A 180m-old fossil has become one of the star exhibits at the UK's newest museum after it was identified as the oldest known example of a vertebrate embryo found in Britain.
The ribbon cutting for the Yorkshire Natural History Museum took place on Saturday with the help of a baryonyx claw.
The excitement of the day was increased by the fact that one of the objects on display was much more important than had been thought.
The man behind the new museum was like a kid in a candy shop. It is believed to be the oldest example of a embryo in Britain. Dean found it on our first day.
Dean was able to identify the embryo, the skull, the teeth, the flipper and the ribs, even though we thought it might be a few bones.
It was the oldest complete embryo found in Britain. It was located on the Yorkshire coast.
There is a small museum in the old head office of a steelworks.
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The opening weekend exceeded expectations as people lined up to get in.
There are about 1,000 objects on display, including minerals and fossils found in the region, such as a mammoth tusk, a domesticated dog, and a crocodile skull.
Over the past four years, he said, his passion for natural history had taken off, leading to the creation of the museum.
He was an economics student at the London School of Economics and used to hop between the British Museum and the Natural History Museum in order to get his attention. I used to like studying in the libraries on the campus.
Natural history collections can be found in museums in the north of England, but there is no single museum dedicated to the subject in the area.
There was a desire for the museum to be a useful research institution, as well as a motivation for it to be in his hometown. He said that they have ambitions to move to a larger site.
It is a fascinating topic. I like the idea of understanding life before human existence.
Chris Packham gave a boost to the opening of the museum by mentioning how cool it was that it was opened with a claw.
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