Natural Sciences Museum

🎉🦕 Happy 3rd Birthday to us! 🎂 We tried to have a civilised celebration… but someone forgot to tell the plesiosaur that the cake wasn’t part of the #Jurassic diet. 🐟🍰

Just in: our newest fossil display! This Early Cretaceous tyrannosaur is a feathered cousin of T. rex, now on view in the museum. Come check out this incredible skull and learn more about prehistoric predators. #fossils #trex #skull

Shark tooth from a fast Cretaceous predator. Shark skull with two holes that look like eyes — but they were nostrils! Both fossils are over 100 million years old and tell stories from Earth’s ancient oceans. #fossil #paleontology #sharks #prehistoric

Ichthyosaurus communis was a fast Jurassic swimmer with sharp features. Some fossils even show stomach contents! Now on display in our gallery. #fossil #museum #prehistoric #marine #icthyosaurus

Barasaurus isn’t quite a reptile or amphibian—it’s the evolutionary bridge between them! This Late Permian fossil from Madagascar is sometimes even preserved with soft tissue intact. Evolution in action! #fossil #evolution #naturalhistory #prehistoric #science

Unveiling a 200-Million-Year-Old Ceratite Fossil! Check out this stunning Ceratite fossil from the Triassic era. The unique colorations are due to natural mineral deposits formed over millions of years. #fossil #prehistoric

Dapedium – A Jurassic Survivor 🦴🐟 This 230–160 million-year-old fossil from Whitby, UK is the only complete specimen of its kind. With armor-like scales for protection & a powerful jaw for crushing mollusks, it thrived in the Jurassic seas. #fossil #fish #prehistoric #sea

Ice Age Dog Skull (11,000 years old) 🐺➡️🐶 Wolves once competed with humans for food—until some adapted, eating scraps & forming bonds. Over time, they evolved into the dogs we love today! #fossil #wolf #dog #science #prehistoric

Come join us this Saturday at the museum for this week’s public lecture “Ammonite Pathologies” presented by Richard Maddra. 🌀 If you have an interest in disease, death and the fossil record, this talk is not to be missed! 🦠☠️

A little highlight of a wonderful weekend screening @WhyDinosaurs in London and Sheffield. It was great to meet so many people excited to watch this film and chat all things palaeontology. See you in Bristol and Lyme Regis this week! 🦖⚒️🎥 whydinosaurs.com/watch

Do NOT eat fossils… unless they're delicious! 🦑🎂 This "ammo-bite" was part of a fantastic cake made by the awesome @Dinkydoodlecake. Dawn will unveil her latest dinosaur cake *tomorrow* at the screening of @WhyDinosaurs in Sheffield! 🎥🦖 #FossilFriday

The London screening of "WHY DINOSAURS?" was fantastic! Such a hugely positive response to the film. Heading up north to Sheffield now. Excited for the Yorkshire screening this evening. Looking forward to seeing you there. 🎥🦖 @WhyDinosaurs eventbrite.com/e/why-dinosaur…

We are proud to be sponsoring the EXPERT TALKS at the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival. 🗣️ Find out more at fossilfestival.com/lyme-regis-fos…

This Friday, we’re in London (SOLD OUT!), then up to Yorkshire (Sheffield @YorkshireNHM) for Saturday’s screening, before heading to Bristol (@BristolAquarium) and finally Lyme Regis (@FossilFestival). Some tickets are still available here: whydinosaurs.com/watch

Cracking open a perfect ammonite nodule on a beach in Yorkshire. Something I’ve been doing since I was a little boy. ⚒️🦖 This little snippet is taken from the documentary @WhyDinosaurs. The official “WHY DINOSAURS?” tour starts this week! See you there. whydinosaurs.com/watch

WHY DINOSAURS? comes to Sheffield on 01/06/2024, be sure to book tickets now before they sell out! 🎟️ doncasterfreepress.co.uk/arts-and-cultu…

New Position Available! 🚨 The Yorkshire Natural History Museum is looking for someone to join the team with a passion for palaeontology, curation and research. 🦖🏛️ If you would like to find out more feel free to send us an email. 💬 uk.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=b…

DON’T MISS OUT! Get your tickets for the @whydinosaurs UK Screening Tour and join us at one of four screenings: London, Sheffield, Bristol or Lyme Regis. Get your tickets at whydinosaurs.com/watch before they go extinct!

Exciting Hollywood dinosaur documentary coming to Sheffield! 🎬🦕 WHY DINOSAURS? will be screening its exclusive extended version at the Showroom Cinema. 📽️ Be sure not to miss out and book your tickets using the link below.👇 eventbrite.com/e/why-dinosaur…

It's #YorkshireGeologyMonth, check out our events page for a list of all the field trips and talks taking place this month, including our annual #YorkshireGeologyDay #GeologyRocks event @NCMME on May 11th! yorksgeolsoc.org.uk/events