Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

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2 drawers from the Woodwardian Collection. On the right, is a drawer full of rocks some of which are a blue-grey colour while many are red. on the right is a drawer full of shells.

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Bridging Binaries: LGBTQ+ Tour

7 October 2026 * 1:00pm to 1:45pm Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

Four illustrated portraits taped to a wall with colourful washi tape frames: a figure in a patterned robe and hat, a green dinosaur wearing a small pride pin, a bearded man in a plaid shirt, and a person in a ruffled collar and period dress.

Staff Favourites Tour

14 October 2026 * 1:00pm to 1:30pm Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

museum guide points up at a wall display titled "The Rock Cycle," gesturing toward sections on metamorphic and sedimentary rocks.

Evolution Expedition

28 October 2026 * 10:00am to 1:00pm Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

Three children in the museum are exploring fossil specimens. On the left, a child in a rainbow coloured dress holds a T-rex tooth as long as their forearm. In the middle a child in a blue top reaches for another fossil to hold, and on the right a younger child shines a torch on a vertebra fossil and inspects it carefully.

Staff Favourites Tour

28 October 2026 * 1:00pm to 1:30pm Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

museum guide points up at a wall display titled "The Rock Cycle," gesturing toward sections on metamorphic and sedimentary rocks.

Staff Favourites Tour

28 October 2026 * 1:00pm to 1:30pm Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

museum guide points up at a wall display titled "The Rock Cycle," gesturing toward sections on metamorphic and sedimentary rocks.

Evolution Expedition

29 October 2026 * 10:00am to 1:00pm Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

Three children in the museum are exploring fossil specimens. On the left, a child in a rainbow coloured dress holds a T-rex tooth as long as their forearm. In the middle a child in a blue top reaches for another fossil to hold, and on the right a younger child shines a torch on a vertebra fossil and inspects it carefully.