This #trilobite fossil provides a snapshot of life in the West Midlands 428 million years ago 🌊 The area was covered by a warm, tropical sea, and this species, Calymene blumenbachii, nicknamed the Dudley bug, comes from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation of Dudley. #TrilobiteTuesday

The Museum is closed for part of the Christmas & New Year period. Tues 23 to Weds 24 Dec inclusive: Open Thurs 25 to Sat 27 Dec inclusive: Closed Sun 28 to Tues 30 Dec inclusive: Open Weds 31 Dec & Thurs 1 Jan 2026: Closed The Museum will be open as normal on Fri 2 Jan 2026. Merry Christmas!

We are so excited to announce Matt Hobs will be back at the Museum with his hit live comedy show 100% Badgers! Limited early bird tickets are on sale - grab yours now! 📅 Thurs 26 Feb 2026 📌 Live at the Lapworth Museum comedy-night-matt-ho... #LapworthRocks #LiveComedy #Comedy #Badgers

Our first #LapworthLecture of 2026 will be presented by Professor Paul T. Nicholson (Cardiff University) on Ancient Egyptian animal burial sites. 📅 Monday 12 January, 17:30 Open to everyone and free to attend in-person and on Zoom. For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...#LapworthLecture #LapworthRocks

Throwback to the Sekine Quartet playing at the Museum in October! Did you know we have an Instagram account dedicated solely to our exciting Museum events? Follow: www.instagram.com/la... Photo by Greg Milner #LapworthRocks #ThrowbackThursday #SekineQuartet #LapworthEvents #MuseumEvents #Quartet

You can watch the full episode of Live Lessons - Walking With Dinosaurs right now! Doesn’t the Museum look great! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

This mineral specimen is galena with calcite and milky quartz and comes from our Robert Jasper More collection. More collected minerals from the old lead mines of South Shropshire. #MineralMonday #LapworthRocks #Minerals #Mineral #Crystals #Crystal #Geology #Museum #Mining

Look at this stunning diverse assemblage of fauna found in the Wenlock Limestone! What fossils can you spot? #FossilFriday #LapworthRocks #Fossils #Fossil #Geology #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Museum

This striking rock is none other than obsidian, which forms when lava cools rapidly with high silica content. This results in no crystals forming, giving obsidian its characteristic glassy appearance. #TectonicTuesday #LapworthRocks #Obsidian #Volcanic #Volcano #Tectonic #Igneous #Geology #Museum

#FossilFriday Ichniotherium willisi, tracks likely made by a stem-amniote diadectomorph, from the Permian of Shropshire, UK #LapworthRocks @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social

This thin section image shows augite in a dolerite specimen from Auvergne, France. Augite is a common mineral in mafic igneous rocks. #ThinSectionThursday #LapworthRocks #Museum #Geology #Minerals #Mineral #Crystals #Crystal #Rocks #Igneous

Catch a familiar face on your TV screens! We recently hosted #CBBC for a #WalkingWithDinosaurs special of #LiveLessons presented by Maddie Moate (Blue Peter) & Cam Whitnall (One Zoo Three). Don’t miss the new episode on Mon 15 Dec 2025 at 11:00 on CBBC. www.bbc.co.uk/teach/live-l... #LapworthRocks

No. I don’t just draw dinosaurs! These illustrations were commissioned for the Feeding Without Jaws Exhibition at @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social Check out their website - www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/feedi... - for more details of the exhibition, which runs until the end of February. (1/4)

Happy December, and happy Mollusc Monday! Did you know that in English folklore ammonites were called snakeshells due to their coiled shells? Image by Greg Milner. #MolluscMonday #LapworthRocks #Mollusc #Ammonite #Fossil #Fossils #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Museum #Geology

Check out Andy’s excellent reconstructions of jawless fish for our latest exhibition @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social!

Why not start off your December with an interesting FREE lecture by Prof. Antony Morris? Antony will explore seafloor spreading through grain-scale studies of oceanic crustal rocks. 🌊 Mon 1 Dec, 17:30 💻 Live at Uni of Bham and/or Zoom 🌞 Open to all More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...

Did you know the #Museum has a collection of Quaternary beetles from Worcestershire? Did you also know that these were analysed by G. Russell Coope, internationally famous for his work reconstructing ancient climates using these very #fossils? Image by Greg Milner. #LapworthRocks #FossilFriday

Want to learn more about how the Earth's seafloor is spreading, creating part of our planet's crust? Join us for Prof. Antony Morris' Lapworth Lecture next Mon 1st Dec, live on campus and on Zoom for remote viewers. For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk... #LapworthLecture #LapworthRocks

Our next Lapworth Lecture is on Mon 1st Dec with Prof. Antony Morris, exploring seafloor spreading through grain-scale observations of oceanic crustal rocks. Open to everyone, free to attend. 📌 WG5, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/lapwo...

Once figured in Harry Blackmore Whittington's book Trilobites, this is a stunning example of the #Silurian fossil Dalmanites myops! Image by Greg Milner. #LapworthRocks #TrilobiteTuesday #museum #geology #geologyrocks #palaeontology #paleontology #palaeo #paleo #fossils #minerals #trilobites

Our Lapworth Lecture with Alice Whittle @acwhittle.bsky.social is tonight! We'll hear about how peatland restoration is affecting microbes & carbon dynamics in upland blanket bogs. Free entry, open to all 🌟 📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...

Happy #FossilFriday! We are back from another great meeting of the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social , this year in Birmingham, #England. We presented a poster each on collections problem-solving and 3D prints for outreach + loved getting to see the @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social

Thinking about #dinosaurs? Didn't get a chance to celebrate their 200th birthday last year? Well, our Temporary #Exhibition curated by @palaeostephan.bsky.social has now gone virtual! Find 'Bringing dinosaurs back to life: 200 years of research' on our Virtual #Museum: ow.ly/Ryt550XvLCA

Join us on Mon 24 Nov for Alice Whittle's @acwhittle.bsky.social Lapworth Lecture. How does peatland restoration affect microbes & carbon dynamics in upland blanket bogs? Open to all, free entry. 📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...

Leonard Johnston Wills (1884–1979) was critical in the early study of Paleozoic #fossil fish. Modern #palaeontologists at the University of Birmingham have now learned even more about these unusual animals. Visit our new Temporary Exhibition to understand a world of Feeding Without Jaws!

Lapworth Volunteer and #palaeontologist Harry T. Jones has published an article with the @originalgcg.bsky.social! Visit the link to discover how modern #museum collections may be used. ow.ly/YNQ550Xu2LV #LapworthRocks #geologyrocks #geology #palaeontology #volunteer #news

Last #WhatsItWednesday we asked where you thought this scene was captured, and the answer is... Norway! Elijah Walton (1832–1880) was a landscape artist from Brum. The Museum holds beautiful chromo-lithograph plates which illustrate his 1848 book 'The Coast of Norway'. Image by Greg Milner.

This Weds 19th, join us for a 1920s lecture on our Dynamic Earth! Prof. Charles Lapworth will explore earthquakes & volcanoes accompanied by lantern slides & Museum objects. Then a panel of experts will discuss the historical & scientific context of the talk. Free tickets: lapworth-dynamic-ear...

We hope all attendees had a roarsome time in Birmingham for the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 85th Annual Meeting! Image by Greg Milner. #geologyrocks #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #palaeo #paleo #zoology #fossils #minerals #museum #vertebrates #SVP2025 #2025SVP

This photograph was taken by Tempest Anderson at Vesuvius in 1885, now part of the Museum's lantern slide collection. Did you know we have an event on 19 Nov where we'll listen to a talk on earthquakes & volcanoes accompanied by lantern slides? Book your free tickets: lapworth-dynamic-ear...

Enjoyed my one full day at #2025SVP yesterday and this cool diorama that lots of my friends were involved in making! Well done all #SVP2025

If you are attending #SVP2025 #2025SVP make sure to visit the stall of the @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social for some exclusive merchandise featuring some jawless fish designs!

Our new temporary exhibition Feeding Without Jaws is open TODAY! Come and immerse yourself in the fascinating world of ancient fish. We are open 10am-4pm Mon-Fri, 12pm-5pm Sat-Sun and are free to visit 🐟 #LapworthRocks #FeedingWithoutJaws #NewExhibition #SVP2025 #Palaeontology #Paleontology

This #WhatsItWednesday, where in the world do you think this beautiful illustration depicts? Image by Greg Milner. #LapworthRocks #museum #geology #geologyrocks #palaeontology #drawing #painting #artist #art

Wishing a warm welcome to everyone at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 85th Annual Meeting. While in Brum, snap a selfie with our #Museum icons and share with #LapworthRocks! Images by Greg Milner. #geologyrocks #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #fossils #minerals #SVP2025 #2025SVP

Join Alice Whittle (University of Derby) @acwhittle.bsky.social as she explores the effect of peatland restoration on microbes & carbon dynamics in upland blanket bogs in our Lapworth Lecture on Monday 24 Nov. Available in-person on campus and on Zoom. For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...

Although #2025SVP officially starts tomorrow, today we have a Triassic field trip to Warwickshire, tours of @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social, workshops run by @markwitton.bsky.social & @graphicssci.bsky.social & our evening Walking With Dinosaurs event chaired by @tweetisaurus.bsky.social!

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...#exhibition #LapworthRocks

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!

A reminder that the Museum is closed tomorrow (Friday 7th November 2025). 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.

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!

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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