Falmouth
Aquarium

Natural wonders. Transforming experiences. A community connected to the underwater world, far different from our own...

We are your window to the wonders of the ocean...

The Falmouth Aquarium is a new four story facility in the heart of Falmouth. Visitors enter the realm of coral reefs, where people are put eye-to-eye with a host of creatures including seahorses, eels and frogfish.

You can even meet the star of Finding Nemo in his natural environment in our clownfish and anemone tank.

The Falmouth Aquarium brings you closer to the fish - providing a very personal experience with coral reefs, small colourful and rare tropical fish and the chance to see tiny creatures that live under the sea that the public wouldn't normally be able to observe, rather than focusing on large marine mammals like other aquariums.

As a charity, our mission is to provide marine education and promote awareness about the issues facing our oceans. Our exhibits are aimed at all levels and ages, from 2 years old to 18 and over!

The FalmouthAquarium is a unique combination of live marine exhibits with bones, fossils and artifacts. The exhibits use a combination of live marine species with interactive multi-media, and bones, skeletons, models, to bring the visitor more dimensions on what lives in the oceans.

"In a nut shell I would sum up Falmouth Aquarium as an absolute ‘must’ to visit when in Falmouth and somewhere to go if you want to get ‘up close and personal’ with marine life." - Falmouth Aquarium Visitor

LOCATION: 23 Church St, Falmouth TR11 3EG
HOURS: Open daily.
Winter (Oct 1st - March 31st): 11am - 4:30pm
Summer (April 1 - Sept 30th): 10:30am - 5pm 

ADMISSION RATES:
£4.49 Adult (16+)
£3.49 Child (3-15 years5, student (upon display of Student Id) and seniors (Over 65’s)
Free entry for children under 3 years old
Family discounts - £2.00 off Family Admission
Group rates available for 10 or more

Follow us on twitter and Facebook for information on events, daily feeding times, fish fundays, movie nights and the new Tiddler Programme for children ages 3 to 8.

A whistle-stop visit… The aquarium is located in a four-story town house in the heart of Falmouth. Across the floors there are 14 large tanks teaming with marine life, accompanied by descriptions of its importance. 

There are displays and interactive videos on how coral lives and grows; how the ocean filters its water; and varied marine conservation issues.

The ground floor is primarily devoted to coral reefs with 8 large aquarium tanks focusing on coral reef environments and teeming with colourful marine life including lionfish, clownfish, frogfish, moray eels, seahorses, garden eels, shrimp, starfish and pipefish.

The first floor - Marine life closer to home. Here, visitors can explore Cornish habitats including under the pier, the rocky shore and the Helford River and you'll come face to face with a large sea porpoise skeleton hanging from the ceiling.

You can learn about work being undertaken in Cornwall to monitor the mighty but peaceful basking shark, or learn about the future of our fisheries if unsustainable fishing practices continue to prevail.

The second floor focuses on marine education and conservation issues around the world complete with a life sized loggerhead turtle - demonstrating their grandness yet vulnerability around the world - as well as fossils, bones, artifacts and multimedia.

The third floor is an open space ideal for classes, training, workshops, films and lectures. This is where the Ocean Today Kiosk is displayed, in partnership with NOAA and the Natural History Museum (Washington DC).  It’s interactive features and live updates on ocean news are a great draw to the public. 

There is a new x-ray exhibit, showing what sharks, eels, fish and other marine species look like on the inside. The exhibit of 20 x-ray photographs, from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC, includes large mammals to small fish - portraying the beauty of fish and demonstrating why marine conservation is so important.