My boyfriend and I attended to shell museum during a recent trip to the island this May. The museum was about what you'd expect--not that exciting, but not a complete waste of time. Basically there is a decent sized exhibit hall with a lot of cases featuring different shells---shells from sanibel and also from around the world. There are also some small exhibits in here featuring how people used shells for tools, clothes, decorations, etc. It was neat to look at some of the shells but it only took about 45 minutes, and I'm not sure how much fun looking at shells in a glass case can really be.
I would recommend going to the museum after you've been shell hunting for afew days, it was nice to point out some of the shells that we had found.
The DVD was allright--it was interesting and about 30 minutes long, but again, how exciting can a shell video be. I drifted off a few times, but it wasn't horrible.
I wouldn't recommend going out of your way to view the museum. However, if it's raining or you've got time to kill, it's not a bad visit. $7 per person when I was there.





