Charles Darwin - Quantum Leap - Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK.
N 52° 42.595 W 002° 45.416
30U E 516421 N 5840029
The Charles Darwin Memorial Sculpture - Official name 'The Darwin Memorial Geo-Garden Quantum Leap' is located alongside the River Severn in Mardol Quay Park, Shrewsbury, County Town of Shropshire.
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Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/12/2016
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Evolution Began in Shrewsbury! Charles Darwin's place of birth, home, & inspiration.
Quantum Leap - An abstract sculpture open to interpretation, the favourite is a 40 feet high DNA representation, followed by 70 feet long vertebrae, I think it's a giant Slinky.
'The Darwin Memorial Geo-Garden & Quantum Leap' AKA 'The Darwin Bicentenary Memorial' was unveiled in 2009 to mark Charles Darwin’s bicentenary. The reformed stone sculpture is located in a small garden alongside the River Severn. The abstract sculpture represents Darwin’s ground breaking scientific ideas and his impact on the scientific world.
The memorial garden also includes a timeline that winds its way around the park. The timeline shows Geological periods, systems, era, & epoch. between the first fossils to Man walking the Earth.
The metal plaque fixed near the sculpture reads;
"The Darwin Memorial Geo-Garden Quantum Leap' ~
By Ranbir Lal. Colin Pearce. Mervyn Rodrigues.
~ Shropshire Council, Shrewsbury & Atcham Borough Council, Aggregate Industries, Arts Council, Natural England, Shrewsbury Public Art Partnership, Shrewsbury Business Chamber, Dr Patrick Anderson, & Cornerstone. ~ The Darwin Bicentenary Memorial ~ Inaugurated on 8th October 2009 by Randal Keynes."
"The sculpture is an impressive 12 metres high and 17.5 metres long, weighing in at more than 100 tonnes. The design itself is open to interpretation and has already been likened to a shell, human vertebrae, DNA, a dinosaurs skeleton and more. Jon King, Darwin coordinator explains: “What we wanted was an iconic structure – something that was big, was bold, but something that could be interpreted in different ways.” Text Source: (
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