Sanibel Island Museums

Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum

Bailey-Matthews National 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. The museum store also offers a wide selection of shell books.

Hours & Admission
Open Daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Children 4 and under: FREE
Youth 5-17: $5.00
Adults 18+: $11.00

(Closed Thanksgiving Day. Open Noon To 4 On New Year's Day, Easter Sunday, Memorial Day, Fourth Of July, Labor Day & Christmas Day)

Sanibel Historical Museum and Village

Sanibel Historical Museum and Village was founded in 1984 with a mission to preserve and share Sanibel history. The story of Sanibel is told from the Calusa and Spanish eras to the early pioneer families who settled on the island in the 1800s. It tells of warriors, adventures, fishermen, farmers and proprietors. Seven historic buildings were moved from their original island sites to the Historical Village. Each building has been restored to its original state.  

Hours
Tuesday - Saturday
mid-October through April
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesday - Saturday
May Through July
10 A.m. To 1 P.m.

Admission
$10.00 Adults 18 And Over;
Children Are Free.

Hours and Admission
Nature Center
Monday through Friday
8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. October through May
8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. June through September

Nature Center & Trails, $5/adult, children under 17 free and members free

Butterfly House Tours
Tuesdays at 10 a.m. for a suggested $1 donation. A guide will teach you about the life cycle and behavior of butterflies. The butterfly house is open year-round to all visitors without a guide.

Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation

A 6,900+ square foot nature center currently serves the needs of education, exhibition, and operations. Four miles of trails are available to take visitors through the various habitats on guided and self-guided tours. The nature center also has a digitized herbarium collection, and houses a library for use by staff, volunteers, and members. A native plant nursery provides sources for native plant landscaping to serve the needs of wildlife , minimize ecological disruption and to help conserve water.

Tower Gallery

Hours
October - May:
10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
7 days a week

Summer Hours
June - September:
10 a.m to 6 p.m.
7 days a week

Tower Gallery is an artists’ cooperative consisting of 23 artists in two dimensional and three dimensional mediums such as oil, acrylic, watercolor, photography, ceramic, wood, glass and metal. The gallery was founded in 1982, and moved to its present location in 1994. It is housed in a spacious original Florida Cottage, with Craftsman elements, that was originally built on the Gulf in 1915 and moved to its present site. The gallery space is large, well-lit and inviting, and full of old Florida charm.

2 Island Gallery

Hours
Open 7 days a week
10:00 am to 6:00 pm

Home to over 27 local artists, the gallery showcases the artist’s island inspired art from whimsical decor to collector paintings. 2 Island Gallery also features a large selection of custom made jewelry, pottery, decorative baskets, stain glass windows, infrared photography, island style ceramics and paintings. See our the line of art for the season and take home a little piece of Captiva while supporting our local artists and the art community.

Hirdie Girdie Gallery

Hirdie Girdie Gallery is a local artists' cooperative with a variety of styles and media including watercolor, oil, pastel and acrylic paintings, colored pencil and fiber, photography, Raku, pottery, basketry, sculptures, fused glass, turned wood, fiber and jewelry. All of the artwork displayed has been created by the members of their cooperative and our guest artists. You will always find a friendly and knowledgeable artist at the gallery. Please stop in to visit or attend one of their evening receptions and meet the artists.

Hours
Seasonal (Opening Monday, Nov. 7, 2016)
Monday-Saturday
Hours: 10-5

Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center

Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center features captivating live performances in classical, jazz, world, and rock music and cutting-edge theatre in the Capital Gallery, the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center provides unique entertainment throughout the year. Delight in paintings, sculptures and conceptual art exhibitions from local and international artists in the Grand Atrium plus independent film screenings.

Hours
Monday - Friday
9:00am – 5:00pm

Open 6-10pm during Art Walk 1st Friday’s of every month