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Fossil Fun Weekend
23rd-24th May 2026
Venue: Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum
Website: www.birminghammuseums.org.uk
Enjoy a weekend of family fossil fun at Thinktank to celebrate the birthday of Mary Anning, a prehistoric pioneer! Mary Anning was born on the 25th May 1799 and she dug up the first ever skeleton of an Ichthyosaur - a giant fish-like dinosaur - when she was just just 12 years old!