Hello...

We're Mary Anning Rocks!

Who Was Mary Anning?

If you want to know more about this remarkable, forgotten woman of science. Then read more about her here and join our campaign to get her the recognition she so rightly deserves. 

Welcome!

A statue for Mary Anning
isn't a new idea.

Lots of people have talked about a permanent monument for Mary in Lyme Regis, but nothing ever seemed to get off the ground.

The spark of inspiration finally came in the form of an 11 year old, fossil mad, local girl, Evie Swire when she asked her mother, ‘Why isn’t there a statue to Mary mummy?’

A few phone calls, emails and meetings later, and Mary Anning Rocks was born.

Evie Swire

Meet Evie

Hello, My name is Evie and welcome to Mary Anning Rocks. If you would like to know more about the people behind this campaign please click through and meet the ‘Anning Army’ and the helpers that work really hard to make this statue and learning legacy happen :) 

Meet The Team

Mary Anning Painting

So who was Mary Anning... and why did she rock?

You might be wondering who Mary Anning was and why we want to commemorate her. You're not on your own, many people know very little about her. Shocking when you consider the impact her discoveries made to the way we view the world today. Click the link to read more about her extraordinary life and work.

About Mary

Mary Anning Statue

Why is a statue so important?

We know what you're thinking, in this age of social media and all things digital, is a statue really the best way to celebrate Mary? Click the link to read more about why we think a statue is so incredibly important and check out Denise Dutton’s sketch of how she will look.

Why a statue for Mary?

Ammonites

Help us to continue to raise funds for Mary's Learning Legacy.

From the start of this campaign, we were adamant that no public money would be spent on this project and you all stepped up and smashed our crowdfund. We now have the money to build Mary her statue, but it doesn't end there. To make sure Mary is never lost in history again we have to go further. Click the link to read more ways you can help fund Mary's Learning Legacy

Donate

Meet our Friends and Patrons

We are extremely lucky to have the patronage and backing of not only some of the great and good from the world of science and Palaeontology, but we also have support from all sorts of different creative and amazing people who love this campaign for a multitude of reasons.

Click and meet the amazing friends of Mary Anning.

Patrons
Sir David Attenborough
Patrons
Tracey Chevalier
Professor Alice Roberts
/meet-the-team
Professor Jack Horner
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