Collier County Museum

Collier County Museum is located in Naples in Florida, covering 5 acres that cover a vast spread of gardens and historical and archaeological spots unique to the area. Visitors are welcomed to a museum that takes them over a million years into the past.

The museum has a range of exhibits, including dioramas that capture localized history in huge panoramas. Important exhibitions and displays include its cottages, lab, native village, wildlife, tropical type of house for orchids, a replica Seminole War type fort, a steam engine and a Sherman Tank from World War II.

The museum was the field type laboratory for Dr. Craighead, a famous scientist who studied the native environment of the area. In fact, the museum was dedicated to him in 1992 by a family member by having his original lab moved into the museum.

Entrance into the Collier Country Museum is by donation only. It is fully accessible for handicapped visitors and is only closed on county and national holidays. It opens on Mondays to Fridays from 9am to 5pm and from 9am until 4pm on Saturdays. It is a huge place for learning that makes it a special attraction for visitors, a welcome place to enjoy Florida history.