NEWS RELEASE

For immediate release

2 September 2024

  • Final day of popular exhibition is Sunday 8 September
  • 15,000 people visited since 13 July
  • Exhibition highlights more than 100 species of dinosaur found in the UK

 This Sunday 8 September sees the final day of the incredibly popular exhibition Dinosaurs on the Doorstep at Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum.  Since opening on 13 July, the exhibition has attracted more than 15,000 visitors, many of them families. Visitors have praised the exhibition, the family activities and the dinosaur trail through the building:

“Absolutely great. Kids massively enjoyed the dinosaur trail”

“Thank you. Loved seeing the dinosaurs. The best bit is dressing up”

“Really good, I enjoyed seeing the dinosaur exhibition”

Dinosaurs on the Doorstep highlights the dinosaurs which roamed Britain. More than 100 species of dinosaurs have been found in the UK and the exhibition features impressive skeletons and real fossils from 150 million years ago. Visitors have come face to face with harmless herbivores and terrifying tyrannosaurs, teeth and tail bones, jaws and claws. Children have loved the opportunity to touch real fossils, bones and even dinosaur poo!

Museums Worcestershire Marketing Manager Helen Large says: “It’s been a tremendous summer for families in Worcester with dinosaurs in the museum and penguins all around the city. It has been a pleasure to welcome so many people to the Art Gallery & Museum and to see so many excited children loving the huge dinosaur skeletons and enjoying the trails and activities. We will all be sorry to see the dinosaurs go on their way.”

Dinosaurs on the Doorstep is free and is open Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 4pm and Sunday 10am – 3pm. The exhibition closes Sunday 8 September. For more information contact the Art Gallery and Museum on 01905 25371 OR visit www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk or follow @worcestermuseum

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Notes to Editors

For further information contact:

Helen Large, at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum on 01905 25371 or email Helen.Large@worcester.gov.uk

Image attached shows visitors having fun in Dinosaurs on the Doorstep.

 

Exhibition Listing:

Dinosaurs on the Doorstep

13 July – 8 September 2024

Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Open Tues – Sat 10am – 4pm, Sun 10am – 3pm
FREE
Information via 01905 25371 or www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk

This summer, come face to face with the dinosaurs that used to roam Britain, from harmless herbivores to terrifying tyrannosaurs.

From teeth to tail bones, jaws and claws, food to fossilised poo, and impressive skeletons, encounter real fossil bones from 100 million years ago, and find out who ate whom!

 

Activity: Back in Time: Age of the Dinosaurs Family Trail

Saturday 13 July – Sunday 8 September

Do you know the difference between a diplodocus and a t-rex? Put your dinosaur knowledge to the test and see if you can match the dinosaurs to their silhouettes.

£1; purchase from the museum shop.

Free entry to Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum (closed Mondays).

 

Activity: Back in Time: Age of the Dinosaurs Bags of Fun

Saturday 20 July – Sunday 8 September

Get creative with these bags of fun and make your own Flapping Pterodactyl , T-Rex Peg Puppet and Ichthyosaur fossil art.

Each bag has multiple themed activities inside, and the Activity Space in the museum is fully equipped for young creatives to get going on their making.

£2.50; purchase from the museum shop. Free entry to Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum (closed Mondays).