Bring Fossils to Life at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge Bay
150 million years ago, the Dorset coast was a shallow, tropical sea patrolled by huge marine reptiles, predators and fish.
All that remains today are fossils, which can be found on Kimmeridge Bay beach or seen on display at the nearby Etches Collection Museum of Jurassic Marine Life.
The Etches Collection Museum of Jurassic Life
The brilliance of this museum is that it displays the fossils and then brings them to life in multiple ways…
drawing the animals around them to illustrate which body part the fossil came from
providing specimens you can touch
showing you the workroom where fossils are removed from rocks
using CGI to show you what the creatures could have looked millions of years ago
providing hands-on, child-friendly activities like fossil excavation, puzzles, colouring and painting
posing a Mesozoic Murder Mystery for you to solve – can you use fossils to work out who ate the plesiosaur?
Find Fossils For Yourself
It also encourages you to go down to Kimmeridge Bay beach and find fossils yourself.
Great Value
The Etches Collection is interactive, modern, fun and informative. It is also great value, as one ticket gives you free entry for a year, and compact, so there are no problems with short attention spans.
6 Out of 5!
I asked my children how they would rate The Etches Collection and Kimmeridge Bay out of 5 and they said, “6”, which sums it up perfectly – we love coming here.
Visit the The Etches Collection Museum of Jurassic Marine Life website
Further Information
Nearest Town: Kimmeridge, near Wareham
County: Dorset
Nearest Postcode: BH20 5PE
Adult Cost Range: £5 to £9.99
Child Cost Range: £0 to £4.99
Free if: Under 5 years or with a ticket bought in the last 12 months.
Opens: Daily
Where to Eat: Cafe, picnic area and a nearby restaurant.
Facilities: Cafe, shop, picnic area, toilets and accessible toilets.
How Long We Spent There: 1 hour
Buggies: Buggy friendly
Parking: There is good sized car park.
Cost of Parking: Free
Information Written: November 2019
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