The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum
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The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum open to the public in 1995, the Museum has operated as an information and reference center for national and international scientists, students, and shell enthusiasts who are interested in the marine, terrestrial, and land mollusks of the Gulf of Mexico and Florida.
The museum was designed by Captiva architect George "Tutts" Tuttle Jr.
Actor Raymond Burr owned a shell-strewn island in the Fijis and gave his considerable collection of Fijian cowries and cones to the museum. [1]
