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Behind the Scenes – The Geology Collections

Activities
Date
10 Sep 2012
Start time
10:00 AM
Venue
The Yorkshire Museum
Speaker
N/A
Behind the Scenes - The Geology Collections

Event Information

Behind the Scenes at the Yorkshire Museum – The Geology Collections

The geological displays on show in the Yorkshire Museum are a spectacular but very small portion of the geological materials held behind the scenes. These include everything from the bones found in Kirkdale Cave, which gave rise to the Museum, (and upset the religious orthodoxies of the time), to the Middlesbrough Meteorite, and cases and cases of wonderful fossils and minerals.

A small group of about 20 members will be introduced to the collections jointly by curators Isla Gladstone and Stuart Ogilvy, and then we will be split up into smaller groups to look in detail at other parts of the collections. The entire visit should take about an hour and a half. If applicants exceed 20 we may be able to arrange additional visits.

Booking
Early application is advised – and in any case before August 24th.
The cost is £5.00 per person to cover administrative expenses, and a small donation to the York Museums Trust
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.

Contact: Graham Williamson, Yorkshire Philosophical Society, The Lodge, Museum Gardens, York, YO1 7DR
For further information and booking form click here.