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Dean R. Lomax – Making dreams reality

Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery celebrate a modern day local science hero - Doncaster-born Dean Lomax, palaeontologist and honorary scientist at the University of Manchester. The museum follows the story from Dean’s dinosaur-loving childhood to his current success as an award-winning palaeontologist with an exhibition and series of free public events.

Add to Calendar 09/16/17 10:30 AM 09/16/17 04:00 PM United Kingdom (GMT) Dean R. Lomax – Making dreams reality Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery celebrate a modern day local science hero - Doncaster born Dean Lomax. Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery
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Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery celebrate a modern day local science hero - Doncaster-born Dean Lomax, palaeontologist and honorary scientist at the University of Manchester. The museum follows the story from Dean’s dinosaur-loving childhood to his current success as an award-winning palaeontologist with an exhibition and series of free public events.

Join the museum to celebrate the end of their exhibition with this special day of events and activities. Come along, interact with the museum collection and get hands on with palaeontology and fossil hunting.

Attending this event

  • Free to attend
  • Tickets required for some activities and will be released 3 weeks prior to the event
  • Please contact Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery for further ticketing information

Local Heroes

This event is held as part of the Local Heroes grant scheme, designed to engage audiences with the influence of science and scientists on local communities across the UK. From Orkney to Plymouth, 15 museums and galleries will reveal stories of scientific brilliance from across the ages. 

Read the full list of awarded projects.

For all enquiries, please contact localheroes@royalsociety.org

Local Heroes
Dean Lomax studying a large, Jurassic-aged ichthyosaur skull