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Dinosaurland Fossil Museum

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period. The museum organizes guided fossil hunting walks. There is a museum shop that sells fossils and minerals.
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The fossil collection is housed on the ground floor. As well as local Jurassic fossils, there are dinosaurs from
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on either side. There is a 19th-century addition to the left hand end of the building.
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The museum, opened in 1989, is owned and run by Steve Davies, a former chief
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The museum is located on Coombe Street in a 250-year-old
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Index

Dinosaurland

Lyme Regis
Dorset
50°43′33″N 2°56′02″W / 50.72583°N 2.93389°W / 50.72583; -2.93389
Listed Building
Dinosaurland Fossil Museum is located in Dorset

Ichthyosaurus

Segnosaurus
eggs
museum
Lyme Regis
Jurassic Coast
Dorset
England
Grade I listed
congregational church
palaeontologist
BP
fossils
Jurassic
China
dinosaur
coprolite
Megalosaurus
genus
Grade I listed
congregational church

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