Rockwatch at Ware Museum – August 2019
We recently had a great day at Ware Museum in Hertfordshire – a day of geological fun! We were there with Jurassic Dioramas, fossil plaster casting, puzzles and more and the sun shone! Both outside and inside and outside this wonderful little museum was a hive of activity. Thank you everyone who came along and joined us in this geology day!
Dino-craft at the British Geological Survey, NHM London – Tuesday 16 April
Family craft fun! Rockwatch is having a Dino-Craft Day in the British Geological Survey shop on the ground floor of the Natural History Museum, London. Come along and make a plaster of Paris trilobite, handle fossils and bring your own to be identified. Museum experts will then take you on a tour of the Earth Galleries, and tell you the facts and stories behind the exhibits. We will be making things from 10.00 when the museum...
Trip to see Somerset’s Ichthyosaur fossils – Saturday 17 February 2018
Join Rockwatch on our fieldtrip to see the Ichthyosaur fossils in Street, Somerset on Saturday 17 February 2018 from 10.30am to 3.30pm. This will be a private tour of the Alfred Gillet Collection. Find out more and book a place!
Fossil collecting fieldtrip at Bracklesham, West Sussex – Saturday 22nd July, 2017
Another great fossil hunting fieldtrip along the shore in Bracklesham, West Sussex. Bracklesham is a great place to hunt for fossil shells and sharks’ teeth which are 45 million years old. Experts will be on hand to help you ‘get your eye in’. You should be able to boost your collections with lots of Eocene age fossils! The picture is of our last fieldtrip to Bracklesham with a Rockwatcher holding a perfect...
Uxbridge Rock Show – 11th-23rd February 2017
Glowing rocks, Dino poo, Gemstones, Fossils, ‘Hands-on Rocks’, ‘The Ages of Ice and Coal’, Local Geology – something for everyone! Have a go at their Minecraft themed treasure hunt! This fascinating exhibition is suitable for all ages and is happening at the Uxbridge Library. It’s being put on by the Harrow and Hillingdon Geological Society and experts from the society will be there for you to talk...