Exotic Zoo has announced it will host the Telford Fossil Festival on 6-7 June.

The zoo has secured acclaimed palaeontologist, author, and TV presenter Dr Dean Lomax and world-renowned natural history artist Bob Nicholls for the event.

The festival will champion the Telford Natural History Museum, which is part of Exotic Zoo. Last year, it employed its first full-time palaeontologist, Tom Moncrieffe.

Tom has put the event together to bring in fossil lovers and palaeontology fans from across the UK to discover what the museum offers. He will also be revealing a new Jurassic dinosaur, which will be housed at the museum and will showcase the new public fossil preparation laboratory, giving visitors an insight into real fossil work and museum science.

On 6 Saturday June, there is ‘The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs Talk’ with acclaimed palaeontologist Dr Dean Lomax and Palaeo-reconstruction artist Bob Nicholls, which will be followed by a Q&A and book signing. You can book a place at the talk and book signing when purchasing your tickets, and buy their book.

A Jurassic Park Jeep will be parked up at the zoo, and there will be the opportunity to view the museum’s collection of real skeletons, including the recent addition of a 32-million-year-old genuine Oligocene rhinoceros skull that was discovered in fossil beds of the Badlands of Nebraska, USA.

Telford Fossil Festival is taking place on 6-7June. Tickets are £12 for adults, £10 for children aged 2 – 15, and under 2s go free. Book tickets now at exoticzoo.co.uk