Mary Anning - Lyme Regis Museum

With the opening of the Mary Anning Wing at Lyme Regis Museum in 2017, we met up with some of the museums friends and patrons to discuss what a remarkable woman Mary Anning was.
Sir David Attenborough (broadcaster and Naturalist), Tracy Chevalier (Author of 'Remarkable Creatures'), and Paddy Howe (Local Fossil Hunter) all give their thoughts on 'The Mother of Palaeontology'.

[@Shandchem]

An amazing, knowledgeable, intellectual and hardworking lady who deserves credit in the discovery and study of Jurassic fossils and the pursuit of knowledge of the history of life on our planet! An inspiration for the pursuit of knoweldge no matter what your background and barriers are in life.

[@starseed6518]

Appreciate movie Ammonite, for I got the chance to know another wonderful woman in history.

[@yvonnegill2155]

Just saw her name on Australia's who wants to be a millionaire. I have never heard of her before but she was a groundbreaking woman. Thanks for your video.

[@mikehall7189]

Mary Anning is my hero.

[@josephmask3705]

Same

[@Nelson_Churchill]

What's your favourite/best find?

[@Abby-gv2vg]

I'm doing Mary anning for my presentation

[@123benny4]

Tracy: Your book Remarkable Creatures brought me here. Well written. Am enjoying the book immensely. Didn't know about Mary Anning before, and now I do. Highly recommend this book.

[@paddyodriscoll8648]

By the way, numerous things have been named after her and she has many books about her,,,

[@matchmother]

Intelligent and succinct, and does Mary Anning justice. (And thank you for not attaching any annoying, irrelevant background music as have many of the other video makers about her.)

[@paddyodriscoll8648]

Damn, I’m an American and I’ve known about Mary for decades. Also, she never discovered any dinosaurs.

[@NicoleHRRCP]

Fascinating! Hope she reincarnated and came back already as an amazing scientist.