Warwickshire's Jurassic Sea
Tuesday 21 February 2023 - Sunday 21 February 2027 | Available during opening hours
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21 February 2023 10.00am – 21 February 2027 4.00pm
Discover the amazing creatures that lived in Coventry and Warwickshire during the time of the dinosaurs
Drop in | Included with admission
Presented in collaboration with Warwickshire Museum, this free fossil display will take you back in time to the Jurassic era, a time when much of the region was underwater.
A selection of fossils drawn from both the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum and Warwickshire Museum collections offer a fascinating insight into the strange sea creatures that swam through Coventry and Warwickshire between 200 and 145 million years ago. The display includes our star fossil - an ichthyosaur skull found in Harbury.
Held in the Herbert's covered court by Dippy.
The display includes our star fossil – Finn, our ichthyosaur skull
In April 2024, Annabelle Elvis, aged 6, won our naming ichthuosaur naming competition.
The fossil was found in a Harbury Cement Quarry and has been part of Herbert Art Gallery & Museum’s collection since the early 1960s.
In 2023, the Ichthyosaur received some much-needed restoration work, which has outlined a flurry of new details.
Pictured: Annabelle Elvis with Curator, Ali Wells