The Geological Society of Glasgow
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📆 Founded 1858.
🌋 Exploring Glasgow’s geology through lectures, field trips & local rocks.
🗣️ Monthly talks September-April.
🪨 All welcome!
🔗 Find us at https://linktr.ee/geolsocglasgow
🌋 Exploring Glasgow’s geology through lectures, field trips & local rocks.
🗣️ Monthly talks September-April.
🪨 All welcome!
🔗 Find us at https://linktr.ee/geolsocglasgow
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October 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
❗️NEWS AND UPDATES.
Here is some updates from the GSG. Thanks to all that attended our events this month, reminder about the T.N.G Medal, and Hugh Miller's 224th birthday.
Here is some updates from the GSG. Thanks to all that attended our events this month, reminder about the T.N.G Medal, and Hugh Miller's 224th birthday.
September 24, 2026 at 9:29 AM
❗️NEWS AND UPDATES.
Here is some updates from the GSG. Thanks to all that attended our events this month, reminder about the T.N.G Medal, and Hugh Miller's 224th birthday.
Here is some updates from the GSG. Thanks to all that attended our events this month, reminder about the T.N.G Medal, and Hugh Miller's 224th birthday.
September 20, 2026 at 12:20 PM
⏰ REMINDER!
🌴 The Fossil Grove in Victoria Park is open tomorrow from 12-4pm. If you are free, why not pop along to see 330-million-year-old trees in the heart of Glasgow?
#glasgowevents #events #fossilgrove
🌴 The Fossil Grove in Victoria Park is open tomorrow from 12-4pm. If you are free, why not pop along to see 330-million-year-old trees in the heart of Glasgow?
#glasgowevents #events #fossilgrove
September 19, 2026 at 4:43 PM
⏰ REMINDER!
🌴 The Fossil Grove in Victoria Park is open tomorrow from 12-4pm. If you are free, why not pop along to see 330-million-year-old trees in the heart of Glasgow?
#glasgowevents #events #fossilgrove
🌴 The Fossil Grove in Victoria Park is open tomorrow from 12-4pm. If you are free, why not pop along to see 330-million-year-old trees in the heart of Glasgow?
#glasgowevents #events #fossilgrove
🥇 T.N GEORGE MEDAL
A call nominations for our 2027 T.N George Medal, awarded “for excellence in palaeontology and/or stratigraphy”…
ANYONE, member or not, can nominate a candidate, which should be sent to [email protected] no later than 15 October with a reason for nomination attached.
A call nominations for our 2027 T.N George Medal, awarded “for excellence in palaeontology and/or stratigraphy”…
ANYONE, member or not, can nominate a candidate, which should be sent to [email protected] no later than 15 October with a reason for nomination attached.
September 8, 2026 at 10:11 AM
🥇 T.N GEORGE MEDAL
A call nominations for our 2027 T.N George Medal, awarded “for excellence in palaeontology and/or stratigraphy”…
ANYONE, member or not, can nominate a candidate, which should be sent to [email protected] no later than 15 October with a reason for nomination attached.
A call nominations for our 2027 T.N George Medal, awarded “for excellence in palaeontology and/or stratigraphy”…
ANYONE, member or not, can nominate a candidate, which should be sent to [email protected] no later than 15 October with a reason for nomination attached.
🎥 TRAILER: LITHIUM EXPLORATION: SCOTLAND AND BEYOND.
A short video about our upcoming lecture on Thursday. Hopefully you are keen to come along.
Free. No booking required, but on Eventbrite. Link in Bio!
🪨
#glasgow #geology #glasgowevents #KelvinHall
A short video about our upcoming lecture on Thursday. Hopefully you are keen to come along.
Free. No booking required, but on Eventbrite. Link in Bio!
🪨
#glasgow #geology #glasgowevents #KelvinHall
September 7, 2026 at 6:41 PM
🎥 TRAILER: LITHIUM EXPLORATION: SCOTLAND AND BEYOND.
A short video about our upcoming lecture on Thursday. Hopefully you are keen to come along.
Free. No booking required, but on Eventbrite. Link in Bio!
🪨
#glasgow #geology #glasgowevents #KelvinHall
A short video about our upcoming lecture on Thursday. Hopefully you are keen to come along.
Free. No booking required, but on Eventbrite. Link in Bio!
🪨
#glasgow #geology #glasgowevents #KelvinHall
🪨 WHAT'S ON IN SEPTEMBER?
See below GSG events this month. This includes a Lecture on the 10th, as well as a GeoNatter and Fossil Grove Open Day.
Details can be found on our website:
🔗 geologyglasgow.org.uk/events/
See below GSG events this month. This includes a Lecture on the 10th, as well as a GeoNatter and Fossil Grove Open Day.
Details can be found on our website:
🔗 geologyglasgow.org.uk/events/
September 7, 2026 at 1:23 PM
🪨 WHAT'S ON IN SEPTEMBER?
See below GSG events this month. This includes a Lecture on the 10th, as well as a GeoNatter and Fossil Grove Open Day.
Details can be found on our website:
🔗 geologyglasgow.org.uk/events/
See below GSG events this month. This includes a Lecture on the 10th, as well as a GeoNatter and Fossil Grove Open Day.
Details can be found on our website:
🔗 geologyglasgow.org.uk/events/
We are all set up at the Science Centre ‘Meet the Expert’ and open on Floor 1, just out of the lift or take a right at the top of the escalators!
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August 22, 2026 at 10:13 AM
We are all set up at the Science Centre ‘Meet the Expert’ and open on Floor 1, just out of the lift or take a right at the top of the escalators!
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The Geological Society of Glasgow is at Glasgow Science Centre today for the “Designosaurs” Event.
Come along to chat to the “Rock Doctors”, make fossil casts, and do all things rocks and palaeontology.
🦖 🦖 🦖
#geology #glasgow #glasgowsciencecentre
Come along to chat to the “Rock Doctors”, make fossil casts, and do all things rocks and palaeontology.
🦖 🦖 🦖
#geology #glasgow #glasgowsciencecentre
August 22, 2026 at 9:44 AM
The Geological Society of Glasgow is at Glasgow Science Centre today for the “Designosaurs” Event.
Come along to chat to the “Rock Doctors”, make fossil casts, and do all things rocks and palaeontology.
🦖 🦖 🦖
#geology #glasgow #glasgowsciencecentre
Come along to chat to the “Rock Doctors”, make fossil casts, and do all things rocks and palaeontology.
🦖 🦖 🦖
#geology #glasgow #glasgowsciencecentre
🗣️ REMINDER — The Fossil Grove at Victoria Park is open tomorrow from 1200-1600. If you are at a loose end this Sunday, why not pop along?
🤞🏼 We hope to see you there! 🪨
#glasgow #geology #fossilgrove #glasgowevents
🤞🏼 We hope to see you there! 🪨
#glasgow #geology #fossilgrove #glasgowevents
August 15, 2026 at 2:18 PM
🗣️ REMINDER — The Fossil Grove at Victoria Park is open tomorrow from 1200-1600. If you are at a loose end this Sunday, why not pop along?
🤞🏼 We hope to see you there! 🪨
#glasgow #geology #fossilgrove #glasgowevents
🤞🏼 We hope to see you there! 🪨
#glasgow #geology #fossilgrove #glasgowevents
🪨 WHAT'S ON IN AUGUST?
See below GSG events in August. This includes a Fossil Grove Open-Afternoon on Sunday 16th (12-4pm), and a GeoNatter on Wednesday 19th.
Details can be found on our website:
🔗 geologyglasgow.org.uk/events/
See below GSG events in August. This includes a Fossil Grove Open-Afternoon on Sunday 16th (12-4pm), and a GeoNatter on Wednesday 19th.
Details can be found on our website:
🔗 geologyglasgow.org.uk/events/
August 10, 2026 at 12:18 PM
🪨 WHAT'S ON IN AUGUST?
See below GSG events in August. This includes a Fossil Grove Open-Afternoon on Sunday 16th (12-4pm), and a GeoNatter on Wednesday 19th.
Details can be found on our website:
🔗 geologyglasgow.org.uk/events/
See below GSG events in August. This includes a Fossil Grove Open-Afternoon on Sunday 16th (12-4pm), and a GeoNatter on Wednesday 19th.
Details can be found on our website:
🔗 geologyglasgow.org.uk/events/
🏔️ Most people walk straight through landscapes. Geologists read them.
🌍 Since 1858, the Geological Society of Glasgow welcomes anyone curious about our planet. And you can learn all about it right here in Glasgow.
🗣️ Lectures return this Autumn, join us before then.
#geology #fossils #glasgow
🌍 Since 1858, the Geological Society of Glasgow welcomes anyone curious about our planet. And you can learn all about it right here in Glasgow.
🗣️ Lectures return this Autumn, join us before then.
#geology #fossils #glasgow
June 11, 2026 at 9:48 AM
🍸 The Scottish Geology Trust’s Deep Time Gala is tonight!
🏙️ The place to be for geologists and people with an interest in geology tonight! Hope to see you there.
🏙️ The place to be for geologists and people with an interest in geology tonight! Hope to see you there.
There’s going to be so much happening at our festival launch event, The Deep Time Gala on Monday June 1st at Dynamic Earth. Check out all the activities below:
#ScotGeolFest26 #ScottishGeology
#ScotGeolFest26 #ScottishGeology
June 1, 2026 at 10:45 AM
🍸 The Scottish Geology Trust’s Deep Time Gala is tonight!
🏙️ The place to be for geologists and people with an interest in geology tonight! Hope to see you there.
🏙️ The place to be for geologists and people with an interest in geology tonight! Hope to see you there.
🏡 Did you know you could visit the birthplace of Hugh Miller? Well you can! And they have a variety of events on this year!
⬇️ See below for details.
#geology #hughmiller #fossils
⬇️ See below for details.
#geology #hughmiller #fossils
May 14, 2026 at 5:25 PM
🏡 Did you know you could visit the birthplace of Hugh Miller? Well you can! And they have a variety of events on this year!
⬇️ See below for details.
#geology #hughmiller #fossils
⬇️ See below for details.
#geology #hughmiller #fossils
🪨 See below the lineup for our day excursions in 2026.
🔗 All trips available to book and view for members and non-members at:
geologyglasgow.org.uk/events/categ...
📩 Please contact: [email protected] for more information.
🔗 All trips available to book and view for members and non-members at:
geologyglasgow.org.uk/events/categ...
📩 Please contact: [email protected] for more information.
May 14, 2026 at 5:21 PM
🪨 See below the lineup for our day excursions in 2026.
🔗 All trips available to book and view for members and non-members at:
geologyglasgow.org.uk/events/categ...
📩 Please contact: [email protected] for more information.
🔗 All trips available to book and view for members and non-members at:
geologyglasgow.org.uk/events/categ...
📩 Please contact: [email protected] for more information.
We have extra spaces on our residential trip to Cromarty (3 nights; 22-25 May). £200.00. Meal costs are not included.
🪨 We will be learning all about renewed stratigraphy of the fishbeds and the Moine inlier!
GSG Members ONLY.
Contact: [email protected] for more.
🪨 We will be learning all about renewed stratigraphy of the fishbeds and the Moine inlier!
GSG Members ONLY.
Contact: [email protected] for more.
May 3, 2026 at 11:56 AM
We have extra spaces on our residential trip to Cromarty (3 nights; 22-25 May). £200.00. Meal costs are not included.
🪨 We will be learning all about renewed stratigraphy of the fishbeds and the Moine inlier!
GSG Members ONLY.
Contact: [email protected] for more.
🪨 We will be learning all about renewed stratigraphy of the fishbeds and the Moine inlier!
GSG Members ONLY.
Contact: [email protected] for more.
🗣️ 3 upcoming GCG events that may be of interest to members:
🌊 Marine Reptile Conference (7th-8th Oct)
📍 Oxford
🦖 Symposium on Paleontological Preparation and Conservation (17th Nov)
📍Manchester
👥 53rd Winter Seminar and AGM (18th-19th Nov)
📍Manchester
See more: www.geocollections.org/events
🌊 Marine Reptile Conference (7th-8th Oct)
📍 Oxford
🦖 Symposium on Paleontological Preparation and Conservation (17th Nov)
📍Manchester
👥 53rd Winter Seminar and AGM (18th-19th Nov)
📍Manchester
See more: www.geocollections.org/events
April 19, 2026 at 5:34 PM
🗣️ 3 upcoming GCG events that may be of interest to members:
🌊 Marine Reptile Conference (7th-8th Oct)
📍 Oxford
🦖 Symposium on Paleontological Preparation and Conservation (17th Nov)
📍Manchester
👥 53rd Winter Seminar and AGM (18th-19th Nov)
📍Manchester
See more: www.geocollections.org/events
🌊 Marine Reptile Conference (7th-8th Oct)
📍 Oxford
🦖 Symposium on Paleontological Preparation and Conservation (17th Nov)
📍Manchester
👥 53rd Winter Seminar and AGM (18th-19th Nov)
📍Manchester
See more: www.geocollections.org/events
🦈 If you missed “The Bearsden Shark” lecture last week. The recording is now up on our YouTube. It is a great talk, so please give it a watch if you can.
youtu.be/wIogzxDrTa0?...
#BearsdenShark #Glasgow #Geology
youtu.be/wIogzxDrTa0?...
#BearsdenShark #Glasgow #Geology
The Bearsden Shark
YouTube video by Geological Society of Glasgow
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April 17, 2026 at 9:19 AM
🦈 If you missed “The Bearsden Shark” lecture last week. The recording is now up on our YouTube. It is a great talk, so please give it a watch if you can.
youtu.be/wIogzxDrTa0?...
#BearsdenShark #Glasgow #Geology
youtu.be/wIogzxDrTa0?...
#BearsdenShark #Glasgow #Geology
⏰ REMINDER
Our monthly lecture is tonight! All about the Bearsden Shark 🦈…. Its history and its palaeontology!
Don’t forget to come along to Kelvin Hall Lecture Theatre at 7pm! 🪨
Our monthly lecture is tonight! All about the Bearsden Shark 🦈…. Its history and its palaeontology!
Don’t forget to come along to Kelvin Hall Lecture Theatre at 7pm! 🪨
April 9, 2026 at 11:14 AM
⏰ REMINDER
Our monthly lecture is tonight! All about the Bearsden Shark 🦈…. Its history and its palaeontology!
Don’t forget to come along to Kelvin Hall Lecture Theatre at 7pm! 🪨
Our monthly lecture is tonight! All about the Bearsden Shark 🦈…. Its history and its palaeontology!
Don’t forget to come along to Kelvin Hall Lecture Theatre at 7pm! 🪨