Budding historians planning a Dorset holiday might want to look into signing up to a new initiative being offered by the Natural History Museum.
Taking place in Lyme Regis, the Jurassic Coast Studies Centre gives people the chance to learn more about a 95-mile stretch of coastline running through Devon and Dorset that makes up the Jurassic Coast, the Guardian reports.
One couple, Hilary and John Penrose, signed up to the course so that they could improve their work.
They earn their living as an artist and sculptor respectively and Ms Penrose told the news source that it is "great to be learning about such as dynamic landscape".
Professor Andy Fleet, who leads the scheme, said that the aim is to bring the Natural History Museum to "wonderful" places like Dorset.
"The Jurassic Coast is an obvious place for us to come when we’re talking about geology," he added.
Dorset is a key area for research at the moment as, according to the BBC, volunteer divers have recently compiled a series of underwater photographs detailing the marine wildlife living off the county’s coastline.
Posted by Ben Webster
