Events at the Museum From: Mon 1st Feb 2010 To: Wed 31st Mar 2010
Exhibition, Walks around Lyme and talks about Lyme, its history and its local area
'Know Your Fossils'

SATURDAY 6 AND SUNDAY 7 FEBRUARY
SATURDAY 13 AND SUNDAY 14 FEBRUARY
SATURDAY 27 AND SUNDAY 28 FEBRUARY
at 2.30pm
talks by our enthusiastic fossil experts Paddy and Chris:
learn how fossils lived ... how to find and identify ... how to handle them
BRING YOUR FOSSILS ALONG FOR IDENTIFICATION
Half-term Family Fun Day

WEDNESDAY 17 FEBRUARY
DROP IN ANY TIME BETWEEN 11am and 3pm
Get creative with museum curator Mary
Make FOSSILISED CREATURES of 190 MILLION YEARS AGO - tentacles and all !
FREE ADMISSION TO EVERYONE
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.
‘History of Lyme in ten objects'

WEDNESDAY 31 MARCH at 2.30pm
What are the special stories behind the tobacco pipes and the rent table? Felicity and Max Hebditch explain.
Wednesday 31 March at 2.30pm


Fossil Walks From: Mon 1st Feb 2010 To: Wed 31st Mar 2010
A number of fossil hunting walks guided by the museum's geologist


February

* Monday 1st February 11.30am
* Tuesday 2nd February 12noon
* Thursday 4th February 1.15pm
* Friday 12th Feburary 9.00am
* Saturday 13th February 9.30am
* Sunday 14th February 10.15am
* Monday 15th February 10.45am
* Tuesday 16th February 11.15am
* Thursday 18th February 12noon
* Friday 19th February 12.30pm
* Saturday 20th February 1.00pm
* Sunday 21st Feburary 1.30pm
* Sunday 28th February 9.30am

March

* Monday 1st March 10.15am
* Tuesday 2nd March 11.00am
* Thursday 4th March 12.15pm
* Friday 5th March 12.45pm
* Saturday 6th March 1.15pm
* Sunday 14th March 9.00am
* Monday 15th March 9.45am
* Thursday 18th March 11.15am
* Friday 19th March 11.45am
* Saturday 20th March 12 noon
* Sunday 21st March 12.30pm
* Monday 22nd March 1.15pm
* Sunday 28th March 9.15am
* Monday 29th March 10.15am
* Tuesday 30th March 11.00am