What's New
The Middlesbrough Meteorite
The Middlesbrough Meteorite has now returned to York Museums Trust, however, our facsimile of the Middlesbrough Meteorite is on permenant display within Earth in Space gallery.
To celebrate the 130th anniversary of its fall in
Middlesbrough, we are proud to present the real
Middlesbrough Meteorite on display at the Dorman
Museum. On display 15 February - 20 March 2011.
On March 14th, 1881, some railway workers witnessed
the meteorite falling to earth at Pennyman's Siding, near
where St. Luke's hospital is now. There was much
excitement at the time and the case arose the interest of
the local press.
The meteorite has since revealed itself to be very unique
and has recently undergone tests by NASA which will
help their Mars mission in 2017.
As the Dorman Museum didn't exist in 1881, the
meteorite was handed over to the York Museum for
safekeeping, where it has been ever since.
Kindly loaned to us by The York Museums Trust, this is
the first time the real meteorite has returned to
Middlesbrough in 130 years and were very pleased to
have it on display here at the Dorman.
