One of a pair of juvenile woolly mammoth tusks caught up in fishermen’s nets off West Worthing in 1920. This individual would have inhabited a low-lying landscape of shallow valleys, with a rapidly changing environment heralding the retreat of tundra and the emergence of streams and conifer woodland. The shore was at least two miles further south than today, even millennia after this mammoth died.

£100 Mammoth tusks

Reimagining Worthing Museum

This is one of a pair of young woolly mammoth tusks caught by accident in fishing nets off West Worthing in 1920. Already a real wow! With so many visitors, we want to make sure these tusks are accessible to everyone.

We’d love to invite all our Mammoth Tusk donors to a tour of the museum ahead of reopening, to show you exactly how your donation has made a difference.