Opening just in time for April Fools’ Day, the Geological Society Library’s latest exhibition ‘The Lying Stones of Johann Beringer’ tells the story of one of geology’s earliest recorded practical jokes. Continue reading
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The man who split the dinosaurs in two
A guest post from the Sedgwick Museum’s Douglas Palmer The lecture was titled ‘On the Classification of the Fossil Animals Commonly Named Dinosaurs’ and it was given in 1887 by Harry Govier Seeley, Professor of Geology at King’s College, London. Seeley argued that the ‘terrible lizards’, which were becoming increasingly popular at the time, could … Continue reading
Door 24: Christmas greetings from the geoadvent blog team!
The UK’s geological museums and collections
Everyone has heard of the Natural History Museum – but did you know there are more than 250 geological collections across the UK? Continue reading
Sir David Attenborough launches the year of William Smith
Monday 23rd was the birthday of William Smith – ‘father of English Geology’ and creator of the world’s first nationwide geological map. It was also a special day at the Geological Society – the launch of the year long celebrations of the 200th anniversary of Smith’s 1815 geological map … Continue reading
Door 24: We wish you a Merry (Mary Anning) Christmas
Door 14: Ghosts of the Museum – the music of snails…
Door 10: Ghosts of the Museum – extra content 2
Door 5: Ghosts of the Museum – extra content
