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News at the Lapworth Museum

Iron nodule containing an exceptional fern fossil.

Lapworth Museum and BIFoR appear in STEM Dorado

2 July 2026

Alice Roberts crouching down next to a model of a dinosaur, surrounded by foliage

Garden of Evolution wins best in show at BBC Gardeners’ World Live

18 June 2026

Alice Roberts standing on an ornate bridge

Alice Roberts creates headline garden at BBC Gardeners’ World Live

14 April 2026

Vintage illustration of a long-necked plesiosaur under attack by a pliosaur.

International Women’s Day 2026

9 March 2026

Presenters Maddie and Cam stand in amazement in front of an Allosaurus skeleton.

BBC Live Lessons visit the Lapworth Museum

12 December 2025

A series of dinosaur fossils on a museum trolley.

Fun with Fossils: Using Museum Collections in the 21st Century

13 November 2025

J. D. Dixon stands, broom in hand, alongside a fossil sauropod trackway.

A Curator's Grand Day Out

14 October 2025

University students and researchers above a canyon in Utah.

Celebrating 125 Years of Palaeo Research and Education

3 June 2025

A woman in a pink jumper lifts a box from a shelf.

Museum volunteer provides personal perspective on Lapworth

8 May 2025

Silhouette of William, Frank, and Mary Buckland examining an array of fossils. Adapted from Gordon (1894).

International Women’s Day 2025

8 March 2025

The headline from the article.

The best museums and galleries in the UK – which don’t cost a penny

21 February 2025

Roary the Allosaurus in the centre of the Lapworth Museum.

Birmingham to Host Society of Vertebrate Paleontology’s 85th Annual Meeting

5 February 2025

Trackways in Carboniferous-aged sandstone from Alveley, Shropshire.

Carboniferous Curios: the Alveley Footprints

7 January 2025

Charles Lapworth photographed as a younger man.

Professor Charles Lapworth (1842–1920)

7 January 2025

Five scientists stood on the dinosaur highway fossil site.

Major new footprint discoveries on Britain’s ‘dinosaur highway’

2 January 2025

Spyway dinosaur footprints.

Walking with Dinosaurs in Dorset – The Spyway Sauropod Footprints

15 November 2024

Sketch of the head of Megalosaurus. Art by Andy Frazer.

Drawing dinosaurs back to life

8 November 2024

Students measuring the orbit length of dinosaurs.

Eye to eye with dinosaurs

1 November 2024

A woman next to a large outcrop of rock.

A 120-million-year-old mystery: what killed the Hypsilophodon?

25 October 2024

An Allosaurus skull.

Curating dinosaurs: an adventure 200 years in the making

18 October 2024

Artwork depicting the fossil jaw and reconstructed head of Megalosaurus. Art by Andy Frazer.

Bringing dinosaurs back to life: 200 years of research

11 October 2024

An image of the galleries as seen in the Virtual Museum.

Lapworth Virtual Museum: A New Era of Digital Exploration

3 October 2024

Two students operate a stall in the Museum for a Family Fun Day.

Curation and creation: the Lapworth Museum of Geology summer scholarship

13 September 2024

Students engage with the public at a Family Fun Day stall.

Reflections on a Lapworth Museum Scholarship

9 September 2024

A statue of the Fighting Dinosaurs in Mongolia.

Former undergraduate blog reaches Mongolia

9 September 2024

Two students stand in the Museum stores observing the vast amount of boxed material.

Getting behind-the-scenes at the Lapworth Museum

5 September 2024

A drawer displaying multiple Jurassic marine fossils.

Placement students unveil museum displays

28 August 2024

BCMG Young Composers at the Lapworth Museum of Geology

BCMG Young Composers at the Lapworth Museum of Geology

19 August 2024

Nummulitic limestone. Image by J. D. Dixon.

Museum team showcase micropalaeontological collection

13 August 2024

A series of fossil skulls on a table.

Family Fun with Ferocious Fauna

9 August 2024

A tour group in the Museum. Image by Janet Jordan.

Sutton Coldfield Local History Research Group visit the Museum

14 July 2024

Sauropods walking across a beach. Artwork by Mark Witton.

University staff describe dinosaur footprints

3 July 2024

The Aston Webb erratic boulder.

Erratic signage: 115 years on

12 June 2024

Part of a geologic map produced for D-Day overlain by images of Fred Shotton and a sunken military vehicle.

How did geology affect D-Day?

6 June 2024

Richard Butler and Jon Clatworthy admire Roary the Allosaurus skeleton in the Lapworth Museum galleries.

Lesser-known Birmingham attraction voted city's 'best hidden gem' and it's free

26 April 2024

Cartoon of a woman in Victorian attire carrying a parasol in front of a volcanic landscape.

International Women's Day 2024

8 March 2024

A tyrannosaur with a caliper measuring the eye. Artwork by Dr Stephan Lautenschlager.

New publication by palaeontology undergraduate students

23 January 2024

Amalia standing in front of the Rock Wall at the Lapworth Museum of Geology.

A Dream Project at the Lapworth Museum of Geology

4 January 2024

Both sides of a round gold-coloured medal from the Palaeontological Association

University Professor awarded major palaeontology prize

4 January 2024

Large machine delivered by a mini crane.

X-ray CT scanner will reveal secrets of ancient specimens

19 December 2023

A group of students undertake a geology lesson.

GCSE Geography Trip to Lapworth Museum

15 December 2023

The original fish skull fossil alongside scans and the final recreation.

Prehistoric fish fills 100 million year gap in evolution of the skull

20 September 2023

Roary the Allosaurus is visible through the main museum doors.

A fantastic three-course meal fit for a dinosaur!

16 March 2023

The Mary Anning Maquette has arrived at the Lapworth Museum of Geology. The photos show the installation and display being prepared by Aerona Moore.

Mary Anning Maquette at the Lapworth Museum

September 2022

The Aston Webb erratic boulder.

Mystery of missing Birmingham glacial boulders

19 October 2022

Lizzy presents the virtual Incredible Ichthyosaurs session.

Lapworth Museum at the Virtual Festival of Geology 2021

7 December 2021

A student examines a rock specimen with a magnifying glass.

Lapworth Museum – Free Resources for Schools and Educational Groups

26 October 2020

An Allosaurus skull cast, Velociraptor skull cast, and Deinonychus skull cast.

Funding Success for Lapworth Museum

10 August 2020

Roary the Allosaurus stands in the centre of the Museum galleries.

Museums and Wellbeing Project

28 January 2020

An actor portrays Mary Anning with nursery children.

Toddlers in the driving seat at the Lapworth Museum

22 January 2019

A Cabinet of Curiosities at the Lapworth Museum, featuring a galago skeleton in a woolly hat.

Lapworth Museum of Geology nominated for an award

22 October 2018

University of Leicester Students Nok, Weike and George in the Museum.

University of Leicester Placement Students 2018

14 August 2018

Shelves of fossil fish and minerals on display.

These are a few of our favorite things

4 May 2018

A photograph of Professor Tony Hallam.

Professor Tony Hallam (1933–2017)

26 October 2017

The Lapworth Museum galleries.

The Lapworth Museum of Geology has been named a runner-up in Art Fund Museum of the Year 2017

5 July 2017

A series of black minerals on display.

Lapworth Museum shows judges for Art Fund Museum of the Year that 'geology rocks'

13 June 2017

An Allosaurus skeleton hand and claws.

Lapworth Museum Of Geology Shortlisted For £100,000 Art Fund Museum of the Year 2017

27 April 2017

Two people wearing nitrile gloves clean museum minerals.

IMAC Award 2017 Winner at the Lapworth Museum

9 February 2017

Lapworth Museum secures Arts Council England funding

2 August 2016

Richard Butler explains the Museum’s dinosaur fossils to Professor Gong Ke of Nankai University.

President of Nankai University visits Museum

5 July 2016

The new Lapworth Museum galleries.

Perspective: the Lapworth and the magic of the natural world

4 July 2016

A scorpion in a glass jar on display.

Natural world comes to Birmingham in 2.7 million museum relaunch

20 June 2016

The new Lapworth Museum galleries.

Lapworth Museum to reopen

9 June 2016

Sandstone slab with fossil footprint.

New insights into footprint tracks

21 October 2015

A display of modern animals.

Lapworth redevelopment gathers pace with latest grant announcement

5 March 2015

A group of workers stand in the currently vacant interior of the Lapworth Museum of Geology.

Lapworth Museum Stones and Bones Exhibition

February 2015

A mineral gallery.

Rock and roll – Lapworth staff celebrate historic multimillion pound redevelopment grant

22 July 2014

Richard Butler.

The Conversation: How mass extinctions drove the evolution of dinosaurs

3 January 2014

Three volunteers work in the Archives.

Lapworth Museum wins heritage lottery grant and seeks volunteers to help shape its redevelopment

16 November 2012

University Geology Museum Designated Collection of Outstanding Importance

18 October 2008

Crowds fill the Lapworth Museum galleries.

Prehistory in Colour: A Lapworth Museum Exhibition

28 April 2007