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WHAT'S ON?

Guided Tours

Public Lectures

Public Lectures

Wish to have a more in-depth view of the museum? 

Book a Guided Tour here!

Public Lectures

Public Lectures

Public Lectures

Every Saturday at 2pm

Free admission with a valid  museum entry ticket.

Lab Experience

Public Lectures

Lab Experience

Learn how scientists extract fossils from rocks in the laboratories below our gallery.

FOSSIL CLUB

The best way for kids to learn all about fossils!

Taught by qualified palaeontologists, activities include laboratory sessions, field trips, crafts, microscope tuition, and much more!


Sessions are only £8 an hour for children.


Sessions every Sunday;

10am - 11am for ages 5-7

11am - 12pm for ages 8-10

12pm - 1pm for ages 11-12

Book Sessions here

ULTRAVIOLET TOURS

Join us in exploring the fluorescence of our collection

Want to take part in an experience unique to our museum?


Join us in a UV tour of our Earth Science collection. Every Saturday & Sunday at 3pm, the experience is free for everyone with a valid museum entry ticket.

UPCOMING PUBLIC LECTURES

Britain's Lost World: Temperate Rainforests

Melissa  Worthington - Museum Coordinator @ Yorkshire Natural History Museum

23rd September 2023

PREVIOUS PUBLIC LECTURES

Growing the Tree of Life: A History of Evolutionary Trees

Oliver Weeks - Curator of Earth Sciences @ Yorkshire Natural History Museum

16th September 2023

Landscapes of the Pembrokeshire Coast

Abi Millen - Student Researcher @ Sheffield Hallam University

9th September 2023

Convergent Evolution

Evan Cozens - Palaeontology Student @ University of Bristol

2nd September 2023

Biodiversity and Taphonomy of the Basal Rhaetian Bone Bed

Francesca Usher - Palaeontology Graduate @ University of Portsmouth

31st August 2023

Theropod Dinosaur Growth and Dietary Change

Dino Chu - Palaeontology Graduate @ University of Birmingham

26th August 2023

The Importance of Ostracods in Understanding Past Environments

Dorian Marczykowska - Palaeontology Student @ University of Leicester

24th August 2023

The Morrison Formation

Kyle Marson - Palaeontologist @ Yorkshire Natural History Museum

19th August 2023

The Ascent of Dinosaurs

Joshua Quinn - Palaeontology Student @ University of Birmingham

17th August 2023

Evolution of Dinosaur Skin

Issy Walker - Zoology Graduate @ Reading University

12th August 2023

Sauropod Growth

Guy Jones - Geology Student @ Open University

10th August 2023

Pollen Palynology

Racin Ly - Physical Geography Graduate @ Northumbria University

5th August 2023

Rocks & Birds of Flamborough Head

Paul Hildreth - Secretary @ Yorkshire Geological Society

29th July 2023

Armoured Dinosaurs

Kyle Marson - Palaeontologist @ Yorkshire Natural History Museum

15th July 2023

How to become a Palaeontologist

Kyle Marson - Palaeontologist @ Yorkshire Natural History Museum

8th July 2023

Geology of the West Highland Way

Oliver Weeks - Curator of Earth Sciences @ Yorkshire Natural History Museum

1st July 2023

Sabre-toothed Cat Evolution

Kyle Marson - Palaeontologist @ Yorkshire Natural History Museum

24th June 2023

Mistakes in the History of Palaeontological Theory

Kyle Marson - Palaeontologist @ Yorkshire Natural History Museum

17th June 2023

Pliosaur Palaeobiology

Kyle Marson - Palaeontologist @ Yorkshire Natural History Museum

10th June 2023

Tyrannosaur Evolution

Kyle Marson - Palaeontologist @ Yorkshire Natural History Museum

20th May 2023

Death of the Dinosaurs: K-Pg Extinction

Oliver Weeks - Curator of Earth Sciences @ Yorkshire Natural History Museum

13th May 2023

Palaeo-digitisation: Reconstructing Lost Science from Tomographic Data

Jake Kean - Palaeo-technician @ Neo Jurassica 

6th May 2023

Thyreophoran Palaeobiology

Sam Bulmer - Palaeobiology Graduate @ University of Bristol

29th April 2023

Burgess Shale: The Evolution of the First Multi-Celled Animals on Earth

Duncan Friend - Evolutionary Biology Doctoral Graduate @  University of Cambridge

22nd April 2023

Early Cetacean Evolution

Oliver Weeks - Curator of Earth Sciences @ Yorkshire Natural History Museum

15th April 2023

Ammonites of the Atlas Mountains

Will Peryer - Palaeontology Graduate @ University of Portsmouth

8th April 2023

Toarcian Dreamin': Life in Yorkshire 183 Million Years Ago

Meghan Jenkinson - Palaeontology PHD Candidate @ University of Leeds

1st April 2023

Clash of the Titans: Saurischian Evolutionary Competition

Kyle Marson - Palaeontologist @  Yorkshire Natural History Museum

25th March 2023

Nanotyrannus: In the Shadow of the Tyrant King

Jake Kean - Palaeo-technician @ Neo Jurassica

18th March 2023

Mammoths: Ice Age Megafauna

Kieran Mason - Archaeologist  @ Yorkshire Natural History Museum

11th March 2023

British Spinosaurs

Kyle Marson - Palaeontologist @  Yorkshire Natural History Museum

4th March 2023

Yorkshire Trilobites

Oliver Weeks - Palaeontology Graduate @ University of Bristol

25th February 2023

Ancient Hominid Diets: Bones and Behaviour of Boisei

Maddy Widdowson - Biology Graduate @ University of Sheffield

18th February 2023

Palaeontology of the Jurassic Coast

Kieran Satchell - Ambassador @ Jurassic Coast Trust

11th February 2023

Plesiosaur Hydrodynamics

Luke Muscutt - Lab Manager @ Imperial College London

4th February 2023

Feathers in Dinosauria

Jake Kean - Palaeontology Graduate @ University of Portsmouth

28th January 2023

Carboniferous South Yorkshire

Kyle Marson - Palaeontologist @ Yorkshire Natural History Museum

21st January 2023

The Bone Wars: The Great Dinosaur Rush of the American Gilded Age

Kyle Marson - Palaeontologist @ Yorkshire Natural History Museum

14th January 2023

Functional Evolution of Cetacean Jaws

Oliver Weeks - Palaeontology Graduate @ University of Bristol

7th January 2023

Dinosaurs of England

Kyle Marson - Palaeontologist @ Yorkshire Natural History Museum

31st December 2022

Dinosaurs of the North Pole: Through Frost and Fossils

Kyle Marson - Palaeontologist @ Yorkshire Natural History Museum

17th December 2022

Predator's Paradise: Giant Predatory Dinosaurs of mid-Cretaceous North Africa

Kyle Marson - Palaeontologist @ Yorkshire Natural History Museum

10th December 2022

Velociraptor: from Swift Thief to Movie Star

Kyle Marson - Palaeontologist @ Yorkshire Natural History Museum

3rd December 2022

Excavating a Pliosaur

Richard Forrest - Independent Plesiosaur Researcher 

26th November 2022

Mosasaurs: The Last Lineage of Great Marine Reptiles

Kyle Marson - Palaeontologist @ Yorkshire Natural History Museum

19th November 2022

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