Our April quiz night is now SOLD OUT! Didn't get tickets this time? No worries - our next quiz is on Weds 6th May. Tickets will go on sale from 9am tomorrow. Book yours early to guarantee a place: lapworth-quiz-may26.eventbrite.co.uk?aff=fb #LapworthRocks #LapworthQuiz #QuizNight #Quiz

This bright section is from a volcanic bomb from Monte Cavo. Volcanic bombs are released during explosive eruptions and get quickly cooled in the air, forming a “bread-crust” texture. These textures are even visible at macroscopic scales! By Maria Mendoza Giuffrida

Here are our opening times this Easter. Good Friday (Fri 3rd April) - Closed Sat 4th April - Closed Sun 5th April - Closed Easter Monday (Mon 6th April) - Closed We are open from Tuesday 7th April inclusive as normal. We wish everyone a happy Easter! 🐇

Hungry for more trivia? Then come to our next Quiz Night! Wed 1 April @ 7pm Get 20% off tickets - use the promo code APRILFOOLS20 when booking. Book here: ow.ly/eIpm50YzPKE

Turns out our Assistant Curator may have exaggerated his artistic ability... Think you could answer questions like this? Try your luck at our next #Quiz Night! Wed 1 April @ 7pm Get 20% off tickets - use the promo code APRILFOOLS20 when booking. Book here: ow.ly/eIpm50YzPKE

We ain't a one trick geology museum! These are genuine questions from our previous #Quiz Nights. Next event: Wed 1 April @ 7pm Get 20% off tickets - use the promo code APRILFOOLS20 when booking. Book here: ow.ly/eIpm50YzPKE

Did you know we host a quiz night every first Wednesday of the month? 📚 5 rounds on everything from general knowledge to music & film 🦖 Geology-themed prizes 🍪 Free snacks & soft drinks 💎 Explore the Museum after dark 🗓️ Weds 1st April, 7pm Book now: apr-quiz-lapworth.eventbrite.co.uk?aff=bs

Our new exhibition GROUNDTRUTH The Art of Science is open today! Explore the installations to reflect on our impact on the environment. Grab a guidebook to find out more about each exhibit and related research in the University of Birmingham. Read more: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/groun...

As of yesterday, spring is finally here! Here are our new opening times from April to August. From Wednesday 1st April, we will be open from 10:00 to 17:00 on Monday to Friday. Our weekend opening times (12:00-17:00) will not change. See you soon! #LapworthRocks

Join us on Monday at 5.30pm for our free Lapworth Lecture with Dr Zoja Vukmanovic. 🌋 How can rock microstructure reconstruct the cooling and movement of large magma bodies migrating through the crust? 📌 WG5, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...

Can you believe a whale ear bone would be this small? Whale ears are isolated from their skulls, meaning they can detect sounds without their entire skull vibrating and to determine the direction of sound underwater. #FossilFriday #LapworthRocks

New #exhibition GROUNDTRUTH The Art of Science opening on Friday 27th March 🌊 Explore artworks about anthropogenic impacts on the environment by Dr Rick Greswell around the Museum, from abandoned mines polluting our rivers to microplastics disrupting oceans. For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...

Our new exhibition GROUNDTRUTH The Art of Science opens on Fri 27th March. Explore anthropogenic impacts on the environment through a series of thought-provoking artworks by Dr Rick Greswell around the Museum. 🌞 Free entry For more information: www.birmingham.ac.uk... #LapworthRocks #Exhibition

This #ThrowbackThursday, we celebrate the role of archives in Museums. Read our article for #InternationalWomensDay2026 about six inspiring women in geology, including our long-time volunteer Catriona who has uncovered fascinating stories in the Archives. www.birmingham.ac.uk...#ThrowbackThursday,#InternationalWomensDay2026📷: Greg Milner

Dr Zoja Vukmanovic will speak at our next free #LapworthLecture, about how we can reconstruct the cooling and movement of large magma bodies through the crust via microstructural analysis. 📅 Mon 23 Mar, 17:30 📌 Uni of Bham campus and/or Zoom 💻 For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...

To celebrate International Women's Day 2026, we wrote an article about six women and their significant contributions to geology. This year we showcase five important women from history, and one who often finds herself exploring the past in our very own Archives. Read here: www.birmingham.ac.uk...

Don't miss our Lapworth Lecture tomorrow with Dr Alfio Alessandro Chiarenza Alessandro Chiarenza, exploring dinosaur ecosystem responses to climate change in the Mesozoic. Watch in-person or on Zoom, the lecture is free and open to all. 1/2

During the Silurian period, over 400 million years ago, the West Midlands was covered by a shallow, tropical sea. Fossil evidence for this includes this Marsupiocrinus genus of extinct crinoid (sometimes called a sea lily), found in the Much Wenlock Formation in Dudley. #LapworthRocks #FossilFriday

Join us for a free guided Museum tour on Monday 2nd March! See amazing objects, hear incredible stories and get the chance to see behind-the-scenes. The tour runs from 12pm to 1pm on a first come, first served basis. Please meet at reception. #LapworthRocks #Museum #Geology #Dinosaur #FreeTour

Recognise the arches? This is today's Museum space in the 1900s, when the room was used by the University of Birmingham's Engineering department for their 'Hall of Machines'. The vertical supports are still here now - spot them the next time you're in the Museum! Credit: Uni of Bham #LapworthRocks

Our comedy night is tomorrow! Last few tickets left - book now to enjoy a night of #livecomedy at the Museum. Come along for an evening of sharp jokes and compelling storytelling next to a dinosaur 🦖 📅 Thurs 26 Feb, 5:30pm, 7:30pm comedy-night-matt-hobs.eventbrite.co.uk?aff=sm 📷: Chris Bentley

We hope your Monday shines as brightly as this gold specimen! #MondayMotivation #MineralMonday #LapworthRocks #Mineral #Minerals #Gold #Shiny #Monday #Museum

It's time for a #ThisOrThatThursday post! Which rock do you like the look of more - the sandstone with ripples (top image) or the Laxfordian Gneiss (bottom image)? Let us know in the comments! Both photos taken by Greg Milner. #LapworthRocks #GeologyRocks #Rocks #Rock #Geology #Museum

Join us tonight from 5.30pm for Dr Hannah Byrne's #LapworthLecture on shark skeletons and how they may have aided their evolutionary success. 🦈 📌 WG5, Aston Webb A-Block, University of Birmingham 💻 Also on Zoom For more info and Zoom registration: www.birmingham.ac.uk...#LapworthLecture #Geology #Sharks

Matt Hobs loves badgers so much he wrote a whole comedy show about them. And now he will perform 100% Badgers at the Museum on 26th Feb. Book now: comedy-night-matt-hobs.eventbrite.co.uk?aff=sm Here Matt is at our first ever comedy night as the opener for U.S comedian Ben Miller. 📸: Nicola Gotts

If you thought your family was weird, wait until you see these guys! Meet your relatives at @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social ‘s family event tomorrow, February 18th. Such a privilege to have been able to provide the illustrations for this exhibition.

Happy #MineralMonday! Amethyst is a purple or violet variety of quartz, the colour often a result of iron impurities. Quartz var. Amethyst is frequently used for jewellery due to its beautiful colour. Photo by Greg Milner #LapworthRocks #Minerals #Mineral #Crystal #Crystals #Amethyst #Museum

Perhaps dangerously, I've discovered there's an audience for grapolites on here. Thus: graptolite structural models made by E. S. Parkington and by (or inspired by) W. J. Sollas. The perfect dinner party centrepiece. In the @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social collections #FossilFriday

At our next #LapworthLecture on Mon 9 March, Dr Alfio Alessandro Chiarenza will speak about his research on #dinosaur ecosystem responses to #climatechange during the Mesozoic. Free & open to all. More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk... Illustration: Davide Bonadonna Alessandro Chiarenza

Megalodon (O. megalodon) became extinct around 3.6 million years ago, and some of the fossil evidence we have include this tooth! O. megalodon is estimated to be ~20 metres in length, that's ~four times the length of the largest great white shark. Imagine a ferocious predator of that size!

Did you know sharks and their relatives predate trees? Join Dr Hannah Byrne on 18 Feb at her Lapworth Lecture on sharks' evolutionary success due to a lightweight cartilage skeleton, both on campus and Zoom. More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk... 📸: Upper and lower jaw with teeth of an Angel shark.

Join us for a fun night of #trivia surrounded by fossils! Compete across rounds including general knowledge, music, film, TV, science, geography, sports and more. 🗓️ Wed 4 Feb, 7pm 🍪 Snacks and soft drinks included with your ticket Book here: quiznight-feb2026.eventbrite.co.uk?aff=fb #QuizNight

We recently asked if you could identify a septarian nodule! Found in carbonate-rich rocks, they are named for their characteristic cracks. These are 'septa' after the Latin for 'partition', and in most cases are infilled with #calcite! Image by Greg Milner. #WhatsItWednesday #museum #geology

What's on at the Museum next month 🦖 For tickets and information, head over to our website: www.birmingham.ac.uk/cultural-att... #LapworthRocks #Museum #Geology #Dinosaur #Events #EventsBirmingham #Birmingham #BirminghamEvents #MuseumEvents #WhatsOn #ThingsToDo #FebruaryActivities #February

What could this intriguing structure be? Comment your answer and find out if you're right next week! Image by Greg Milner. #LapworthRocks #WhatsItWednesday #museum #geology #geologyrocks #palaeontology

Diplomystus & Knightia can be found in the #Eocene Green River Formation, USA. These fish may look familiar as they are distantly related to modern-day herrings and sardines. Knightia are even the most commonly excavated #fossil #fish in the world! 📸: Greg Milner #FossilFriday #museum #geology

Our next Lapworth Lecture will be on Wed 18 Feb with Dr Hannah Byrne! Hannah will speak about innovations in shark skeletons, aiding their remarkable evolutionary success. Free to attend, open to all. 📌 WG5, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom 💻 For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...

A soft sulfate mineral often used in fertiliser and plaster, gypsum can occur in green due to the presence of copper! Image by Greg Milner. #LapworthRocks #FossilFriday #museum #geology #geologyrocks #palaeontology #paleontology #palaeo #paleo #fossils #minerals

📣 The Museum is open today (Saturday 10th January). We are open today as normal from 12pm to 5pm. Please take care when travelling to the Museum as it is icy out there.

Delve into the world of Ancient Egypt at our #LapworthLecture on Monday with Prof. Paul T. Nicholson 🔍 Free to attend, open to all. 📅 Mon 12 Jan, 17:30 📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom For more info and Zoom registration: www.birmingham.ac.uk...

Throwback to Matt Hobs' comedy show at the Museum in our first ever venture into hosting live comedy nights. Matt is back to perform his show 100% Badgers on Thurs 26 Feb. Book your early bird tickets now! comedy-night-matt-hobs.eventbrite.co.uk?aff=sm 📷: Nicola Gotts

The Museum will be closed on Friday 9th January 2026 due to the severe snow and ice weather warning causing dangerous travelling conditions. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Imagine being a Doctor of Rockology! This certificate was presented to former University of Birmingham Head of Department Fred Shotton (1906–1990), clearly a #geologist with a good sense of humour! #LapworthRocks #ThrowbackThursday #geologyrocks #geology #palaeontology #history #museum #archive

The enormous tusks of hippos are formed from the top incisors and lower canines. Commonly used for defense and attack, these grow continuously through the animal's life and are sharpened as they are ground together! Image by Greg Milner. #LapworthRocks #ToothyTuesday #museum #zoology #biology

Our next #LapworthLecture is in 1 week 📣 Join Professor Paul T. Nicholson for a talk on Ancient Egyptian animal burial sites in North Saqqara. Open to everyone & free to attend 🌞 📅 Mon 12 Jan, 17:30 📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom 💻 For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...

Our interactive exhibits in the Active Earth gallery are a great way to learn about structural geology, including different types of folds! #FoldFriday #LapworthRocks #Geology #Museum #EarthScience #Geoscience #FamilyFun #FamilyDaysOut

Happy New Year from the Lapworth Museum! 🦖 We wish everyone all the best for 2026. #HappyNewYear #2026 #LapworthRocks

Merry Christmas from the Lapworth Museum! 🎄🦖 We hope you have a wonderful day filled with peace and joy. 🕊️ #LapworthRocks #Christmas #Dinosaur #Museum #Geology

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!