Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

Explore Collections and Stories

The specimens and stories on display at the Sedgwick Museum make up only a fraction of our collection. We have a rich history dating back hundreds of years before our doors opened and, just as important, an exciting present to ensure that the Museum has a positive future. Discover more about our fascinating collection, the people behind it and the work we do today in the Museum as well as with our surrounding community.

John Watson Building Stones Collection

Close-up of buff-coloured stone showing a fine, even granular texture

Anston Stone and the Houses of Parliament

Close-up of black marble with irregular white calcite veining running through the polished surface.

Belgian Marble and a Trip to the Vatican

Close up of a golden-brown banded stone with a silky sheen.

Crocidolite and its Shocking Past Use

Close up of the surface of a granite showing coarse interlocking crystals. The crystals are black, grey, and beige

Devonshire Granite and London Bridge

Close up of a suevite, showing dark angular rock fragments embedded in a lighter grey matrix

German Suevite and a Mysterious Crater

Close-up of pale grey granite with a fine, even speckled texture of white and black crystals.

Riebeckite Microgranite in Curling Stones

Close-up of dark grey granite with coarse pink crystals set among abundant black spots

Rubislaw Granite and an Iconic Nickname

Close-up of pale granite with large black and beige crystals scattered through a white and grey base.

South African Granite and Cecil Rhodes

Close-up of pale grey granite with a fine, uniform speckled texture

Stone Mountain Granite and its History