The Rotunda Museum was built to Smith 's design suggestion and the original display of fossils illustrated his ideas .
Smith had seen a rotunda in London and instructed the architect , Richard Sharp of York , to follow that design .
The Rotunda Museum was built to Smith 's design suggestion and the original display of fossils illustrated Smith 's ideas .
Smith had seen a rotunda in London and instructed the architect , Richard Sharp of York , to follow that design .