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Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum

Locality: Bathurst, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 6331 5511

Address: 224 Howick Street 2795 Bathurst, NSW, Australia

Website: http://museumsbathurst.com.au

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25.01.2022 Everybody has been celebrating National Dinosaur Day #nationaldinosaurday #museumsbathurst #openforbusinessbutdifferently... #bathurstdinosaurday See more

25.01.2022 Merry Christmas from the Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum and Museums Bathurst #dinosaurs #Trex #museumsbathurst #visitbathurst #bathurstnsw

24.01.2022 Mesolimulus are an extinct genus of arthropods. This species of horseshoe crab lived during the Jurassic. They had an extremely unusual form of locomotion that left trace fossils with cross-shaped markings - originally identified as being made by pterosaurs or early species of birds.

24.01.2022 Trace fossils provide evidence of the presence of an organism. These tracks were made way back in the Paleozoic by a trilobite.

23.01.2022 Do you love dinosaurs or just want to know more about them? The Australian Museum has a huge range of dinosaur fact sheets to help you learn about all things dinosaur. #Australianfossilandmineralmuseum... #bathurstdinosaurday #nationaldinosaurday #museumsbathurst #openforbusinessbutdifferently #takeamoment See more

23.01.2022 The Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum will be open 6 days per week in the September/October 2020 school holidays 9am - 4.30pm. CLOSED WEDNESDAYS. We are open on the labour day public holiday, Monday 5 October. In order to stay COVID-safe, we have a limit of 50 people in the Museum at one time, we thank you for your patience.

22.01.2022 Stibnite from Shikoku Island, Japan.

22.01.2022 Everybody has been celebrating National Dinosaur Day. Thanks for a great day. #nationaldinosaurday #museumsbathurst #openforbusinessbutdifferently... #bathurstdinosaurday See more

20.01.2022 Harvestman leg Harvestman (or daddy long legs) are not spiders. They belong to the order Opilione whereas spiders are order Araneae. microscope

20.01.2022 close up of a bird nest microscope

20.01.2022 Glossopteris is a Gondwanan genus of seed plant. They arose in the Permian and became extinct by the Late Triassic. This Glossopteris fossil was found in Dunedoo, NSW.

20.01.2022 Wulfenite. Almost looks good enough to eat...

19.01.2022 cicada wing microscope

19.01.2022 Dinosaur Day Q& A We answer your tricky dinosaur questions #Australianfossilandmineralmuseum... #bathurstdinosaurday #nationaldinosaurday #museumsbathurst #openforbusinessbutdifferently #takeamoment See more

19.01.2022 Remember the good old times? Lets go back there. Show us one of your most memorable shots from our Museum, and tell us in 25 words or less why you love this Museum for a chance to win a Bathurst Buy Local gift card. How to enter:... 1. Post a photo to your page from one of our Museums on Facebook or Instagram 2. Tell us in 25 words or less in the same post why you love this Museum 3. For Facebook Tag National Motor Racing Museum, Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum or Bathurst Rail Museum and #Bathursttogether 4. For Instagram Tag @Bathurst_Council or @Museums_bathurst and #Bathursttogether Terms and conditions: - One of the above social media accounts MUST be tagged in your post to be entered into the competition (be mindful of privacy settings) - The buy local Gift Card is limited to participating stores in Bathurst only. If you live outside of Bathurst and win, please contact us for more info on how you can spend your gift card. - Facebook/Instagram is in no way affiliated with or a sponsor of this competition. Competition closes 11.59pm Sunday 3 May 2020. Winner announced Monday 4 May 2020. We cannot wait to see your pics and read your stories! #Bathursttogether #Openforbusinessbutdifferently

19.01.2022 Its National Dinosaur Day On 7 May in 1903 William Ferguson found a partial dinosaur claw along the Cape Paterson shoreline in Victoria. This theropod claw was the first dinosaur fossil described in Victoria. ... Join us for a day of dinosaut fun. At 10am Dinosaur Q&A - we will answer tricky dinosaur questions Followed by Dominic the Dinosaur reads Dinosaur Roar Throughout the day we will have a range of dinosaur activities, information and dinosaur fun. Dress like a Dinosaur- Send your photos of your dinosaur costumes to be included on our story in the comments using #bathurstdinosaurday or by email to [email protected] #museumsbsthurst #australianfossilandminerslmuseum #openforbusinessbutdifferently #bathurstdinosaurday #nationaldinosaurday

18.01.2022 Make a walking dinosaur Go to our resources page on our website www.museumsbathurst.com.au for the template and more dinosaur resources from the Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum. Well keep posting all things dinosaur throughout the day. #museumsbathurst... #australianfossilandmineralmuseum #nationaldinosaurday #dinosaurs #bathurstdinosaurday #openforbusinessbutdifferently #takeamoment See more

18.01.2022 Beetles (Coleoptera) have hard shells called elytra covering their wings. Some of them look truly incredible under the microscope!

17.01.2022 Boulder opal from Quilpie, Queensland.

17.01.2022 Who wouldn’t want a coprolite? Currently available from the AFMM shop...

16.01.2022 With a T.rex looming over his head, the Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum will be featured in Cabaret Kite this evening as a perfect backdrop for Rob Shannon. #museumsbathurst

16.01.2022 mammoth bone microscope

16.01.2022 Planning a road trip? Plan a stop in Bathurst and tick a few things off your bucket list in the Museums Bathurst venues. Visit NSW has some great road trips.... visitnsw.com/destinations/country-nsw/bathurst-area visitnsw.com//drives-and-road-tr/tour-of-caves-and-fossils #museumsbathurst #visitbathurst #visitnsw #bathurstnsw #dinosaurs #carsofinstagram #trains #racecars #australianfossilandmineralmuseum #bathurstrailmuseum #nationalmotorracingmuseum

16.01.2022 CLOSING FOR XMAS Thursday 24th December at 12pm Re-opening Sunday 27th December at 9amCLOSING FOR XMAS Thursday 24th December at 12pm Re-opening Sunday 27th December at 9am

16.01.2022 Uranium minerals

15.01.2022 The Museum has reopened and is looking sparkly #museumsbathurst #australianfossilandmineralmuseum #openforbusinessbutdifferently ... #visitbathurst See more

15.01.2022 Crinoids (Sea Lillies) are echinoderms. These animals are abundant in the fossil record due to their calcitic skeletons. The calcareous plates that make up the bulk of the animal are created within the body wall, leaving very little living tissue (or fleshy parts). Like all echinoderms, they have a water vascular system to move fluid around their body, diffusing oxygen and collecting cellular waste. This water vascular system also enables them to move. Other echinoderms include star fish, brittle stars, sea urchins and sea cucumbers.

15.01.2022 millipedes (class Diplopoda) have 2 pairs of appendages per segment microscope

15.01.2022 Otozamites, Cycadophyte fronds from the Bowen Basin, Queensland.

13.01.2022 Dominic the Dinosaur reads Dinosaur Roar #Australianfossilandmineralmuseum #bathurstdinosaurday #nationaldinosaurday... #museumsbathurst #openforbusinessbutdifferently #takeamoment See more

13.01.2022 CHRISTMAS OPENING TIMES Thursday Dec 24: 9 - 12 Xmas Day Dec 25: CLOSED Boxing Day Dec 26: CLOSED... Sunday Dec 27: 9 - 4.30 Monday Dec 28: 9 - 4.30 Tuesday Dec 29: 9 - 4.30 Wednesday Dec 30: CLOSED Thursday Dec 31: 9 - 4.30 New Year's Day Jan 1: CLOSED See more

11.01.2022 moths belong to the order Lepidoptera microscope

11.01.2022 Member for Bathurst Paul Toole MP took a moment to explain how significant the Museums Bathurst museums and collections are. Museums Bathurst are working behind the scenes to take care of the collections in the Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum, National Motor Racing Museum, Bathurst Rail Museum and Chifley Home and Education Centre.

11.01.2022 Dinosaur Day Activites Dominic the Dinosaur makes a Dino torch #Australianfossilandmineralmuseum... #bathurstdinosaurday #nationaldinosaurday #museumsbathurst #openforbusinessbutdifferently #takeamoment See more

11.01.2022 citrine mineral microscope

10.01.2022 Exciting news announcement. More details will be on our website on Monday www.museumsbathurst.com.au

09.01.2022 Coming to the Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum this week. A whole lot of Plastic Cactus goodness! Ive restocked the dinosaur themed ones. But, I also have... a whole range of dangles, Jumbo dots, skulls, flowers & novelty studs. Swipe to see The museum is located right in the middle of town in Howick St. Bathurst Open 9-4:30 daily (closed Wednesdays) They have a whole range of unique gifts that you wont find anywhere else. So pop in & say . . . . . . . . . . #plasticcactus #restock #earrings #earringsforsale #earringmaker #earringlover #giftideas #shoplocal #bathurst #australianfossilandmineralmuseum @ Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum

09.01.2022 Calcite is such an interesting crystal. Calcium carbonate- CaCO3, forms the most amazing shapes and formations. It is often found in caves, forming the speleothems, or cave formations like stalactites and stalagmites. It is an important component in cement and is used in the manufacture of fertiliser, metal, glass, paint and rubber.

08.01.2022 In 1988 Kathy Wankel and her family were out boating on Fort Peck reservoir in Montana. They stopped on an island to look around, and Kathy found some bones. She took them to the Museum of the Rockies to be identified. What Kathy had found were the first arm bones of a T rex ever found. Over the coming years, the excavation of the T rex uncovered the biggest and most complete T rex fossil ever found. It has since been surpassed in size and completeness by other specimens, however it is still one of the most complete T rex fossils ever found. I give you...Big Mike

05.01.2022 Temnospondyli were an early group of tetrapods. They evolved in the Early Carboniferous and share a common ancestor with amphibians. This little guy is a Branchiosaurus sp. It sounds a bit like a dinosaur, but Temnospondyli are much older than dinosaurs by over 100 million years!

05.01.2022 Elephant birds laid enormous eggs. They belong to an extinct giant bird family Aepyornithidae from Madagascar. There is evidence from fossil remains that these birds were hunted by humans for food, potentially contributing to their extinction.

05.01.2022 Dinosaur make and do - make a fossil For more dinosaur make and do resources, see our website www.museumsbathurst.com.au/fossil-museum-resources/... https://bit.ly/2xHy8f5 #museumsbathurst #australianfossilandmineralmuseum #nationaldinosaurday #dinosaurs #bathurstdinosaurday #openforbusinessbutdifferently #takeamoment

05.01.2022 Dominic the Dinosaur reads Dinosaur Roar

04.01.2022 National Dinosaur Day is 7 May Join our online day of all things dinosaur with Dinosaur Q&A, Dress like a Dinosaur, Dinosaur Make and Do Visit our Facebook page on 7 May to celebrate National Dinosaur Day. You can join in the fun by sending your dinosaur questions or dress like a dinosaur photos.... At 10am we will have a Q&A session with Dominic the Dinosaur and museum staff for preschool and kindergarten children. Send your dinosaur questions to us in advance and we will answer as many as we can. Send questions in the comments or by email (address below) by 10am Wednesday 6 May. Please use #Bathurstdinosaurday Dress like a Dinosaur and WIN a surprise pack from the Museum Shop by sending us photos of your dinosaur costume, dress or hat. These photos will be added to our story throughout the day. Send by comments or email. Well post Dinosaur Make and Do activities throughout the day on the Museums Facebook page as well as the Museums Bathurst web and Instagram pages. National Dinosaur Day is celebrated on 7 May. On this day in 1903, William Ferguson found a partial dinosaur claw along the Cape Patterson shoreline in Victoria. This theropod claw is considered the first dinosaur fossil found in Australia. Web: museumsbathurst.com.au #bathurstdinosaurday #museumsbathurst #nationaldinosaurday #openforbisinessbutdifferently #bathurst2795 #visitbathurst

03.01.2022 Searching Antarctica for Dinosaur Fossils #museumsbathurst #australianfossilandmineralmuseum #nationaldinosaurday... #dinosaurs #bathurstdinosaurday #openforbusinessbutdifferently #takeamoment See more

02.01.2022 WINNER ANNOUNCED The winner of the "Remember the good old times" competition for Museums Bathurst, Bathurst Regional Council is TONY PURDON with his photo and comments about the Bathurst Rail Museum. "The displays were fabulous, the immeasurable pride exuded from the man. Thinking about my childhood steam engine rides with Dad also made me extremely proud."... Please contact us via inbox to claim your prize, a Buy Local Gift Card #BathurstTogether #MuseumsBathurst #Openforbusinessbutdifferently #bathurstnsw #takeamoment

02.01.2022 Hematite in botryoidal form- iron oxide. Hematite is paramagnetic; it is slightly attracted to magnetic fields. When heated, it becomes strongly magnetic.

01.01.2022 Talbragar fossil site is in the Central West of NSW. It dates to the Late Jurassic and is known for its fish and plant fossils.

01.01.2022 Were getting ready to open on Thursday!

01.01.2022 This malachite came from Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle- a mineral deposit dating from the Pleistocene, in the Northern Territory, Australia.