Lower Gulf Coast Sights

Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum

Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum Review

To help you choose your Sanibel Island beach, visit the shell-finder display, which identifies specimens from local waters in sizes ranging from tiny to huge. Thirty-five vignettes and exhibits explore shells in the environment, art, and history, including a life-size display of native Calusa and how they used shells for tools and vessels and exhibits on edible and record-sized mollusks. Handle shell specimens and play games in the colorful kids' lab. A 6-foot globe at the center of the museum rotunda highlights shells from around the world.

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