Fossil identification service

The museum provides a free identification service.

Before visiting with your fossil, please call us in advance on 01983 404344. This will give us time to arrange for one of the museum palaeontologists to be available to help you.

However, we will always do our best to respond to visitors during normal opening hours.

Or, you can email your enquiry to dinosaur@iow.gov.uk or message us on Facebook.

We will not always be able to provide an answer without seeing the actual specimen. In this case you will be invited to visit the museum.