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A recent study has stirred up the debate on when the #CentralAmericanSeaway closed, a pivotal event that altered oceanic circulation between the Pacific & Atlantic & connected the Americas. Learn more in GSA Bulletin: tinyurl.com/52ppvjhe #Tectonics #Oceanography #Miocene

Have you got a rock or fossil that you'd like identified? Well we can help! Drop in 10:00-13:00 on Wednesday 28th August with your discoveries to show our Museum scientists, and get hands-on with some fascinating rocks and fossils. Free, no booking required. #FossilID

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You can enjoy 'Lithic Entanglements', two new works by artist Rona Lee, throughout the summer. The exhibition, installed in the Whewell mineral gallery, will be on show until 14th September 2024. #MineralMonday #ContemporaryArt #Art #Anthropocene #SummerAtTheMuseums

Drop in for family fun this Wednesday, 10am-1pm. Meet Megan Malpas, a scientist from the Department of Earth Sciences Cambridge Earth Sciences who researches the atmosphere in the Arctic. Explore cloud formation, make your own cloud, and discover what it’s like to work in the Arctic. 🌨️

If you are in #CapeBreton #NovaScotia this summer, make a special trip to the Cape Breton Fossil Centre in Sydney Mines to see the Age of the #Mastodon exhibit and lots of other COOL fossils. Visit Nova Scotia

It’s time for a new entry into our weekly ‘Design-o-Saur’ gallery; this week, we have this fabulous design! #art #dinosaurs #drawings Don’t forget to check out our "Design-o-Saur" wall at the museum.

Three Museums - one great trail! Follow our new Science Connections Trail - it takes you to the fabulous Whipple Museum The Sedgwick Museum & zoology 😉 PLUS don't forget to have your book stamped at the end of your visit to each museum! 🐚🐳🐚 University of Cambridge Museums

Researcher Ana Laura Paiva visited the collections today to study our fossil crocodiles. Ana is a PhD student at the University of São Paulo and University College London. For her PhD, she is evaluating body size evolution in crocodylomorphs. #FossilFriday #Crocodile

Our geologists have been working with @damnfinemedia on a series of GeoAnimations - did you hear about the sinkhole that swallowed a bus in Norwich? Watch this GeoAnimation, the first of three, to find out more... #geology #art youtube.com/watch?v=1op0lv…

Friday 1 November is #AskAConservatorDay! Comment below by 29 October 2024 to get your questions put to University of Cambridge Museums Conservator for Objects, Stephanie de Roemer.

📢Half Term at the Museum - Tues 29 Oct (12 - 4pm) drop in for spooky mask making 😮 Chat with a dodo (& others!) in our artificial intelligence experiment (until 15 Nov). PLUS see our Trodden Earth exhibition, curated by Yr 12 students.🐳 All FREE University of Cambridge Museums Photo: J.Garget

In addition to the GA Festival of Geology this coming Saturday, on Sunday 3rd November we are offering a choice of 3 urban geology walks in London Sign up at the GA welcome desk at The Geological Society Burlington House on Saturday or book online here: geologistsassociation.org.uk/festival/#walks

We invite you to join us for the Jurassic Experience It's the perfect opportunity to learn more about fossils, the Jurassic and our collection. The evening includes a class, tour and a Q&A session with Dr Steve himself! Get your tickets here: theetchescollectionshop.org/collections/gi…

📢EXTENDED UNTIL 22 DECEMBER! You can chat with 13 of our specimens at the Museum in our artificial intelligence experiment. 🐳 What would you ask a whale, a dodo, a butterfly or a platypus? And what will their answers be? 😉 University of Cambridge Museums ow.ly/NCFs50UaQZt

Looking forward to this evening event ⬇️ The Sedgwick Museum - see the wonderful new display #BreakingNewGround & there might be an archive rummage box too 👀📜🖼️🔎 #ExploreYourArchives #WomenInSTEM

Coal is no longer king, but northern England's geology still has a lot to offer for a greener future. Join us at British Geological Survey for our next meeting. We'll be exploring how our perception of resources has changed in the last 50 years. Register online at yorksgeolsoc.org.uk/events

Lapworth Lecture - Mon 25 Nov, 5:30pm 🦖 @PalaeoStephan will explore how modern research has changed our perception of dinosaurs over the last 200 years. 📍 Lecture Theatre WG5, Aston Webb A-Block (also on Zoom) More info: ow.ly/NWR750UaIcy Uni of Birmingham College of Life and Environmental Sciences