Lapworth Museum of Geology
@lapworthmuseum.bsky.social
From dinosaurs to volcanoes, we engage all ages & backgrounds with 4.6 billion years of Earth history and evolution 🌋🦕
The enormous tusks of hippos are formed from the top incisors and lower canines. Commonly used for defense and attack, these grow continuously through the animal's life and are sharpened as they are ground together!
Image by Greg Milner.
#LapworthRocks #ToothyTuesday #museum #zoology #biology
Image by Greg Milner.
#LapworthRocks #ToothyTuesday #museum #zoology #biology
January 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM
The enormous tusks of hippos are formed from the top incisors and lower canines. Commonly used for defense and attack, these grow continuously through the animal's life and are sharpened as they are ground together!
Image by Greg Milner.
#LapworthRocks #ToothyTuesday #museum #zoology #biology
Image by Greg Milner.
#LapworthRocks #ToothyTuesday #museum #zoology #biology
Our next #LapworthLecture is in 1 week 📣
Join Professor Paul T. Nicholson for a talk on Ancient Egyptian animal burial sites in North Saqqara.
Open to everyone & free to attend 🌞
📅 Mon 12 Jan, 17:30
📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom 💻
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
Join Professor Paul T. Nicholson for a talk on Ancient Egyptian animal burial sites in North Saqqara.
Open to everyone & free to attend 🌞
📅 Mon 12 Jan, 17:30
📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom 💻
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
January 5, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Our next #LapworthLecture is in 1 week 📣
Join Professor Paul T. Nicholson for a talk on Ancient Egyptian animal burial sites in North Saqqara.
Open to everyone & free to attend 🌞
📅 Mon 12 Jan, 17:30
📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom 💻
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
Join Professor Paul T. Nicholson for a talk on Ancient Egyptian animal burial sites in North Saqqara.
Open to everyone & free to attend 🌞
📅 Mon 12 Jan, 17:30
📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom 💻
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
Our interactive exhibits in the Active Earth gallery are a great way to learn about structural geology, including different types of folds!
#FoldFriday #LapworthRocks #Geology #Museum #EarthScience #Geoscience #FamilyFun #FamilyDaysOut
#FoldFriday #LapworthRocks #Geology #Museum #EarthScience #Geoscience #FamilyFun #FamilyDaysOut
January 2, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Our interactive exhibits in the Active Earth gallery are a great way to learn about structural geology, including different types of folds!
#FoldFriday #LapworthRocks #Geology #Museum #EarthScience #Geoscience #FamilyFun #FamilyDaysOut
#FoldFriday #LapworthRocks #Geology #Museum #EarthScience #Geoscience #FamilyFun #FamilyDaysOut
Happy New Year from the Lapworth Museum! 🦖 We wish everyone all the best for 2026.
#HappyNewYear #2026 #LapworthRocks
#HappyNewYear #2026 #LapworthRocks
December 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Happy New Year from the Lapworth Museum! 🦖 We wish everyone all the best for 2026.
#HappyNewYear #2026 #LapworthRocks
#HappyNewYear #2026 #LapworthRocks
Merry Christmas from the Lapworth Museum! 🎄🦖
We hope you have a wonderful day filled with peace and joy. 🕊️
#LapworthRocks #Christmas #Dinosaur #Museum #Geology
We hope you have a wonderful day filled with peace and joy. 🕊️
#LapworthRocks #Christmas #Dinosaur #Museum #Geology
December 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Merry Christmas from the Lapworth Museum! 🎄🦖
We hope you have a wonderful day filled with peace and joy. 🕊️
#LapworthRocks #Christmas #Dinosaur #Museum #Geology
We hope you have a wonderful day filled with peace and joy. 🕊️
#LapworthRocks #Christmas #Dinosaur #Museum #Geology
This #trilobite fossil provides a snapshot of life in the West Midlands 428 million years ago 🌊
The area was covered by a warm, tropical sea, and this species, Calymene blumenbachii, nicknamed the Dudley bug, comes from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation of Dudley.
#TrilobiteTuesday
The area was covered by a warm, tropical sea, and this species, Calymene blumenbachii, nicknamed the Dudley bug, comes from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation of Dudley.
#TrilobiteTuesday
December 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This #trilobite fossil provides a snapshot of life in the West Midlands 428 million years ago 🌊
The area was covered by a warm, tropical sea, and this species, Calymene blumenbachii, nicknamed the Dudley bug, comes from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation of Dudley.
#TrilobiteTuesday
The area was covered by a warm, tropical sea, and this species, Calymene blumenbachii, nicknamed the Dudley bug, comes from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation of Dudley.
#TrilobiteTuesday
The Museum is closed for part of the Christmas & New Year period.
Tues 23 to Weds 24 Dec inclusive: Open
Thurs 25 to Sat 27 Dec inclusive: Closed
Sun 28 to Tues 30 Dec inclusive: Open
Weds 31 Dec & Thurs 1 Jan 2026: Closed
The Museum will be open as normal on Fri 2 Jan 2026.
Merry Christmas!
Tues 23 to Weds 24 Dec inclusive: Open
Thurs 25 to Sat 27 Dec inclusive: Closed
Sun 28 to Tues 30 Dec inclusive: Open
Weds 31 Dec & Thurs 1 Jan 2026: Closed
The Museum will be open as normal on Fri 2 Jan 2026.
Merry Christmas!
December 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The Museum is closed for part of the Christmas & New Year period.
Tues 23 to Weds 24 Dec inclusive: Open
Thurs 25 to Sat 27 Dec inclusive: Closed
Sun 28 to Tues 30 Dec inclusive: Open
Weds 31 Dec & Thurs 1 Jan 2026: Closed
The Museum will be open as normal on Fri 2 Jan 2026.
Merry Christmas!
Tues 23 to Weds 24 Dec inclusive: Open
Thurs 25 to Sat 27 Dec inclusive: Closed
Sun 28 to Tues 30 Dec inclusive: Open
Weds 31 Dec & Thurs 1 Jan 2026: Closed
The Museum will be open as normal on Fri 2 Jan 2026.
Merry Christmas!
We are so excited to announce Matt Hobs will be back at the Museum with his hit live comedy show 100% Badgers!
Limited early bird tickets are on sale - grab yours now!
📅 Thurs 26 Feb 2026
📌 Live at the Lapworth Museum
comedy-night-matt-ho...
#LapworthRocks #LiveComedy #Comedy #Badgers
Limited early bird tickets are on sale - grab yours now!
📅 Thurs 26 Feb 2026
📌 Live at the Lapworth Museum
comedy-night-matt-ho...
#LapworthRocks #LiveComedy #Comedy #Badgers
December 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
We are so excited to announce Matt Hobs will be back at the Museum with his hit live comedy show 100% Badgers!
Limited early bird tickets are on sale - grab yours now!
📅 Thurs 26 Feb 2026
📌 Live at the Lapworth Museum
comedy-night-matt-ho...
#LapworthRocks #LiveComedy #Comedy #Badgers
Limited early bird tickets are on sale - grab yours now!
📅 Thurs 26 Feb 2026
📌 Live at the Lapworth Museum
comedy-night-matt-ho...
#LapworthRocks #LiveComedy #Comedy #Badgers
Our first #LapworthLecture of 2026 will be presented by Professor Paul T. Nicholson (Cardiff University) on Ancient Egyptian animal burial sites.
📅 Monday 12 January, 17:30
Open to everyone and free to attend in-person and on Zoom.
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
#LapworthRocks
📅 Monday 12 January, 17:30
Open to everyone and free to attend in-person and on Zoom.
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
#LapworthRocks
December 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Our first #LapworthLecture of 2026 will be presented by Professor Paul T. Nicholson (Cardiff University) on Ancient Egyptian animal burial sites.
📅 Monday 12 January, 17:30
Open to everyone and free to attend in-person and on Zoom.
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
#LapworthRocks
📅 Monday 12 January, 17:30
Open to everyone and free to attend in-person and on Zoom.
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
#LapworthRocks
Throwback to the Sekine Quartet playing at the Museum in October!
Did you know we have an Instagram account dedicated solely to our exciting Museum events? Follow: www.instagram.com/la...
Photo by Greg Milner
#LapworthRocks #ThrowbackThursday #SekineQuartet #LapworthEvents #MuseumEvents #Quartet
Did you know we have an Instagram account dedicated solely to our exciting Museum events? Follow: www.instagram.com/la...
Photo by Greg Milner
#LapworthRocks #ThrowbackThursday #SekineQuartet #LapworthEvents #MuseumEvents #Quartet
December 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Throwback to the Sekine Quartet playing at the Museum in October!
Did you know we have an Instagram account dedicated solely to our exciting Museum events? Follow: www.instagram.com/la...
Photo by Greg Milner
#LapworthRocks #ThrowbackThursday #SekineQuartet #LapworthEvents #MuseumEvents #Quartet
Did you know we have an Instagram account dedicated solely to our exciting Museum events? Follow: www.instagram.com/la...
Photo by Greg Milner
#LapworthRocks #ThrowbackThursday #SekineQuartet #LapworthEvents #MuseumEvents #Quartet
You can watch the full episode of Live Lessons - Walking With Dinosaurs right now! Doesn’t the Museum look great!
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
December 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
You can watch the full episode of Live Lessons - Walking With Dinosaurs right now! Doesn’t the Museum look great!
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
This mineral specimen is galena with calcite and milky quartz and comes from our Robert Jasper More collection. More collected minerals from the old lead mines of South Shropshire.
#MineralMonday #LapworthRocks #Minerals #Mineral #Crystals #Crystal #Geology #Museum #Mining
#MineralMonday #LapworthRocks #Minerals #Mineral #Crystals #Crystal #Geology #Museum #Mining
December 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This mineral specimen is galena with calcite and milky quartz and comes from our Robert Jasper More collection. More collected minerals from the old lead mines of South Shropshire.
#MineralMonday #LapworthRocks #Minerals #Mineral #Crystals #Crystal #Geology #Museum #Mining
#MineralMonday #LapworthRocks #Minerals #Mineral #Crystals #Crystal #Geology #Museum #Mining
Look at this stunning diverse assemblage of fauna found in the Wenlock Limestone! What fossils can you spot?
#FossilFriday #LapworthRocks #Fossils #Fossil #Geology #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Museum
#FossilFriday #LapworthRocks #Fossils #Fossil #Geology #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Museum
December 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Look at this stunning diverse assemblage of fauna found in the Wenlock Limestone! What fossils can you spot?
#FossilFriday #LapworthRocks #Fossils #Fossil #Geology #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Museum
#FossilFriday #LapworthRocks #Fossils #Fossil #Geology #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Museum
This striking rock is none other than obsidian, which forms when lava cools rapidly with high silica content. This results in no crystals forming, giving obsidian its characteristic glassy appearance.
#TectonicTuesday #LapworthRocks #Obsidian #Volcanic #Volcano #Tectonic #Igneous #Geology #Museum
#TectonicTuesday #LapworthRocks #Obsidian #Volcanic #Volcano #Tectonic #Igneous #Geology #Museum
December 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This striking rock is none other than obsidian, which forms when lava cools rapidly with high silica content. This results in no crystals forming, giving obsidian its characteristic glassy appearance.
#TectonicTuesday #LapworthRocks #Obsidian #Volcanic #Volcano #Tectonic #Igneous #Geology #Museum
#TectonicTuesday #LapworthRocks #Obsidian #Volcanic #Volcano #Tectonic #Igneous #Geology #Museum
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#FossilFriday Ichniotherium willisi, tracks likely made by a stem-amniote diadectomorph, from the Permian of Shropshire, UK #LapworthRocks @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
#FossilFriday Ichniotherium willisi, tracks likely made by a stem-amniote diadectomorph, from the Permian of Shropshire, UK #LapworthRocks @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social
This thin section image shows augite in a dolerite specimen from Auvergne, France. Augite is a common mineral in mafic igneous rocks.
#ThinSectionThursday #LapworthRocks #Museum #Geology #Minerals #Mineral #Crystals #Crystal #Rocks #Igneous
#ThinSectionThursday #LapworthRocks #Museum #Geology #Minerals #Mineral #Crystals #Crystal #Rocks #Igneous
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This thin section image shows augite in a dolerite specimen from Auvergne, France. Augite is a common mineral in mafic igneous rocks.
#ThinSectionThursday #LapworthRocks #Museum #Geology #Minerals #Mineral #Crystals #Crystal #Rocks #Igneous
#ThinSectionThursday #LapworthRocks #Museum #Geology #Minerals #Mineral #Crystals #Crystal #Rocks #Igneous
Catch a familiar face on your TV screens! We recently hosted #CBBC for a #WalkingWithDinosaurs special of #LiveLessons presented by Maddie Moate (Blue Peter) & Cam Whitnall (One Zoo Three). Don’t miss the new episode on Mon 15 Dec 2025 at 11:00 on CBBC.
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/live-l...
#LapworthRocks
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/live-l...
#LapworthRocks
December 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Catch a familiar face on your TV screens! We recently hosted #CBBC for a #WalkingWithDinosaurs special of #LiveLessons presented by Maddie Moate (Blue Peter) & Cam Whitnall (One Zoo Three). Don’t miss the new episode on Mon 15 Dec 2025 at 11:00 on CBBC.
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/live-l...
#LapworthRocks
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/live-l...
#LapworthRocks
Reposted by Lapworth Museum of Geology
No. I don’t just draw dinosaurs! These illustrations were commissioned for the Feeding Without Jaws Exhibition at @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social Check out their website - www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/feedi... - for more details of the exhibition, which runs until the end of February. (1/4)
November 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
No. I don’t just draw dinosaurs! These illustrations were commissioned for the Feeding Without Jaws Exhibition at @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social Check out their website - www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/feedi... - for more details of the exhibition, which runs until the end of February. (1/4)
Happy December, and happy Mollusc Monday! Did you know that in English folklore ammonites were called snakeshells due to their coiled shells?
Image by Greg Milner.
#MolluscMonday #LapworthRocks #Mollusc #Ammonite #Fossil #Fossils #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Museum #Geology
Image by Greg Milner.
#MolluscMonday #LapworthRocks #Mollusc #Ammonite #Fossil #Fossils #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Museum #Geology
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Happy December, and happy Mollusc Monday! Did you know that in English folklore ammonites were called snakeshells due to their coiled shells?
Image by Greg Milner.
#MolluscMonday #LapworthRocks #Mollusc #Ammonite #Fossil #Fossils #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Museum #Geology
Image by Greg Milner.
#MolluscMonday #LapworthRocks #Mollusc #Ammonite #Fossil #Fossils #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Museum #Geology
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Check out Andy’s excellent reconstructions of jawless fish for our latest exhibition @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social!
No. I don’t just draw dinosaurs! These illustrations were commissioned for the Feeding Without Jaws Exhibition at @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social Check out their website - www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/feedi... - for more details of the exhibition, which runs until the end of February. (1/4)
November 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Check out Andy’s excellent reconstructions of jawless fish for our latest exhibition @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social!
Why not start off your December with an interesting FREE lecture by Prof. Antony Morris?
Antony will explore seafloor spreading through grain-scale studies of oceanic crustal rocks.
🌊 Mon 1 Dec, 17:30
💻 Live at Uni of Bham and/or Zoom
🌞 Open to all
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
Antony will explore seafloor spreading through grain-scale studies of oceanic crustal rocks.
🌊 Mon 1 Dec, 17:30
💻 Live at Uni of Bham and/or Zoom
🌞 Open to all
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
November 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Why not start off your December with an interesting FREE lecture by Prof. Antony Morris?
Antony will explore seafloor spreading through grain-scale studies of oceanic crustal rocks.
🌊 Mon 1 Dec, 17:30
💻 Live at Uni of Bham and/or Zoom
🌞 Open to all
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
Antony will explore seafloor spreading through grain-scale studies of oceanic crustal rocks.
🌊 Mon 1 Dec, 17:30
💻 Live at Uni of Bham and/or Zoom
🌞 Open to all
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
Did you know the #Museum has a collection of Quaternary beetles from Worcestershire? Did you also know that these were analysed by G. Russell Coope, internationally famous for his work reconstructing ancient climates using these very #fossils?
Image by Greg Milner.
#LapworthRocks #FossilFriday
Image by Greg Milner.
#LapworthRocks #FossilFriday
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Did you know the #Museum has a collection of Quaternary beetles from Worcestershire? Did you also know that these were analysed by G. Russell Coope, internationally famous for his work reconstructing ancient climates using these very #fossils?
Image by Greg Milner.
#LapworthRocks #FossilFriday
Image by Greg Milner.
#LapworthRocks #FossilFriday
Want to learn more about how the Earth's seafloor is spreading, creating part of our planet's crust?
Join us for Prof. Antony Morris' Lapworth Lecture next Mon 1st Dec, live on campus and on Zoom for remote viewers.
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
#LapworthLecture #LapworthRocks
Join us for Prof. Antony Morris' Lapworth Lecture next Mon 1st Dec, live on campus and on Zoom for remote viewers.
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
#LapworthLecture #LapworthRocks
November 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Want to learn more about how the Earth's seafloor is spreading, creating part of our planet's crust?
Join us for Prof. Antony Morris' Lapworth Lecture next Mon 1st Dec, live on campus and on Zoom for remote viewers.
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
#LapworthLecture #LapworthRocks
Join us for Prof. Antony Morris' Lapworth Lecture next Mon 1st Dec, live on campus and on Zoom for remote viewers.
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
#LapworthLecture #LapworthRocks
Our next Lapworth Lecture is on Mon 1st Dec with Prof. Antony Morris, exploring seafloor spreading through grain-scale observations of oceanic crustal rocks.
Open to everyone, free to attend.
📌 WG5, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/lapwo...
Open to everyone, free to attend.
📌 WG5, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/lapwo...
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Our next Lapworth Lecture is on Mon 1st Dec with Prof. Antony Morris, exploring seafloor spreading through grain-scale observations of oceanic crustal rocks.
Open to everyone, free to attend.
📌 WG5, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/lapwo...
Open to everyone, free to attend.
📌 WG5, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/lapwo...
Once figured in Harry Blackmore Whittington's book Trilobites, this is a stunning example of the #Silurian fossil Dalmanites myops!
Image by Greg Milner.
#LapworthRocks #TrilobiteTuesday #museum #geology #geologyrocks #palaeontology #paleontology #palaeo #paleo #fossils #minerals #trilobites
Image by Greg Milner.
#LapworthRocks #TrilobiteTuesday #museum #geology #geologyrocks #palaeontology #paleontology #palaeo #paleo #fossils #minerals #trilobites
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Once figured in Harry Blackmore Whittington's book Trilobites, this is a stunning example of the #Silurian fossil Dalmanites myops!
Image by Greg Milner.
#LapworthRocks #TrilobiteTuesday #museum #geology #geologyrocks #palaeontology #paleontology #palaeo #paleo #fossils #minerals #trilobites
Image by Greg Milner.
#LapworthRocks #TrilobiteTuesday #museum #geology #geologyrocks #palaeontology #paleontology #palaeo #paleo #fossils #minerals #trilobites