Yorkshire Philosophical Society

Event Information

Behind the scenes in the Yorkshire Museum is a very extensive and extremely fine collection of fossils, many of them from Yorkshire and including the collection of specimens from Kirkdale Cave.  Housing these was one of the reasons the YPS opened the Yorkshire Museum in 1830.

Small groups of ten members at a time will have an opportunity to see and handle specimens from the collections under the guidance of a curator.  The visit will last approximately an hour and there will be three groups, two on October 9^th, at 2 pm & 3pm, and one on October 23^rd.

(These visits are timed to supplement the lecture on Palaeontology on Tuesday 2^nd September.)

Cost: £5.00 per person to cover administrative costs and a donation to York Museums Trust.

Early application is advised – and in any case by September 26th.

The Yorkshire Philosophical Society accepts no responsibility for any loss or injury suffered while taking part in one of its visits. Participants are recommended to take out appropriate insurance cover.

Please return with your fee and a stamped addressed envelope to:

Graham Williamson, YPS, The Lodge, Museum Gardens, York, YO1 7DR

If you would like to download this flyer as a word document,

click here – Visit to Fossil Collection

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Visit to the Yorkshire Museum Fossil Collection 

I/We would like …….. place(s) at £5.00 each, and enclose a cheque for £………

(payable to the  Yorkshire Philosophical Society).

Name(s) ………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Address …………………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………  Tel.   ………………………………………

Preferred date of visit:  ……………………………………………………………………………

NB  These visits may be popular and we apologize if we cannot always manage the preferred date.