Lyme Regis Museum

Lyme Regis Museum (official name Lyme Regis Philpot Museum) is situated in the town of Lyme Regis on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, England. It is a registered charity under English law.[1]

Coade stone fossil ammonites in the pavement outside the museum.
A blue plaque on the museum wall commemorates where Mary Anning was born and had her first fossil shop.

The museum building was commissioned in 1901 by Thomas Philpot, a relative of the fossil collector Elizabeth Philpot, hence the name.[2] The architect of the building was George Vialls, who also designed the nearby Guildhall (now the Town Hall).[3] It is built on the site of the birthplace and home of the fossil hunter Mary Anning. The Anning family also ran a shop here.

The collections and subject areas exhibited include fossils from the surrounding area dating from the Jurassic period, geology, local maritime history, memorabilia, and writers associated with the town such as Jane Austen and John Fowles.

An ornate example of Coade stone work, in the form of ammonites is set into the pavement outside the museum, reflecting both local history (specifically Eleanor Coade, the inventor of Coade stone) and the palaeontology for which Lyme Regis is well known.

See also

References
  1. Charity Commission. LYME REGIS PHILPOT MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED, registered charity no. 1041201.
  2. About the Museum Archived 2010-01-24 at the Wayback Machine, Lyme Regis Museum.
  3. The Lyme Regis Museum, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK.

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