Bare Bones

Bare Bones
Torquay Museum

When: 25 May 2019 to 08 September 2019
Where: Pengelly Hall, Torquay Museum
Time: 10.00 am - 4.30 pm
Cost: Museum Admission Charges Apply
Suitable for: Family friendly

Bare Bones - The Facinating World of Animal Skeletons

Discover our family-friendly interactive summer exhibition that explorers the facinating world of animal skeletons. Life on earth has evolved into a mind-boggling variety of forms since the first vertegrates appeared around 520 million years ago. Skeletons from a wide variety of animals will be on display, from birds to reptiles to mammals.  

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