The Etches Collection Explained

The Etches Collection
Established:2016
Location:Kimmeridge, Dorset, United Kingdom
Founder:Steve Etches
Architect:Kennedy O'Callagahan Architects[1]
Website:theetchescollection.org

The Etches Collection (also known as the Museum of Jurassic Marine Life)[2] is an independent fossil museum located in the village of Kimmeridge, Dorset, England.[3] It is based on the lifetime collection of Steve Etches, a fossil hunter for whom some of his finds have been named,[4] [5] from the local area on the Jurassic Coast, a SSSI and World Heritage Site,[6] especially around Kimmeridge Bay and the Kimmeridge Ledges.[7]

Building

The museum building was opened in 2016 at a cost of £5 million to house a collection of over 2,000 fossil specimens so that they would remain accessible beyond the lifetime of Steve Etches.[8] [9]

Collection

Etches had been collecting for over 30 years prior to the museum opening,[7] and in this time he has amassed a collection of fossils of international scientific importance that form the basis of the collection.[10] The collection includes examples of ammonite eggs and fossils from the Upper Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay Formation including Thalassodraco etchesi.[11] [12]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Etches Collection, Museum of Jurassic Marine Life . Kennedy O'Callagahan Architects . 22 August 2017.
  2. Book: Draper . Brian . Green . Howard . Soulful Nature: A spiritual field guide . 30 January 2020 . Canterbury Press . 978-1-78622-147-6 . en.
  3. Matt . Williams . The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge, Dorset . . . UK . 117 . 2 . 52–55 . February 2017.
  4. News: Fox . Alex . Amateur Fossil Hunter Discovers New 'Sea Dragon' Species on British Beach . 17 March 2021 . Smithsonian Magazine . 16 December 2020 . en.
  5. News: New species of ichthyosaur found on Dorset's Jurassic Coast . 17 March 2021 . BBC News . 10 December 2020.
  6. Larwood . Jonathan . The Jurassic Coast: Geoscience and education – An overview . Proceedings of the Geologists' Association . 1 June 2019 . 130 . 3 . 265–273 . 10.1016/j.pgeola.2019.05.005 . 197571174 . en . 0016-7878.
  7. News: Sherwood . Harriet . Fossil fever: exploring Dorset's Jurassic Coast with Steve Etches . 17 March 2021 . the Guardian . 4 November 2016 . en.
  8. News: From his garage to a multi-million pound museum: Plumber's incredible Jurassic treasure is unveiled . 17 March 2021 . Dorset Echo . en.
  9. News: New museum at Kimmeridge for Etches Collection of fossils . . . UK . 21 October 2016 . 22 August 2017.
  10. News: Amateur fossil hunter who spent 30 years amassing 2,000 specimens wins grant to build £5m Jurassic Coast museum . . UK . Alice . Shaw . 12 August 2016 . 22 August 2017.
  11. Jacobs . Megan L. . Martill . David M. . A new ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Upper Jurassic (Early Tithonian) Kimmeridge Clay of Dorset, UK, with implications for Late Jurassic ichthyosaur diversity . PLOS ONE . 9 December 2020 . 15 . 12 . e0241700 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0241700 . 33296370 . 7725355 . 2020PLoSO..1541700J . en . 1932-6203. free.
  12. Etches . Steve . Steve Etches . Clarke . Jane . Callomon . John . October 2008 . Ammonite eggs and ammonitellae from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Dorset, England . . 42 . 2 . 204–217 . 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2008.00133.x.

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