Lyme Regis Museum Archives

Lyme Regis Museum continues centenary celebrations with bursary for Woodroffe School student

4th July 2022 Francesca Evans

AS part of the celebrations for Lyme Regis Museum’s centenary year, the Friends of the Museum set up a bursary for sixth for students from The Woodroffe School. […]

American-born Lyme Regis artists shares her many identities in new exhibition

22nd June 2022 Francesca Evans

AMERICAN-born artist Karol Kulik, now a resident of Lyme Regis, has had numerous different careers in her lifetime – film historian, trade fair organiser, academic archaeologist, painter and currently art exhibition curator and publicist. […]

Artists join forces for new exhibition at Lyme Regis Museum

14th April 2022 Francesca Evans

‘WATERLINE 2022’, the second collaboration between two like-minded local artists, Tricia Scott and Lois Wakeman, is a fascinating exhibition of contemporary abstract photography that features the weathered and textured surfaces of boats. […]

Talk on 1920s Lyme to celebrate museum’s anniversary

10th March 2022 Francesca Evans

LYME Regis resident Ken Gollop will give another of his popular talks on local history on Sunday, March 13. […]

Dorset artist to host first solo exhibition at Lyme Regis Museum

10th January 2022 Francesca Evans

PROFESSIONAL artist Dianne Mary Alice will host her first solo exhibition at Lyme Regis Museum, opening on January 19. […]

Devon and Dorset landscape prints on display at Lyme Regis Museum

1st December 2021 Francesca Evans

EXETER-based printmaker Steve Manning will shares his landscapes of Dorset and Devon in an exhibition at Lyme Regis Museum this month. […]

Lyme Regis Museum director steps down after almost 10 years

1st November 2021 Francesca Evans

AFTER almost ten years at the helm of Lyme Regis Museum director David Tucker has announced that he will be stepping down at the end of the year. […]

Lyme Regis artist displays abstract paintings in museum

27th October 2021 Francesca Evans

A SHOWCASE of work by Lyme Regis artist Annie Ward, entitled ‘Where the Mist Rises’, opens in the town’s museum today (Wednesday). […]

‘Fossils, Fish and Feathers’ at Lyme Regis Museum

14th September 2021 Francesca Evans

LYME Regis artist Trisha Hayman will exhibit her latest collection of watercolours in an exhibition opening today Lyme Regis Museum’s Rotunda Gallery. […]

Bringing joy in lockdown

31st August 2021 Submitted Content

IT’S a challenge running a museum which prides itself on the amount of people that visit, be they tourists or locals in a pandemic. […]

We’re due another!

24th August 2021 Submitted Content

WE’VE all seen headlines like ‘300m of the World Heritage Site destroyed’, but without erosion we’d have no world heritage site or fossils, because they’d be no coast. […]

New art exhibition opens at Lyme Regis Museum

23rd June 2021 Francesca Evans

A NEW exhibition of paintings and drawings by Lyme Bay Arts member Pauline Sayers opened at Lyme Regis Museum this week. […]

Author of Mary Anning’s biography to host book signing

17th June 2021 Francesca Evans

THE author of ‘Fossil Woman’ – the biography of Lyme Regis’ famous fossil hunter Mary Anning – will be signing copies of his book at Lyme Regis Museum next week. […]

Police investigate tragic death of Lyme Regis Museum trustee

11th June 2021 Francesca Evans

A POLICE investigation has been launched following the death of a trustee of Lyme Regis Museum and regular visitor to the town. […]

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story!

25th May 2021 Submitted Content

A FEW years ago a popular survey identified that museums and universities were regarded by the public as the nation’s two most trusted bodies. […]

Lyme Bay Arts exhibitions resume as museum opens

25th May 2021 Francesca Evans

CELEBRATING its one hundredth anniversary year, Lyme Regis Museum reopened last week and visitors can now view ‘Telling Tales’, the third in a delayed series of exhibitions by Lyme Bay Arts members in the museum’s Rotunda Gallery. […]