Fossiliam: Dr Liam Herringshaw
Fall into fossils this autumn, with my busy programme of activities! Saturday 7th October, York York Unlocked at the YPS Lodge, York Museum Gardens, 10-12pm and 2-4pm. As part of the York Unlocked weekend, we’ll be opening up the lodge to visitors, and showing off some Yorkshire fossils. It’s free, and everyone is welcome. You are also welcome to bring...
Banish the grey fear with a prehistoric pedicure! This summer, at Kirkleatham Museum, the Lemon Tops & Lobster Pots exhibition is celebrating the Redcar & Cleveland seaside. I’ve curated the geology display, and I’ve made Gryphaea arcuata – the devil’s toenail – star of the show. The fossils are always grey, though, so on Wednesday August 9th and 23rd I’m...
She never visited the county during her lifetime but finally, on #FossilFriday July 14th 2023, Mary Anning will arrive in Yorkshire, as the maquette of her wonderful Lyme Regis statue comes to the Yorkshire Museum for a two-month stay. I can’t tell you how pleased I am that Mary is coming to York. She’d have loved fossiling on the Yorkshire...
What did you miss? Don’t panic! There’s plenty more to come! If you missed – or perhaps you’re just missing – the 2023 Yorkshire Fossil Festival in Whitby, what can you do to bring the fossil-feelgood-factor back before our next festival? Here are some ideas: Come back to Whitby Museum! Celebrating its bicentenary this year, the wonderful Whitby Museum is...
Last month, I led a #FossilFriday event at Redcar Palace, taking people out onto the beach to hunt for fossils in the shingle, and bringing the specimens back to the Palace to discuss, describe, and draw. It was a fantastic day, and we’re going to do it again soon. I am now telling anyone who’ll listen that Redcar is a...
