• Location: Sanibel, FL
• Hours: Open Daily from 10 AM to 5 PM except for major holidays

The non-profit Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum features more than 30 exhibits of mollusks from around the world. Exhibits are devoted to shells in art and history, shell habitat, rare specimens, fossil shells, common Southwest Florida shells, and more.

The learning lab features a hands-on play area for children, displays, games, and a tank with indigenous mollusks. Two fascinating half-hour videos, Mollusks in Action, and Trails and Tails, telling the story of the shell makers, alternate continuously in the Museum auditorium and a children's video is shown continuously in the Children’s Learning Lab.

An exquisite Museum Store offers a wide variety of unique shell-themed gifts including books, ceramics, clothing, toys and fine jewelry. One-hundred percent of the Store proceeds support the Museum. Admission is not required to visit the Museum Store.

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We are unable to issue exchanges or refunds after a purchase has been made including but not limited to lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed tickets.

Ticket package and prices are subject to change without notice.