The Lapworth Museum of Geology is at the University of Birmingham in Edgbaston.

Lapworth Museum of Geology (June 2018). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Located to the south west of the Quadrangle near Ring Road South at the University.

The Lapworth Museum of Geology (July 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

History of the Lapworth Museum of Geology

The museum was named after Charles Lapworth who was a geologist. Charles Lapworth, LL. D.M. Sc. F.R.S. was the Professor of Geology at Mason College (later University of Birmingham) from 1881-1913. He became Emeritus Professor in 1913. His portrait was presented to the museum by Mr. W. Waters Butler.

Portrait of Charles Lapworth at the Lapworth Museum of Geology (June 2018). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

The museum has origins dating back to 1880 (and the foundation of Mason College in Birmingham Town Centre, the precursor of the University of Birmingham).

History of the Lapworth Museum of Geology (June 2018). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

The gallery reopened in 2016 after a redevelopment project. It is one of the Grade II* listed wings of Sir Aston Webb and Ingress Bell's, Aston Webb Building, retaining many of it's Edwardian features. The Lapworth Museum has occupied it's current space since the 1920s.

The Lapworth Museum of Geology (July 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Allosaurus

Allosaurus at the Lapworth Museum of Geology (June 2018). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Pteranodon

Pteranodon at the Lapworth Museum of Geology (June 2018). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Dinosaur and other extinct creature skulls

Skull of the dinosaur Deinonychus at the Lapworth Museum of Geology (June 2018). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Skull of the dinosaur Velociraptor at the Lapworth Museum of Geology (June 2018). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Skull of the carnivorous dinosaur Allosaurus fragilis at the Lapworth Museum of Geology (June 2018). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Skull and jaws of Dimetrodon (synapsid) at the Lapworth Museum of Geology (June 2018). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

 

Key to the City Birmingham 2022

Next to the Allosaurus skeleton is a secret cabinet, that key holders can unlock during Summer 2022. Inside is secret drawers full of rocks and fossils.

Key to the City at the Lapworth Museum of Geology (June 2022). Photography by Elliott Brown