Warwickshire's Jurassic Sea
Tuesday 21 February 2023 - Saturday 21 February 2026 | Available during opening hours
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21 February 2023 10.00am – 21 February 2026 4.00pm
Discover the amazing creatures that lived in Coventry and Warwickshire during the time of the dinosaurs
FREE 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