Communicating scientific heritage in BGS through images and the written word

This blog provides an opportunity for BGS staff to display the most interesting items collected by the Survey over the past 180 years.

The BGS has had a long history. Geological mapping started in 1832, the Ordnance Geological Survey was formed in 1835, the Museum of Economic Geology started in 1841 and the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland was created in 1845.

