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Lyme Lads – D-Day

Lyme Lads – D-Day

Posted on: 29th July 2014

Now that the D-Day exhibition has been replaced by our Lyme Regis and World War I exhibition, you can still see the major part of it on our web-site. Click… READ MORE

Inspired by the Old Town Dump

EVENTS: Coming up in July

Posted on: 1st July 2014

There are two new exhibitions at the Museum this month: Lyme Regis and WWI, starting on Monday 7 July 2014. This will follow the “Lyme Lads” exhibition about the D-Day… READ MORE

The Jurassic Coast Fossil Finder

Posted on: 28th June 2014

Lyme Regis Museum has recently helped the Jurassic Coast Team create a pictorial database of about 1000 fossils that can be seen in museums along the coast. The picture show’s… READ MORE

Great News about the Mary Anning Wing Initiative

Posted on: 27th June 2014

There’s great news from Lyme Regis Museum this week, with the announcement that it has received initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund for the Mary Anning Wing Initiative. The… READ MORE

EVENTS: Coming up in June

Posted on: 1st June 2014

There are a couple of interesting events at the Museum this month: Know your Fossils (Saturday 7th June): A talk and hands on experience of local fossils with the Museum’s… READ MORE

Cecil Gollop, who died three days after D-Day on June 9th

Lyme Lads: the 70th Anniversary of D-Day

Posted on: 29th May 2014

Next week sees the opening of a new exhibition at Lyme Regis Museum. Called “Lyme Lads”, it commemorates the 70th Anniversary of the Normandy Landings during the Second World War…. READ MORE

New Species of Giant Bug from the Age of the Dinosaurs

New Species of Giant Bug from the Age of the Dinosaurs

Posted on: 22nd May 2014

In a recent event at Lyme Regis Museum, local collector James Carroll showed Dr Andrew Ross (fossil insect expert at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh) some specimens of… READ MORE

Mary Anning’s Google Doodle

Mary Anning’s Google Doodle

Posted on: 21st May 2014

Occasionally the Google logo is replaced with a topical “Google Doodle”, either at a national or international level. For example, two days ago on 19 May 2014 Google celebrated the… READ MORE

Exhibition: 12 x 12

Exhibition: 12 x 12

Posted on: 13th May 2014

Local artist Gail Sagman, of Jam Factory fame, is exhibiting the latest of her visually exciting installations in the Rotunda Gallery at Lyme Regis Museum, from 10-5 every day until… READ MORE

BRICKOSAURUS

Mary Anning Day 2014

Posted on: 12th May 2014

Saturday May 17th is Mary Anning Day, when Lyme Regis Museum celebrates the birthday of our famous fossilist with a range of events to suit everyone. On Saturday, the Museum… READ MORE