Ravenglass Railway Museum is set to journey through time with a free ‘Dino Mania’ event next month, featuring the UK’s largest walking Ankylosaurus.
‘Dino Mania’ on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 September will feature life-size dinosaur puppets – including a herd of happy hatchlings – at intervals between 10am and 4pm.
It will also include storytelling and hands-on activities throughout the day like fossil digging stations, dino-themed arts and crafts, and palaeontology workshops for the kids. There will even be dino gifts to take away.
As well as bringing the community together, ‘Dino Mania’ has been funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to help promote volunteering experiences and there is the chance for would-be volunteers to find out more about the rewarding opportunities on offer at Ravenglass Railway Museum all year round.
For anyone who wants to combine a trip along Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, more palaeontological pals will be popping up at both Ravenglass and Dalegarth Stations at intervals throughout the day – usual prices and booking conditions to travel on the railway will apply.
Claire Winter-Moore, Collections Assistant at Ravenglass Railway Museum, says: “We’re really excited about bringing these amazing lifelike dinosaurs to the museum for an unforgettable interactive experience.
“Aimed mainly at families with children aged 4 to 12, including parents and grandparents, we’re sure they will wow our visitors.
“As well as giving families the chance to come face-to-face with dinosaurs, the event will have a real community feel, with fun activities and workshops to find out more about life tens of millions of years ago. Of course, it’s all free for people to enjoy too!
“What’s more, it will shine the spotlight on the work of our fantastic museum volunteers who do so much to bring history to life.”
For more information about Ravenglass Railway Museum, visit: www.ravenglassrailwaymuseum.co.uk
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Notes to Editors:
- For more information contact: Claire Winter-Moore (Collections Assistant) claire.wintermoore@ravenglass-railway.co.uk
- Project costs of £9674 to deliver this Dino Mania event in Sept 2024 is being funded by UK Government.
- The project gained £488,700 of Heritage Lottery Funding in September 2015, along with match-funding from Copeland Community Fund (CCF), Fisheries Local Action Group (FLAG), Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Preservation Society (RERPS) and Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway (R&ER).
- Located in Ravenglass on the Cumbrian coast, the current museum opened in 1978 in one of the former Furness Railway platform buildings housing a collection of artefacts which had been accumulated around the centenary of the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway (‘La’al Ratty’) in 1976. The museum is run by the Ravenglass Railway Museum Trust (Reg’d charity 505295) in partnership with the R&ER and RERPS (Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society), and the collection consists of more than 7,000 items, ranging from the 15” gauge Bassett-Lowke loco’ ‘Synolda’ through to models, tools and remnants of one of the original 3’ gauge coaches, plus an extensive archive of photographs (c40,000), tickets, timetables and other ephemera.
