Last updated: 11/30/2021
3075 Sanibel-Captiva RoadSanibel, FL 33957
P.O. Box 1580Sanibel, FL 33957
Adults $9
Youth 5-16 $5
Children 4 & under free
Seniors: $10
AAA: $10
AARP: $10
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More than thirty-five exhibits display world-wide shells, with special focus on Southwest Florida shells. Acclaimed video Mollusks in Action is shown five times daily. Store offers books and shell-motif gift items. Daily programming and demonstrations. See website for details.
The dissemination of information on Mollusks through exhibits, educational programs, library and publications.
The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, a specialized natural history museum, is a collecting museum. Its collection of shells and preserved specimens represents a large fraction of the global biodiversity of mollusks. The Museum houses a collection of worldwide and local mollusks that encompasses about 150,000 lots. The collection is expanding, with a growing focus on mollusks from the coast of southwest Florida, its barrier islands, and the Gulf of Mexico. The increasingly regional nature of the collection has attracted a large number of national and international students and scientists who visit the Museum to examine specimens in their fields of expertise. Records of our holdings are managed through a database management system and searches of the collection may be performed online.
Volunteer docents assist museum visitors on their self-guided tours. The museum offers special programs and tours to groups of all ages from schoolchildren to Elderhostels. The Museum offers a discounted admission price for tours by groups of ten or more persons. The unique guided tour consists of a slide presentation on the lifestyles of mollusks, and a hands-on display of Southwest Florida shells. Also highlighted are certain exhibits in the Great Hall of Shells, including live mollusks. Reservations are required.
Daily Beach Walks with Museum Master Marine Bioglist
Daily Programming at 2pm - See website for schedule
Twice-Daily Live Tank demonstrations featuring local mollusks in an 8-foot long clear tank.
Weekly Adventure Cruise with Master Marine Biologist aboard a 24 passenger catamaran.
Access: General Public, Students, Scholars
Appointment required: Yes
Scientific journal, "The Nautilus", published quarterly.
Newsletter "Shell Museum News", published quarterly.
The Nautilus
Shell Museum News
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