"Engage with marine life and local wildlife."
Also referred as BAMZ, the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo, was established in 1926. BAMZ is situated in the Flatts Village in Hamilton Parish. It takes some two to three hours to watch all the delights treasured inside BAMZ. April to September is the high season period of the year. The tourists can also take the one hour free tour during this season, which starts at one o’clock. BAMZ is open on all days during this season when visitors come the most, and is closed on Saturdays and Sundays in remaining months of the year.
The tourists can collect the sound-sticks from the entrance of the museum. These sound sticks help the tourists by guiding them by playing easy to understand commentaries and explanations while they are visiting the tanks that exhibit underwater ecosystem of Bermuda. The "North Rock" tank is the highlight of the aquarium. It exhibits the coral reefs of the Bermuda. It also hosts the world’s largest coral assemblage. The barracudas, tropical fishes, crabs, parrotfishes and sharks etc., make for the popular marine life in the aquarium.
The museum has been divided into two sections. In the first section the visitors can explore the history of Bermuda, and in the second section, the visitors can understand how the humans and wild life has impacted the ecology of Bermuda. One can see the changes that occurred in ecology over time and the way the ecology is being conserved.
The zoo of BAMZ is not a big zoo. The Islands of the Caribbean exhibit include Cayman blue iguana, Brazilian acouchi, rosette spoonbill, golden lion tamarind etc. At the Islands of Australasia section the visitors can see tree shrews, wallabies, bats, and kangaroos. The Local Tails and Discovery Room section in the zoo comprises molluscs, lobsters, juvenile fish, sponges and many similar features.
