of the Geological Society of London and friend of Mary Anning inherited a sugar plantation in… READ MORE