Geology

Important Announcement

Friday 22 September 2023, The Victorian Hall will also be closed all day for a private function. The Fine Foundation Dorset Story Space, next the the Thomas Hardy's Dorset Gallery will also be closed for an hour around Midday.

Pliosaur

July 20, 2023

The News on Ancient Sea Reptiles | Dr Darren Naish

In this talk, Darren looks at how our ideas on ancient sea reptiles have changed, what ancient sea reptiles were like as living animals, and on what we still hope to discover.

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November 4, 2022

Dating the Cerne Abbas Giant | Martin Papworth

In March 2020, in the final week before Covid lockdown, the National Trust excavated four small trenches across the feet and elbows of the Cerne Abbas Giant.

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Plants

October 13, 2022

The Secret Lives of Plants | Professor Jonathan Drori

In this copiously illustrated talk, Jonathan Drori brings to life the science, history, culture and folklore of plants by revealing how their worlds are intricately entwined with our own.

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The Fossil Women

January 7, 2022

Mary Anning, the fossil woman

Join Tom Sharpe, formerly Curator of Palaeontology and Archives at the National Museum of Wales, and author of ‘The Fossil Woman: A life of Mary Anning’, to examine what we know of the life of this extraordinary woman.

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