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The council are actively pitching around for 'partners' to take it over. What's unclear is why this is happening when the Friends of Dinosaur Isle have been trying to take it off the council's hands for eight years.
Dinosaur Isle: Isle of Wight
Dinosaur Isle in Sandown, Isle of Wight is an Accredited Museum holding an impressive collection of dinosaur items.
Built in 2001 at a cost of £2.7m, funded in part by a Millennium Lottery grant, the distinctive building is popular with school parties and visitors alike.
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BBC's One Show watched Professor Ben Garrod visit the Dinosaur Isle Museum with pupils from Brighstone Primary School to see the model of Brighstoneus simmondsi
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This sounds like something interesting to take the kids to over the Christmas holidays.
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The Chair of The Friends of Dinosaur Isle Museum shares a detailed update with OnTheWight about the Isle of Wight council’s ‘Soft Market Test' event that took place last week.
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On Museum Day, the council say the process for finding an investment partner will include a ‘negotiation’ approach to "help maximise all opportunities" and will include more feasibility work on using council land next to the museum.
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The Shanklin Hotel and Accommodation Association say new plans for Dinosaur Isle proposal would result in "a loss in the hospitality trade in the Bay area and beyond". The Cabinet member says "scaremongering and incorrect assertions" could jeopardise plans
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The very rare find was discovered by two different holiday makers and a resident from Ryde. They'll be on display at Dinosaur Isle from today (Wednesday)
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Thanks to a grant from the Royal Society’s Local Heroes scheme, Dinosaur Isle is to celebrate Britain's ‘greatest dinosaur hunter’, the Reverend William Fox.
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The discovery of two new species of dinosaur on the Isle of Wight cements its status as one of the top locations for dinosaur finds in Europe
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Dinosaur Isle event unites history enthusiasts for a weekend of archaeological wonder
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Dinosaur Isle’s world class fossil collection has recently been given special recognition with sponsorship and invitation to display at Europe’s biggest fossil and mineral show, the Munich Show.
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You can now see the rare fossil which was found by Emily Tabassi-Gill and her family, from East Sussex, on a fossil walk led by Dinosaur Isle staff in February.
