Arts and Entertainment - Southwest Florida
Culture is alive and well in Southwest Florida. Outdoor and indoor art shows, concerts, and live theatre productions are staged throughout the calendar year. In addition to several dozen art galleries, a new fine arts hub has been formed in the 5th Avenue South area, with a new home for the Naples Players and the new Naples Art Association Center.
The Philharmonic Center for the Arts opened in 1989. This $18-million facility features both concert halls and art galleries. World-class events include classical concerts, jazz, pop, opera, Broadway plays, and other top performances. The “Phil” is home to the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra.
Area museums include the Collier County Historical Museum (where the famed Key Marco Cat, a Calusa Indian artifact, was on loan from the Smithsonian Institution), and Smallwood's Store and Indian Trading Post.
Southwest Florida Museums
Bokeelia
Museum of the Islands
5728 Sesame, Pine Island Center FL 33956
http://www.museumoftheislands.com/
239-283-1525
Cape Coral
Cape Coral Historical Museum
544 Cultural Park Blvd, Cape Coral, FL 33990
www.capecoralhistoricalmuseum.org/
239-772-7037
Chokoloskee - Historic Smallwood Store
360 Mamie St., Chokoloskee Florida 33925
http://www.florida-everglades.com/chokol/smallw.htm
239-695-2989
Fort Myers
Burroughs Home
2300 Peck St, Fort Myers, FL 33901
www.burroughshome.com/
239-332-6125
Edison-Ford Winter Estates
2350 McGregor Blvd, Fort Myers, FL 33901
www.efwefla.org
239-334-3614
Imaginarium Hands-On Museum
2000 Cranford Ave, Fort Myers, FL 33916
www.cityftmyers.com/imaginarium/
239-337-3332
Southwest Florida Museum of History
2300 Peck St, Fort Myers, FL 33907
www.cityftmyers.com/museum/
(239) 332-5955
Williams Academy Black History Museum
936 Henderson Ave. (Clemente Park), Fort Myers, FL 33916
http://www.fortmyers-sanibel.com/do/moreinfo.php/ID=7654/detail=family
239-332-8778
Naples
Collier County Museum
3301 Tamiami Trail East Naples, Florida 34112
http://www.colliermuseum.com/museums/naples_main.htm
239-774-8476
Teddy Bear Museum
2511 Pine Ridge Rd, Naples, FL 34109
239-598-2711
The Museum of the Everglades
105 W Broadway - Everglades City
http://www.florida-everglades.com/evercty/museum.htm
239-695-0008
North Fort Myers - Railroad Museum of South Florida, Inc.
7330 Gladiolus Dr, Fort Myers, FL 33908
www.trainweb.org/lprr/
239-481-7565
Sanibel Island
Bailey Mathews Shell Museum
3075 Sanibel Captiva Rd, Sanibel, FL 33957
www.shellmuseum.org/collection.html
239-395-2233
Sanibel Historical Village & Museum
850 Dunlop Rd, Sanibel, FL 33957
www.sanibelmuseum.org/
239-472-4648
Useppa Island
Barbara Sumwalt Museum
Useppa Island, P. O. Box 640, Bokeelia, FL 33922
www.useppa.com/society.html
239-283-9600
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