Age Of Fishes Museum Canowindra

Age Of Fishes Museum Canowindra Fossils older than dinosaurs, beautiful gardens & interactive indoor and outdoor displays for all the family. Large groups please contact us to make a booking.

Well stocked retail store with fossils, gifts, educational toys and local produce. The Age Of Fishes Museum houses a collection of Devonian Fish Fossils. This is the only dedicated collection in the Southern Hemisphere!

150 million years before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, almost all backboned animals lived in water, not on land. This was the Devonian Period or the "Age Of Fishes". A chance find n

ear Canowindra NSW in 1956, and a major excavation of the same site in 1993, uncovered a remarkable fossil site. The site contained well preserved remains of thousands of bizarre, long extinct fishes encased in bony armour, other fishes with lungs and huge predators with crocodile like jaws, many of them new to science. The most important fossil treasures are now on display at the Age Of Fishes Museum in Canowindra. This unique "window in time" allows visitors to study what happened in Canowindra 360 million years ago. The fossils are supplemented by permanent exhibitions, gift shop, geological time walk, sculpture garden and outdoor picnic areas. There are many hands on activities in the Museum such as the education den, giant games board, huge floor puzzles and fossil dig pits. Individuals and small groups are welcome between 10am and 4pm, 7 days a week with the exception of Christmas Day and Anzac Day morning. Other times are by appointment.

# orange Father's Day: Sunday 6th September.We have practical gifts for the Dad in your life!😍
31/08/2026

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Father's Day: Sunday 6th September.
We have practical gifts for the Dad in your life!😍

30/08/2026

Friday, 4 September 2026
11:00am – 11:30am
Age Of Fishes Museum Canowindra

The little fishes will explore the world of Sensory Science this month!

Children will enjoy a range of hands-on activities including underwater magic sand, elephant toothpaste, floating M&Ms, rainbow soap fun, taste testing, making sensory bottles and slime sensory bags, creating shadow figures, and more.

Entry is free, and there is no charge for this program, with free access to the museum also included.

No bookings are required, just turn up and enjoy the learning experience.
We can’t wait to see you there!

30/08/2026

Father's Day: Sunday 6th September.We have practical gifts for the Dad in your life! 😍
28/08/2026



Father's Day: Sunday 6th September.
We have practical gifts for the Dad in your life! 😍

23/08/2026

Species of the Week – Australian Sea Apple (Pseudocolochirus axiologus) 🌊🍎

Nope, it’s not a fruit. It’s not a plant. It’s a sea cucumber!

These spectacular looking marine invertebrates are as unusual as they look.

Found off the northern coast of Australia, it uses its bright tentacles to extend out and capture floating plankton to eat.

When threatened or stressed, sea apples will pump a potent toxin called holothurin, into the surrounding water to deter predators.

They move in same way as sea stars and sea urchins, with hundreds of tiny, tubed feet lined up along their bodies.

Pretty incredible, right?! 🍎

"The Australian Sea Apple is an impressive species because of its bright colours, which are used to warn predators not come near them!" - Dr Claire Rowe, Collection Manager, Marine Invertebrates at the Australian Museum

📸: Diego Grandi/Shutterstock

21/08/2026

20/08/2026

Happy ! To celebrate, we’re serving up a daily dose of mind-blowing science facts.

First up, did you know over 50 tonnes of space material falls towards Earth every day?! ☄️

Thankfully, most of it is completely vaporised in our upper atmosphere creating flashes of light called meteors.

Meteors, meteorites and meteoroids are all different things, and it's all about location, location, location!

🌠 The Meteoroid: This is what the rock is called while it’s still floating in deep space.
☄️ The Meteor: This is the streak of light created when a space rock hits our atmosphere at supersonic speed.
🪨 The Meteorite: This is the actual rock itself if it survives and lands on Earth’s surface.

So make sure and look up tonight to see if you can catch a glimpse of some meteor magic in the skies!

Here at the AM we have some incredible examples of meteorites in our Minerals gallery.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/3UqR8m8

📸: Triff/Shutterstock

Address

Cnr Of Gaskill And Ferguson Street
Canowindra, NSW
2804

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 3:45pm
Tuesday 10am - 5:45pm
Wednesday 10am - 5:45pm
Thursday 10am - 3:45pm
Friday 10am - 3:45pm
Saturday 10am - 3:45pm
Sunday 10am - 3:45pm

Telephone

0263441008

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