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Science Week Family Drop-in at the Dead Zoo

- Family friendly
- Free to visit
Saturday, 15 November 2025
About this event
Touch and inspect up close the handling collections of real and replica furs, footprints or fossils!
Inspect the Discovery Carts in the Discovery Zone. Meet and touch a mounted badger, a large ammonite fossil, and animal skulls - including a stinky pilot whale skull!
Choose your favourite animal on display in a short self-guided creative activity sheet.
No booking required but there may be a short waiting time. Suitable for Families. Wheelchair accessible. Children must be fully supervised by a parent or adult who is in loco parentis.
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