Lapworth Museum of Geology
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Feeding Without Jaws opens this Wednesday!
Our temporary #exhibition tells the immersive story of our ancestors, jawless fish. Find out about why these ancient fish have fascinated palaeontologists, & what new discoveries have been made about them.
www.birmingham.ac.uk...
#LapworthRocks
Our temporary #exhibition tells the immersive story of our ancestors, jawless fish. Find out about why these ancient fish have fascinated palaeontologists, & what new discoveries have been made about them.
www.birmingham.ac.uk...
#LapworthRocks
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Feeding Without Jaws opens this Wednesday!
Our temporary #exhibition tells the immersive story of our ancestors, jawless fish. Find out about why these ancient fish have fascinated palaeontologists, & what new discoveries have been made about them.
www.birmingham.ac.uk...
#LapworthRocks
Our temporary #exhibition tells the immersive story of our ancestors, jawless fish. Find out about why these ancient fish have fascinated palaeontologists, & what new discoveries have been made about them.
www.birmingham.ac.uk...
#LapworthRocks
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Something fishy!
I had the privilege of creating a number of illustrations for this new exhibition under the expert guidance of @nitroshutter.bsky.social and his colleagues at Birmingham University. It runs from November 12th to February 28th. I’ll be visiting, and hope you will too!
I had the privilege of creating a number of illustrations for this new exhibition under the expert guidance of @nitroshutter.bsky.social and his colleagues at Birmingham University. It runs from November 12th to February 28th. I’ll be visiting, and hope you will too!
Grab your snorkels and dive back in time with us - our new temporary #exhibition Feeding Without Jaws opens on Weds 12 Nov. The exhibition explores cutting-edge palaeontological research on the lives of unusual ancient fishes.
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/feedi...
#LapworthRocks
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/feedi...
#LapworthRocks
November 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Something fishy!
I had the privilege of creating a number of illustrations for this new exhibition under the expert guidance of @nitroshutter.bsky.social and his colleagues at Birmingham University. It runs from November 12th to February 28th. I’ll be visiting, and hope you will too!
I had the privilege of creating a number of illustrations for this new exhibition under the expert guidance of @nitroshutter.bsky.social and his colleagues at Birmingham University. It runs from November 12th to February 28th. I’ll be visiting, and hope you will too!
A reminder that the Museum is closed tomorrow (Friday 7th November 2025).
We will resume normal opening hours on Saturday 8th November.
We will resume normal opening hours on Saturday 8th November.
November 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A reminder that the Museum is closed tomorrow (Friday 7th November 2025).
We will resume normal opening hours on Saturday 8th November.
We will resume normal opening hours on Saturday 8th November.
James Lomax (1857–1934) was born in Lancashire. He followed his father as a colliery manager before the #plant #fossils of the Coal Measures piqued his curiosity. Lomax was interested in #microscopy and, with his own son, manufactured thin sections for #palaeobotanists.
Image by Greg Milner.
Image by Greg Milner.
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
James Lomax (1857–1934) was born in Lancashire. He followed his father as a colliery manager before the #plant #fossils of the Coal Measures piqued his curiosity. Lomax was interested in #microscopy and, with his own son, manufactured thin sections for #palaeobotanists.
Image by Greg Milner.
Image by Greg Milner.
A reminder that the Museum is closed this Friday 7th November.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Normal opening hours will resume on Saturday 8th November.
Thank you for your understanding!
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Normal opening hours will resume on Saturday 8th November.
Thank you for your understanding!
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A reminder that the Museum is closed this Friday 7th November.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Normal opening hours will resume on Saturday 8th November.
Thank you for your understanding!
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Normal opening hours will resume on Saturday 8th November.
Thank you for your understanding!
Grab your snorkels and dive back in time with us - our new temporary #exhibition Feeding Without Jaws opens on Weds 12 Nov. The exhibition explores cutting-edge palaeontological research on the lives of unusual ancient fishes.
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/feedi...
#LapworthRocks
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/feedi...
#LapworthRocks
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Grab your snorkels and dive back in time with us - our new temporary #exhibition Feeding Without Jaws opens on Weds 12 Nov. The exhibition explores cutting-edge palaeontological research on the lives of unusual ancient fishes.
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/feedi...
#LapworthRocks
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/feedi...
#LapworthRocks
Psilomelane is a group of hard manganese oxide #minerals, erroneously known as 'black haematite' despite having no relation to true haematite!
Image by Greg Milner.
#MineralMonday #LapworthRocks #geologyrocks #geology #museum
Image by Greg Milner.
#MineralMonday #LapworthRocks #geologyrocks #geology #museum
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Psilomelane is a group of hard manganese oxide #minerals, erroneously known as 'black haematite' despite having no relation to true haematite!
Image by Greg Milner.
#MineralMonday #LapworthRocks #geologyrocks #geology #museum
Image by Greg Milner.
#MineralMonday #LapworthRocks #geologyrocks #geology #museum
How does peatland restoration affect microbes and carbon dynamics in upland blanket bogs?
Delve into the world of mighty microbes with Alice Whittle @acwhittle.bsky.social at our next Lapworth Lecture on Mon 24 Nov, available on campus and on Zoom.
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/lapwo...
Delve into the world of mighty microbes with Alice Whittle @acwhittle.bsky.social at our next Lapworth Lecture on Mon 24 Nov, available on campus and on Zoom.
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/lapwo...
October 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
How does peatland restoration affect microbes and carbon dynamics in upland blanket bogs?
Delve into the world of mighty microbes with Alice Whittle @acwhittle.bsky.social at our next Lapworth Lecture on Mon 24 Nov, available on campus and on Zoom.
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/lapwo...
Delve into the world of mighty microbes with Alice Whittle @acwhittle.bsky.social at our next Lapworth Lecture on Mon 24 Nov, available on campus and on Zoom.
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/lapwo...
There are over 20, 000 species of trilobite - all in different shapes and sizes! Trilobites are among the most successful early animals, living in oceans for almost 300 million years, before becoming extinct at the end of the Permian.
Image by Greg Milner.
#TrilobiteTuesday #LapworthRocks
Image by Greg Milner.
#TrilobiteTuesday #LapworthRocks
October 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
There are over 20, 000 species of trilobite - all in different shapes and sizes! Trilobites are among the most successful early animals, living in oceans for almost 300 million years, before becoming extinct at the end of the Permian.
Image by Greg Milner.
#TrilobiteTuesday #LapworthRocks
Image by Greg Milner.
#TrilobiteTuesday #LapworthRocks
As Halloween is in one week's time, we thought it would be fitting to share this image of a brown long-eared bat specimen!
Its uses hearing to hunt rather than echolocation, capable of hearing the movements of prey such as moths, beetles, flies, and spiders.
Image by Greg Milner.
#LapworthRocks
Its uses hearing to hunt rather than echolocation, capable of hearing the movements of prey such as moths, beetles, flies, and spiders.
Image by Greg Milner.
#LapworthRocks
October 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
As Halloween is in one week's time, we thought it would be fitting to share this image of a brown long-eared bat specimen!
Its uses hearing to hunt rather than echolocation, capable of hearing the movements of prey such as moths, beetles, flies, and spiders.
Image by Greg Milner.
#LapworthRocks
Its uses hearing to hunt rather than echolocation, capable of hearing the movements of prey such as moths, beetles, flies, and spiders.
Image by Greg Milner.
#LapworthRocks
Join us for our first #LapworthLecture of the autumn next Mon 27th Oct!
With Dr Daniel Villar on the importance of fieldwork for macroecology and macroevolution.
🕠 17:30
📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, University of Birmingham or Zoom
For more info and Zoom registration: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
With Dr Daniel Villar on the importance of fieldwork for macroecology and macroevolution.
🕠 17:30
📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, University of Birmingham or Zoom
For more info and Zoom registration: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
October 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Join us for our first #LapworthLecture of the autumn next Mon 27th Oct!
With Dr Daniel Villar on the importance of fieldwork for macroecology and macroevolution.
🕠 17:30
📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, University of Birmingham or Zoom
For more info and Zoom registration: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
With Dr Daniel Villar on the importance of fieldwork for macroecology and macroevolution.
🕠 17:30
📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, University of Birmingham or Zoom
For more info and Zoom registration: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
Pikes are known for their sharp teeth, but did you know they can grow over a metre in length? This specimen is from Humphrey's Odontological Collection.
Image by Greg Milner.
#ToothyTuesday #LapworthRocks #teeth #pike #fossil #fossils #palaeo #paleo #palaeontology #paleontology #geology #museum
Image by Greg Milner.
#ToothyTuesday #LapworthRocks #teeth #pike #fossil #fossils #palaeo #paleo #palaeontology #paleontology #geology #museum
October 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Pikes are known for their sharp teeth, but did you know they can grow over a metre in length? This specimen is from Humphrey's Odontological Collection.
Image by Greg Milner.
#ToothyTuesday #LapworthRocks #teeth #pike #fossil #fossils #palaeo #paleo #palaeontology #paleontology #geology #museum
Image by Greg Milner.
#ToothyTuesday #LapworthRocks #teeth #pike #fossil #fossils #palaeo #paleo #palaeontology #paleontology #geology #museum
This mammoth tusk fossil has an interesting backstory of how it was found: in a fishing net above Doggerland, an area of land now submerged under the southern North Sea!
Image by Greg Milner.
#FossilFriday #LapworthRocks #fossils #fossil #palaeontology #mammoth #IceAge #geology #museum
Image by Greg Milner.
#FossilFriday #LapworthRocks #fossils #fossil #palaeontology #mammoth #IceAge #geology #museum
October 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This mammoth tusk fossil has an interesting backstory of how it was found: in a fishing net above Doggerland, an area of land now submerged under the southern North Sea!
Image by Greg Milner.
#FossilFriday #LapworthRocks #fossils #fossil #palaeontology #mammoth #IceAge #geology #museum
Image by Greg Milner.
#FossilFriday #LapworthRocks #fossils #fossil #palaeontology #mammoth #IceAge #geology #museum
Did you know we have a string quartet performing at the Museum?
Next Thurs 23 Oct, the Sekine Quartet will play a tribute to the best of #Bollywood music.
Celebrate #Diwali season with us and book your tickets!
bollywood-sekine-lapworth.eventbrite.co.uk?aff=bluesky
#StringQuartet #LiveMusic
Next Thurs 23 Oct, the Sekine Quartet will play a tribute to the best of #Bollywood music.
Celebrate #Diwali season with us and book your tickets!
bollywood-sekine-lapworth.eventbrite.co.uk?aff=bluesky
#StringQuartet #LiveMusic
October 17, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Did you know we have a string quartet performing at the Museum?
Next Thurs 23 Oct, the Sekine Quartet will play a tribute to the best of #Bollywood music.
Celebrate #Diwali season with us and book your tickets!
bollywood-sekine-lapworth.eventbrite.co.uk?aff=bluesky
#StringQuartet #LiveMusic
Next Thurs 23 Oct, the Sekine Quartet will play a tribute to the best of #Bollywood music.
Celebrate #Diwali season with us and book your tickets!
bollywood-sekine-lapworth.eventbrite.co.uk?aff=bluesky
#StringQuartet #LiveMusic
We have plenty of events on this autumn at the Museum, including movie nights, musical performances, quiz nights and more!
Head over to our Linktree for more information and booking: linktr.ee/lapwortheven...
#LapworthRocks #LapworthEvents #MuseumEvents #BirminghamEvents #Dinosaur #Museum #Geology
Head over to our Linktree for more information and booking: linktr.ee/lapwortheven...
#LapworthRocks #LapworthEvents #MuseumEvents #BirminghamEvents #Dinosaur #Museum #Geology
October 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We have plenty of events on this autumn at the Museum, including movie nights, musical performances, quiz nights and more!
Head over to our Linktree for more information and booking: linktr.ee/lapwortheven...
#LapworthRocks #LapworthEvents #MuseumEvents #BirminghamEvents #Dinosaur #Museum #Geology
Head over to our Linktree for more information and booking: linktr.ee/lapwortheven...
#LapworthRocks #LapworthEvents #MuseumEvents #BirminghamEvents #Dinosaur #Museum #Geology
Our Assistant Curator recently spent a day at the internationally important ‘dinosaur highway’.
Discover what he learned at www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/a-...
#LapworthRocks #museum #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #dinosaurs #Jurassic #geologyrocks #fossils
Discover what he learned at www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/a-...
#LapworthRocks #museum #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #dinosaurs #Jurassic #geologyrocks #fossils
October 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Our Assistant Curator recently spent a day at the internationally important ‘dinosaur highway’.
Discover what he learned at www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/a-...
#LapworthRocks #museum #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #dinosaurs #Jurassic #geologyrocks #fossils
Discover what he learned at www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/a-...
#LapworthRocks #museum #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #dinosaurs #Jurassic #geologyrocks #fossils
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For anybody not in the UK, Dan’s talk will be live on Zoom and then later on the Museum’s YouTube channel 🦜 less than a fortnight to wait!
Dr Daniel Villar @daniel-a-villar.bsky.social will speak about the importance of #fieldwork for macroecology & macroevolution at our next #LapworthLecture.
Free to attend, open to everyone.
📅 Mon 27 Oct, 17:30
📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham / Zoom
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
Free to attend, open to everyone.
📅 Mon 27 Oct, 17:30
📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham / Zoom
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
October 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
For anybody not in the UK, Dan’s talk will be live on Zoom and then later on the Museum’s YouTube channel 🦜 less than a fortnight to wait!
Dr Daniel Villar @daniel-a-villar.bsky.social will speak about the importance of #fieldwork for macroecology & macroevolution at our next #LapworthLecture.
Free to attend, open to everyone.
📅 Mon 27 Oct, 17:30
📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham / Zoom
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
Free to attend, open to everyone.
📅 Mon 27 Oct, 17:30
📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham / Zoom
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
October 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Dr Daniel Villar @daniel-a-villar.bsky.social will speak about the importance of #fieldwork for macroecology & macroevolution at our next #LapworthLecture.
Free to attend, open to everyone.
📅 Mon 27 Oct, 17:30
📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham / Zoom
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
Free to attend, open to everyone.
📅 Mon 27 Oct, 17:30
📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham / Zoom
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
This Okenite mineral specimen may look like it contains cotton balls or mould, but in fact these are clusters of very fine crystals.
Image by Greg Milner.
#MineralMonday #LapworthRocks #okenite #crystals #crystal #museum #minerals #mineral #geology
Image by Greg Milner.
#MineralMonday #LapworthRocks #okenite #crystals #crystal #museum #minerals #mineral #geology
October 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This Okenite mineral specimen may look like it contains cotton balls or mould, but in fact these are clusters of very fine crystals.
Image by Greg Milner.
#MineralMonday #LapworthRocks #okenite #crystals #crystal #museum #minerals #mineral #geology
Image by Greg Milner.
#MineralMonday #LapworthRocks #okenite #crystals #crystal #museum #minerals #mineral #geology
It may be getting colder, but at least it's not this frosty! This photograph was taken on a Uni of Bham field trip to Svalbard in 1951.
The photo is in our exhibition celebrating 125 years of student life and research centred around the Museum - visit before it ends on 31 Oct!
#ThrowbackThursday
The photo is in our exhibition celebrating 125 years of student life and research centred around the Museum - visit before it ends on 31 Oct!
#ThrowbackThursday
October 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
It may be getting colder, but at least it's not this frosty! This photograph was taken on a Uni of Bham field trip to Svalbard in 1951.
The photo is in our exhibition celebrating 125 years of student life and research centred around the Museum - visit before it ends on 31 Oct!
#ThrowbackThursday
The photo is in our exhibition celebrating 125 years of student life and research centred around the Museum - visit before it ends on 31 Oct!
#ThrowbackThursday
Where do volcanic bombs get their shape from? They become rounded due to cooling and solidifying mid-air after they are ejected from the volcano during an eruption.
Image by Greg Milner.
#LapworthRocks #TectonicTuesday #volcano #volcanic #tectonic #rocks #rock #geology #museum
Image by Greg Milner.
#LapworthRocks #TectonicTuesday #volcano #volcanic #tectonic #rocks #rock #geology #museum
October 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Where do volcanic bombs get their shape from? They become rounded due to cooling and solidifying mid-air after they are ejected from the volcano during an eruption.
Image by Greg Milner.
#LapworthRocks #TectonicTuesday #volcano #volcanic #tectonic #rocks #rock #geology #museum
Image by Greg Milner.
#LapworthRocks #TectonicTuesday #volcano #volcanic #tectonic #rocks #rock #geology #museum
It's October now and we are getting autumnal vibes from this pteridosperm specimen, also known as a seed fern.
What are your favourite things about autumn? 🍁
Image by Greg Milner.
#LapworthRocks #FloraFriday #Autumn #fossils #fossil #fern #palaeontology #paleontology #museum #geologyrocks
What are your favourite things about autumn? 🍁
Image by Greg Milner.
#LapworthRocks #FloraFriday #Autumn #fossils #fossil #fern #palaeontology #paleontology #museum #geologyrocks
October 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
It's October now and we are getting autumnal vibes from this pteridosperm specimen, also known as a seed fern.
What are your favourite things about autumn? 🍁
Image by Greg Milner.
#LapworthRocks #FloraFriday #Autumn #fossils #fossil #fern #palaeontology #paleontology #museum #geologyrocks
What are your favourite things about autumn? 🍁
Image by Greg Milner.
#LapworthRocks #FloraFriday #Autumn #fossils #fossil #fern #palaeontology #paleontology #museum #geologyrocks
The Vesey Club was founded as a literary and scientific society in Birmingham by Benjamin Stone (1838–1914), a good friend of Charles Lapworth (1842–1920). Lapworth was a member, and took part in the 1890 visit to Norway where he was responsible for the geological excursions!
Image by Greg Milner.
Image by Greg Milner.
September 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The Vesey Club was founded as a literary and scientific society in Birmingham by Benjamin Stone (1838–1914), a good friend of Charles Lapworth (1842–1920). Lapworth was a member, and took part in the 1890 visit to Norway where he was responsible for the geological excursions!
Image by Greg Milner.
Image by Greg Milner.
Dr Daniel Villar (Durham University) @daniel-a-villar.bsky.social will speak about the importance of fieldwork for macroecology and macroevolution at our next Lapworth Lecture, open to everyone and free to attend both on campus and remotely.
🕠 Mon 27 Oct, 5:30pm
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
🕠 Mon 27 Oct, 5:30pm
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
September 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Dr Daniel Villar (Durham University) @daniel-a-villar.bsky.social will speak about the importance of fieldwork for macroecology and macroevolution at our next Lapworth Lecture, open to everyone and free to attend both on campus and remotely.
🕠 Mon 27 Oct, 5:30pm
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
🕠 Mon 27 Oct, 5:30pm
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
Photogrammetry uses multiple overlapping photographs to create a 3D model, and can digitally recreate all sorts of impressive details. Just look at the original ink label and stunning septa of this Acervularia coral!
Explore this digital model at: https://skfb.ly/6EnTG.
Explore this digital model at: https://skfb.ly/6EnTG.
Silurian coral Acervularia sp. BIRUG 15411 - Download Free 3D model by Lapworth Museum of Geology (@LapworthMuseum)
Fossil coral of the genus Acervularia (specimen number: BIRUG 15411). This specimen of a rugose coral was collected from Wren’s Nest, in the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation of the English West Midlands by W. Woodall. Rugose corals were abundant from the mid Ordovician to the end of the Permian (~470–252 million years ago), but became extinct in the Permian–Triassic mass extinction. This specimen was donated to the Lapworth Museum by Sir George Holcroft (1916). Model created by A Jones with photogrammetry in Agisoft Photoscan. - Silurian coral Acervularia sp. BIRUG 15411 - Download Free 3D model by Lapworth Museum of Geology (@LapworthMuseum)
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September 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Photogrammetry uses multiple overlapping photographs to create a 3D model, and can digitally recreate all sorts of impressive details. Just look at the original ink label and stunning septa of this Acervularia coral!
Explore this digital model at: https://skfb.ly/6EnTG.
Explore this digital model at: https://skfb.ly/6EnTG.