McLarty Treasure Museum

The McLarty Treasure Museum was the first facility to open in Sebastian Inlet State Park. Its dedication took place on March 27, 1971. Named in honor of the family that donated the property to the state, the museum interprets the history of the ill-fated Spanish Plate Fleet of 1715, sunk by a hurricane along nearby sandy shores, and the ongoing attempt to recover its lost riches along Florida's Treasure Coast.

The McLarty Treasure Museum is located at 13180 North A1A, in the North Beach C.D.P., on Orchid Island, near Vero Beach, Florida. The museum occupies part of the former site of the Survivors' and Salvagers' Camp - 1715 Fleet, and is part of Sebastian Inlet State Park. It houses exhibits on the history of the 1715 Spanish treasure fleet.

Situated on a survivors' camp of the ill-fated 1715 Spanish Plate Fleet, the museum features artifacts, displays, and an observation deck that overlooks the Atlantic Ocean. An Arts and Entertainment production The Queen's Jewels and the 1715 Fleet telling of the fleet's return to Spain when a hurricane struck off the Florida coast nearly 300 years ago. Still today, salvagers work to recover gold, silver, and the "Queen's jewels" that were lost to the sea and its sandy shores. It is located on State Road A1A, two miles south of the Sebastian Inlet Bridge.