Families can look forward to week of spooktacular week of fun filled activities over the October half term in Lyme Regis. 

Lyme Regis Museum is gearing up to welcome visitors for the half term break and has a host of activities lined up for all the family.

On Sunday, October 27 the museum will running a fossil polishing session, offering visitors the opportunity to learn all about the amazing ammonites that lived in the Jurassic seas off Lyme Regis - and they can polish their own 200 million year old year fossil to take home as a souvenir.

If dinosaurs are your thing, then museum collections and engagement officer, Natalia Jagielska will be teaching people how to create a roarsome dinosaur in origami to take home on Monday, October 28.

For craft lovers, Debbie Clarke will be returning on Tuesday, October 29 with her popular 3D Clay Modelling Workshop creating an ammonite tea light holder – which is free with museum admission. 

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The highlight of the half term week will be the ‘Spooktacular Night at the Museum’ as the museum doors are opened after dark for a Halloween extravaganza featuring creepy crafts, torchlight tours, spooky stories, freaky face painting on Thursday, October 31 - tickets will need to book and paid for in advance for this haunting evening.

To conclude the week's activities, on Friday, November 1 visitors will be able to stand where Mary Anning once stood and hear the story of her amazing life, discoveries and legacy in the ‘In the Footsteps of Mary Anning’ interactive session with the museum’s knowledgeable guide, Lizzie Wiscombe.

Museum director, Bridget Houseago, said: “We are looking forward to welcoming visitors in the half term for a fun-packed week of activities with crafts, walks and sessions to keep the whole family busy.

"We are also delighted to be opening the doors after dark once again for our Halloween Spooktacular to celebrate the creepiest night of the year, it promises to be ‘frightfully’ good fun.”

For more details about Lyme Regis Museum’s October half term programme and to book tickets for the Spooktacular event, visit: www.lymeregismuseum.co.uk