The Etches Collection (also known as the Museum of Jurassic Marine Life)[2] is an independent fossil museum located in the village of Kimmeridge, Dorset, England.

[3] It is based on the lifetime collection of Steve Etches, a fossil hunter for whom some of his finds have been named,[4][5] from the local area on the Jurassic Coast, a SSSI and World Heritage Site,[6] especially around Kimmeridge Bay and the Kimmeridge Ledges.

[7] The museum building was opened in 2016 at a cost of £5 million to house a collection of over 2,000 fossil specimens so that they would remain accessible beyond the lifetime of Steve Etches.

[10] The collection includes examples of ammonite eggs and fossils from the Upper Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay Formation including Thalassodraco etchesi.

[11][12] Media related to The Etches Collection at Wikimedia Commons