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Geology and biology collections @YorkMuseumTrust, stretching from 4.5 billion years old to the present day! See what we get up to...

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Joined May 2014
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Happy (belated) birthday to Charles Darwin, the naturalist and geologist who forever changed our understanding of the natural world!🌍 Here's an 1859 letter from Darwin to geologist John Phillips on his upcoming book 'On the Origin of Species', from the @morethanadodo Archives!
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September 12th 2014, ten years ago today, was the very first day of the very first Yorkshire Fossil Festival. Dr Lucy McCobb of @AmgueddfaCymru reported on the inaugural Festival for @ThePalAss. You can read it here: palass.org/outreach/yorkshir… #ThrowbackThursday
Schools day at the first Yorkshire Fossil Festival, September 12th 2014.

ALT Schools day at the first Yorkshire Fossil Festival, September 12th 2014.

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Hi, I’m Giles Miller, Principal curator in charge of Invertebrates and Plant Palaeobiology. 2024 marks my 30th year working in curation at the Museum so I have put together my top five tips for anyone starting a career as a curator. naturalhistorymuseum.blog/20…
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Thanks to all who attended our AGM yesterday, it was brilliant to see so many people! Thanks also to our guest speaker Dr Karen Hanghøj, and our poster presenters! We hope you all made it back home safely!
Image from Yorkshire Geological Society (@yorksgeolsoc)
Image from Yorkshire Geological Society (@yorksgeolsoc)
Image from Yorkshire Geological Society (@yorksgeolsoc)
Image from Yorkshire Geological Society (@yorksgeolsoc)
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Today I finally got to visit the excellent Mary Anning exhibition @yorkshiremuseum! It was so great to see the display of fossils found by my group of first-time fossil hunters!
Image from Dr Rebecca Bennion (@CalymeneBlue)
Image from Dr Rebecca Bennion (@CalymeneBlue)
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Exhibition Announcement!🎉 Opening 14 July, our family friendly exhibition ‘Mary Anning Rocks’, will celebrate the renowned palaeontologist! Learn all about Anning alongside a statuette of the fossil hunter, on loan from @MaryAnningRocks. Find out more: yorkshiremuseum.org.uk/exhib…
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Today I had a fantastic time leading a fossil walk for a women's support group as part of @yorkshiremuseum's Mary Anning exhibit! Providing fossil hunting opportunities for people who don't normally have them is a brilliant way to honour her legacy!
Image from Dr Rebecca Bennion (@CalymeneBlue)
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In 2022 @YorkshireMuseum acquired the entomological collection of Joyce Payne, a Yorkshire Naturalist. / #InsectWeek #InsectWeek23
Joyce Payne in a black-and-white photograph. She is wearing a summer dress with a floral print and holding an entomological sweep net whilst stood on a large boulder in the middle of a river. Other boulders are nearby. Image from: https://www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/blog/meet-joyce-payne-a-yorkshire-naturalist/

ALT Joyce Payne in a black-and-white photograph. She is wearing a summer dress with a floral print and holding an entomological sweep net whilst stood on a large boulder in the middle of a river. Other boulders are nearby. Image from: https://www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/blog/meet-joyce-payne-a-yorkshire-naturalist/

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200 years of history meets 200 million years of prehistory. What better place to host this year's Yorkshire Fossil Festival than the wonderful @WhitbyMuseum: thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/lo…?
Whitby To Host This Year's Yorkshire Fossil Festival

Whitby To Host This Year's Yorkshire Fossil Festival

The festival returns in June this year and will be centred around the Whitby Museum, which celebrates its 200th birthday this year.

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Happy Birthday to Alfred Russel Wallace, who despite not having the financial advantages Darwin had, independently discovered natural selection and laid the foundation for biogeography. He was also a supporter of women’s suffrage.
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Fossils in t'hills@FossilsH6 Jan 2023
Today is Epiphany! You may have heard of the star of Bethlehem, but what about the shooting star of Middleborough? This meteorite fell to earth in 1881, crash landing into a railway embankment. It left no crater, just a 30cm deep hole with a steaming space rock at the bottom.
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Ooh here she comes… she’s an 🐜🐜👩‍🍳
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To mark the 200 year anniversary of the foundation of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, we have a new display! In 1828 the society was given the site of St Mary’s Abbey & built our museum in 1830. It showcases some of the 1st objects donated to our collection between 1822-24.
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🦋Recently we acquired some lovely butterfly and moth specimens. This is the collection of Joyce Payne (1923-2020), who had a long and full life, dedicated to these animals and left an indelible legacy for biology in #Yorkshire. Learn more in our blog: yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/blog…
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Image from Yorkshire Museum (@YorkshireMuseum)
Image from Yorkshire Museum (@YorkshireMuseum)
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🚨🚨 Tomorrow is the deadline to get in touch if you'd like to join us on the FABULOUS Geological Curators Group committee 🚨🚨 We're fun, friendly, and need you 😉 You don't have to be a curator! You'll find all role descriptions and how to apply here: geocurator.org/committee/146…
Two fossils and a rock

ALT Two fossils and a rock

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MyOutdoors@MyOutdoors2 Nov 2022
Magnetic north, true north and grid north align over Great Britain for the first time in history via @OrdnanceSurvey bit.ly/3FBfciA
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I have been thinking about rocks a lot today
“The Monument to the Unknown Bureaucrat” by Magnus Thomasson, Reykjavik

ALT “The Monument to the Unknown Bureaucrat” by Magnus Thomasson, Reykjavik

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Coming to @scarboroughspa - and the streets of #Scarborough - over the weekend of Sat 17th & Sun 18th September, the fab, FREE, and fully fossiliferous 2022 Yorkshire Fossil Festival! #YorksFossilFest22
Flyer for the 2022 Yorkshire Fossil Festival, featuring Baxter the T. rex and a giant ammonite!

ALT Flyer for the 2022 Yorkshire Fossil Festival, featuring Baxter the T. rex and a giant ammonite!

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We're delighted to announce that we have four fabulous speakers coming to this year's Yorkshire Fossil Festival: gazetteherald.co.uk/news/205…
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We want to hear from you about your priorities for how we support the UK’s rich and diverse #heritage! We’re working towards an ambitious new vision. Be part of shaping it and #HaveYourSay 👉 heritagefund.org.uk/have-you… #HeritagePeoplePlaces
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