Annual Meeting
Collections & Museums

A comprehensive summary of geological collections in the UK is located at: http://www.geocurator.org/colls/colls.htm

Bristol & South west

Collections Visitations at The University of Bristol Geological Museum
The University of Bristol has a Geological Museum, with collections of interest to vertebrate paleontologists. With the entire vertebrate paleontology staff involved with the SVP Annual Meeting, the Vertebrate Paleontology collection will only be available on a very limited basis during the meeting. Immediately before and after the meeting (Sep. 23-26), the department will do its best to accommodate after hours and Sunday access for those attendees on a tight schedule. Anyone who wishes to use the Vertebrate Paleontology collections should contact the curator, Dr Liz Loeffler (liz.loeffler@bristol.ac.uk) before Sept. 1, to make arrangements.

Department of Earth Sciences
University of Bristol
Bristol
BS8 1RJ
Website: http://www.gly.bris.ac.uk/museum/index.html
Contact: liz.loeffler@bristol.ac.uk
Collections include Triassic fissure faunas and Jurassic marine reptiles.

Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery
Clifton
Bristol
BS8 1RL
Tel: 0117 922 3571
Fax: 0117 922 2047
Website: http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/Leisure-Culture/Museums-Galleries/bristols-city-museum---art-gallery.en
Contact: Ray.Barnett@bristol.gov.uk
Collections include Carboniferous, Triassic and Jurassic vertebrates

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Trustees
16-18 Queen Square,
Bath,
Bath & NES,
BA1 2HN
Website: http://www.brlsi.org/index.html
Contact: curator@brlsi.org
By Car from Bristol to Bath: 13 miles – about 35 mins; also by train.

Somerset County Museum
Taunton Castle,
Castle Green,
Taunton,
Somerset
TA1 4AA.
Tel: 01823 320200;
Website: http://www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset/culturecommunity/museums/
Contact: county-museums
@somerset.gov.uk
By Car from Bristol: 46 miles – about 55 mins; also by train.

The Museum in the Park
Stroud District Museum Service,
Stratford Park,
Stroud,
GL5 4AF
Website: http://www.museuminthepark.org.uk
Contact: admin@museuminthepark.org.uk
By Car from Bristol to Stroud: 32 miles – about 50 mins; also by train.
Fossil vertebrates include Middle Jurassic dinosaurs and microvertebrates.

Gloucester City Museum & Art Gallery
Brunswick Road
Gloucester
GL1 1HP
Tel: 01452 396868
Fax: 01452 330495
Website: http://www.gloucester.gov.uk/citymuseum
Contact: enviro@gloucester.gov.uk
By Car from Bristol to Gloucester: 42 miles – about 50 mins; also by train.
Fossil vertebrates include Middle Jurassic dinosaurs and microvertebrates.

The Dorset County Museum
High West Street
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 1XA
Website: http://www.dorsetcountymuseum.org/index.htm
Contact: enquiries@dorsetcountymuseum.org
By Car from Bristol to Dorset: 60 miles – about 1 hour 30 mins
Collections include a wide range of fossils from the Triassic and Jurassic of Dorset.

Lyme Regis Museum
Bridge Street
Lyme Regis
DT7 3QA
Tel: 01297 443370
Website: http://www.lymeregismuseum.co.uk
Contact: info@lymeregismuseum.co.uk
By Car from Bristol to Lyme Regis: 70 miles – about 1hour 40 mins
An historical area, Lyme Regis museum is dedicated in part to Mary Anning, and her finds, including plesiosaurs.

Southampton City Council
Civic Centre,
Southampton,
SO14 7LY
Website: http://www.southampton.gov.uk/
Contact: museums@southampton.gov.uk
By Car from Bristol to Southampton: 105 miles – about 2 hours

Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
Drake Circus
Plymouth
PL4 8AJ
Tel: 01752 304774
Fax: 01752 304775
Website: http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/museumpcmag.htm/
Contact: enquiries@plymouth.gov.uk
By Car from Bristol to Plymouth: 118 miles – 2 hours 15 mins
Over 100 years of active collecting means Plymouth’s collection is both large as well as widely ranging over a number of topics.


The Big Four

Natural History Museum (The)
Cromwell Rd
South Kensington
London
SW7 5BD
Tel: 0171 938 9555
Fax: 0171 938 9290
Website: http://www.nhm.ac.uk
Contact: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/contact-enquiries/forms/

Curator contacts
Fishes: Martha Richer m.richter@nhm.ac.uk or Zerina Johanson z.johanson@nhm.ac.uk
Reptiles (except crocodiles and pterosaurs), birds and amphibians: Sandra Chapman s.chapman@nhm.ac.uk
Crocodiles and pterosaurs: Lorna Steel l.steel@nhm.ac.uk
Mesozoic and Tertiary Mammals: Pip Brewer p.brewer@nhm.ac.uk
Quaternary mammals: Andy Currant a.currant@nhm.ac.uk