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Skulls and teeth in the new Bite Me! display

12th September 2017

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Museum’s fearsome new display promises nothing but the tooth

A jaw-some new display is giving visitors to Leeds City Museum something to get their teeth into by showcasing the animal kingdom’s biggest and best biters. The new Bite Me! display features an impressive array of teeth, skulls and bones from modern mammals and reptiles as well as the fossilised remains of extinct creatures…

Curators beavering away on dam good conservation display

It’s been more than 400 years since wild beavers could be spotted busily building their dams in the rivers and forests of the UK. Ruthlessly hunted for their pelts, meat and scent glands, which were used in perfumes and medicines, nature’s greatest lumberjacks were sadly wiped out on our shores by the 16th century.…

Ocean predator set to make waves as dinosaurs return to Leeds City Museum

For more than 140 million years, fearsome marine reptiles like Ichthyosaurus ruled the world’s oceans. Now incredibly well-preserved remains of the speedy, dolphin-like predators will be making a splash with the city’s pint-sized palaeontologists as dinosaurs return to Leeds City Museum this May half term. Last year’s debut event saw more than 11,000 people…

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Museum’s fearsome new display promises nothing but the tooth

Curators beavering away on dam good conservation display

Ocean predator set to make waves as dinosaurs return to Leeds City Museum

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