{"id":384875,"date":"2025-11-20T12:05:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T18:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T18:05:06","slug":"shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Shell museum finishes final phase of Great Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
After nearly three years of rebuilding from damage caused by Hurricane Ian in 2022, the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium on Sanibel has opened extensive new, educational and permanent exhibits of shells from around the world. \u201cComing out of Hurricane Ian, we wanted to rebuild and create the most beautiful and compelling exhibits of [\u2026]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After nearly three years of rebuilding from damage caused by Hurricane Ian in 2022, the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium on Sanibel has opened extensive new, educational and permanent exhibits of shells from around the world. \u201cComing out of Hurricane Ian, we wanted to rebuild and create the most beautiful and compelling exhibits of… Read MoreShell museum finishes final phase of Great Hall<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":384876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","content-type":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-384875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-museum-news"],"yoast_head":"\nShell museum finishes final phase of Great Hall - The Product of Design<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shell museum finishes final phase of Great Hall - The Product of Design\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After nearly three years of rebuilding from damage caused by Hurricane Ian in 2022, the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium on Sanibel has opened extensive new, educational and permanent exhibits of shells from around the world. \u201cComing out of Hurricane Ian, we wanted to rebuild and create the most beautiful and compelling exhibits of… Read MoreShell museum finishes final phase of Great Hall\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Product of Design\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-20T18:05:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/ogden_images\/florida.ogdennews.com\/images\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/20130206\/BMNSM-GREAT-HALL-FINAL-PHASE-1-1100x734.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"TPODadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"trepecki\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"TPODadmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/10e000e236c3b85f26a286d96403e2cd\"},\"headline\":\"Shell museum finishes final phase of Great Hall\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-20T18:05:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":64,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/BMNSM-GREAT-HALL-FINAL-PHASE-1-1100x734-5AYQWG.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Museum News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\\\/\",\"name\":\"Shell museum finishes final phase of Great Hall - The Product of Design\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/BMNSM-GREAT-HALL-FINAL-PHASE-1-1100x734-5AYQWG.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-20T18:05:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/BMNSM-GREAT-HALL-FINAL-PHASE-1-1100x734-5AYQWG.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/BMNSM-GREAT-HALL-FINAL-PHASE-1-1100x734-5AYQWG.png\",\"width\":1100,\"height\":734},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Shell museum finishes final phase of Great Hall\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Product of Design\",\"description\":\"Product Development Design Studio\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Product of Design\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i2.wp.com\\\/www.theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/tPOD_logo.png?fit=150%2C43&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i2.wp.com\\\/www.theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/tPOD_logo.png?fit=150%2C43&ssl=1\",\"width\":150,\"height\":43,\"caption\":\"The Product of Design\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/10e000e236c3b85f26a286d96403e2cd\",\"name\":\"TPODadmin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9da046d87f74a01c2e8d6ce7d16e652499472ae7d0ee82daa1c8d9f4988ce16a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9da046d87f74a01c2e8d6ce7d16e652499472ae7d0ee82daa1c8d9f4988ce16a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9da046d87f74a01c2e8d6ce7d16e652499472ae7d0ee82daa1c8d9f4988ce16a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"TPODadmin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/tpod.co\\\/site\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.captivasanibel.com\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Shell museum finishes final phase of Great Hall - The Product of Design","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Shell museum finishes final phase of Great Hall - The Product of Design","og_description":"After nearly three years of rebuilding from damage caused by Hurricane Ian in 2022, the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium on Sanibel has opened extensive new, educational and permanent exhibits of shells from around the world. \u201cComing out of Hurricane Ian, we wanted to rebuild and create the most beautiful and compelling exhibits of… Read MoreShell museum finishes final phase of Great Hall","og_url":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\/","og_site_name":"The Product of Design","article_published_time":"2025-11-20T18:05:06+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/ogden_images\/florida.ogdennews.com\/images\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/20130206\/BMNSM-GREAT-HALL-FINAL-PHASE-1-1100x734.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"TPODadmin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"trepecki"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\/"},"author":{"name":"TPODadmin","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/10e000e236c3b85f26a286d96403e2cd"},"headline":"Shell museum finishes final phase of Great Hall","datePublished":"2025-11-20T18:05:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\/"},"wordCount":64,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BMNSM-GREAT-HALL-FINAL-PHASE-1-1100x734-5AYQWG.png","articleSection":["Museum News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\/","url":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\/","name":"Shell museum finishes final phase of Great Hall - The Product of Design","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BMNSM-GREAT-HALL-FINAL-PHASE-1-1100x734-5AYQWG.png","datePublished":"2025-11-20T18:05:06+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BMNSM-GREAT-HALL-FINAL-PHASE-1-1100x734-5AYQWG.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BMNSM-GREAT-HALL-FINAL-PHASE-1-1100x734-5AYQWG.png","width":1100,"height":734},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Shell museum finishes final phase of Great Hall"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#website","url":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/","name":"The Product of Design","description":"Product Development Design Studio","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#organization","name":"The Product of Design","url":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tPOD_logo.png?fit=150%2C43&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tPOD_logo.png?fit=150%2C43&ssl=1","width":150,"height":43,"caption":"The Product of Design"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/10e000e236c3b85f26a286d96403e2cd","name":"TPODadmin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9da046d87f74a01c2e8d6ce7d16e652499472ae7d0ee82daa1c8d9f4988ce16a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9da046d87f74a01c2e8d6ce7d16e652499472ae7d0ee82daa1c8d9f4988ce16a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9da046d87f74a01c2e8d6ce7d16e652499472ae7d0ee82daa1c8d9f4988ce16a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"TPODadmin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/tpod.co\/site"],"url":"https:\/\/www.captivasanibel.com\/news\/2025\/11\/shell-museum-finishes-final-phase-of-great-hall\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BMNSM-GREAT-HALL-FINAL-PHASE-1-1100x734-5AYQWG.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}