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2025 marks the 200th anniversary of the confirmation of Gideon Mantells discovery of the fossils of the Iguanodon dinosaurs in Cuckfield.
Impossible Monsters takes us into the lives and minds of the extraordinary men and women whose discovery of the dinosaurs revolutionised our understanding of the world, as well as those who resisted them. It is the riveting story of a group of people who dared to think impossible things and then showed them to be true.
Sathnam Sanghera said of Impossible Monsters it dazzles in its originality a triumph.
Michael lectures in Modern British History at Balliol College, Oxford. He will be in discussion with Dr Hermione Cockburn who was brought up in Cuckfield and until recently was Scientific Director of Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh.
Booking opens for Sponsors, Benefactors and Friends at 9am on 16th August.
Booking opens to the public at 9am on 23rd August.
Book Tickets
Guide Prices
| Ticket Type | Ticket Tariff |
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| Standard | £14.00 |
Note: Prices are a guide only and may change on a daily basis.
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Opening Times
| Michael Taylor Impossible Monsters, How the Discovery of Dinosaurs Changed the World (5 Oct 2025) | ||
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| Day | Times | |
| Sunday | 13:00 | |
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