Buried Secrets: Unearthing the Isle of Wight’s Prehistoric Past

Date: Saturday 24th October

Location: The Etches Collection Museum

Tickets: £6 per person (adults & children) – limited availability

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The Isle of Wight is Britain’s dinosaur capital, a landscape where cliffs and beaches reveal a lost world beneath our feet. While dinosaurs once dominated this ancient landscape, they are only a small part of a much bigger story. 

 The island’s coastlines preserve around 130 million years of Earth’s history, recording changing climates, vanished seas, and extraordinary ecosystems, yielding a remarkable fossil record including dinosaurs and fossils found nowhere else on Earth!

Join palaeontologist Megan Jacobs on the 24th of October at 6pm for a talk about why this small island is one of the most important geological and palaeontological locations in the world. This will then be followed by a Q&A and Book Signing. 

Tickets include full entry to:

  • "Buried Secrets: Unearthing the Isle of Wight’s Prehistoric Past" talk and book signing with Megan Jacobs

  • Audience Q&A

  • Access to The Etches Collection Museum shop for merchandise opportunities

Tickets: £6.00 per person (adults and children). Spaces are limited, early booking is recommended due to high demand. Hosted at The Etches Collection.

About the Author

Megan Jacobs is an Isle of Wight–based palaeontologist and PhD researcher at the University of Portsmouth, her work explores dinosaur footprints, pterosaurs and ichthyosaurs. Passionate about sharing the island’s prehistoric story, she co-runs Wight Coast Fossils, leading fossil walks around the Isle of Wight all year round.