PRESS RELEASE Lyme Regis Museum is thrilled to announce that its doors will reopen to the public on Monday 17th July 2017 following the completion of its new £1.5million Mary Anning Wing extension. Thanks to National Lottery investors and other funders, the museum can now offer a new interactive fossil gallery and Fine Foundation Learning… READ MORE
NEWS
VACANCY: Museum Assistant (Visitor Services)
PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED Are you looking for a challenge? Our museum is looking to appoint a museum assistant to help us run our visitor services through the busy and exciting period when our museum re-opens. It’s a full time, six months post and you’ll need to be computer literate, confident working… READ MORE
EVENT: Fossil Polishing
Fossil Polishing Tuesday 25th October 10am – 4pm Marine Shelters, Marine Parade, Lyme Regis. Fossil Prices £2.50 – £4.00 Drop in sessions, come along to meet the museum team and have a go at polishing your own fossils in the Marine Shelters, Marine Parade, on Tuesday 22nd October. Suitable for all ages.
Loving Lyme’s History
We love Lyme Regis Museum. It’s charming, and it’s quirky. But it’s bursting at the seams. There just isn’t enough space to show off the town’s wonderful scientific and artistic heritage. Or, for that matter, to look after our visitors properly (it’s true – we don’t even have loos!). So, we’re showing it our love. … READ MORE
COMING SOON: Book Sale
Lyme Regis Museum will be holding a big Book Sale under the Marine Parade Shelters on 24-25th June, from 10.30 am until 4 pm. At the same time there will also be a toy stall where you can purchase preloved children’s toys at very good prices. Both events will be run by the Friends of… READ MORE
EVENTS: Coming up in June
Exhibitions The Charcoal Maker – An exhibition of photographs by Terry Jeavons in the Rotunda Gallery, running until 4 July Ernestine’s story – This exhibition in the ground floor gallery tells the story of Ernestine Collier, a local lady who lived all her life in Lyme and died there last October, aged 86. Walks This… READ MORE
EVENTS: Coming up in May
Mary Anning’s Birthday Quiz Sunday 22nd May in the Pilot Boat at 7.30pm – Maximum teams of six – £2.50 per person – Pay on the door Facts about Fossils Sunday 29th May in the Geology Gallery at 2.30pm – A talk by Museum Learning Officer, Chris Andrew Exhibitions The Charcoal Maker – An exhibition… READ MORE
EVENTS: Coming up in April
Talks Jane Austen and Lyme Regis by Natalie Manifold: 2.30 pm Thursday 7th April in Woodmead Hall. Organised by The Friends of Lyme Regis Museum. Sir Henry De La Beche of Lyme Regis by Keith Shaw: 2.30 pm Tuesday Tuesday 26th April in Woodmead Hall. Talk organized jointly with the Lyme Regis Society. Children’s Events… READ MORE
COMING UP: Easter events at Lyme Regis Museum
Lyme Regis Museum is organizing three special events during Easter week 2016: EASTER QUIZ: Wednesday 30th March, 7.30pm, at the Pilot Boat Inn, Lyme Regis (Maximum team size six – £2 per person – pay at the door) SECOND-HAND BOOK SALE: Wednesday 30th March & Thursday 31st March, 11am to 2pm, at the Marine Parade… READ MORE
New in the Museum: Railway Additions
Following the interest in the exhibition The Lyme Railway: Axed Fifty Years Ago in the Rotunda Gallery over the winter, Lyme Regis Museum has strengthened its permanent display on Lyme’s “Bluebell Line”. It now covers the listed, mass concrete Cannington Viaduct, which is a much visited relict of the line, Michael Stride’s paintings and some… READ MORE