The non-profit Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum features over 30 exhibits of mollusks from around the world. Exhibits are devoted to shells in art and history, shell habitat, rare specimens, fossil shells, and common Southwest Florida shells. The garden at the entrance to the museum honors Raymond Burr who, prior to his death in 1993, spent time on Sanibel Island and was a benefactor/fund raiser for the museum.
The Bailey-Matthews is the most comprehensive museum in the Western Hemisphere devoted solely to shells and is listed in 1,000 Places To See Before You Die. (can't say that I agree with that.....)
