BAILEY-MATTHEWS NATIONAL SHELL MUSEUM & AQUARIUM
The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium will present a Shells, Science, and Community Day on Nov. 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sanibel.
The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium will present its Shells, Science, and Community Day on Nov. 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with free admission for all for the day.
“We invite the whole community to come out and enjoy great activities, beautiful new exhibits, good food, and a renewed museum and aquarium as we approach a new season,” Executive Director Sam Ankerson said.
The day of activities, exhibits and features for all ages will include:
– Brand-new exhibits of thousands of shells in the reopened Great Hall of Shells, with gallery talks by museum curator and Science Director Dr. José H. Leal
– Guided tours of the museum’s vast research collection of shells rarely seen by the public; registration on site required
– Craft activities, including Slime-Making, Shell Magnet Coloring and Wooden Snail Painting
– Food trucks
– Snail Search and Biodiversity Walks around the museum grounds; registration on site required
– Story-time readings for children
– Information tables by community partners, including Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Naples Zoo, Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation, and Sanibel Historical Museum and Village
– Scavenger hunt with prizes
– Interactive touch pools and displays of hundreds of marine animals in the Living Gallery of Aquariums, including Keeper Chats by museum aquarists
– Birthday cake to celebrate the museum’s 30th anniversary
Shells, Science, and Community Day is made possible by a gift from Joan and Don Sherman.
For a complete schedule of activities, visit ShellMuseum.org/community-day.
The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium is at 3075 Sanibel-Captiva Road, Sanibel.
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