Join the MI Shell Club (Members only) for an early morning trip to Keewaydin Island aboard the Hemingway Water Shuttle. Come and enjoy the early morning ride, the beach and the shells for an exciting experience after the February full moon!

This excursion is open to MI Shell Club Members only. In order to participate in this excursion, you must pay with a check made out to Marco Island Shell Club. You can bring your check for this event to a workshop in January. Cost is $54.30 for the round trip. Please plan on being at Rose Marina at 6:00am the morning of the excursion, February 2, 2026.

Enjoy a walk on South Beach with MI Shell Club member, Marge Tunnell. Marge will help us discover living creatures as we walk the beach in the early morning hours. Last year we found many olives and their trails, and lightning whelks, and horse conchs with hermit crabs inside of them! This is a great time to learn about shells and at the creatures that inhabit them.

The January 16 seminar will be presented by the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum and Jose H. Leal, PhD, Science Director & Curator. The topic will be “Southwest Florida Amazing Mollusks”. We hope to see you there at this exciting seminar.

Seminar is held at Rose Hall at the Marco Island Library, 210 S. Heathwood Drive

Seminar is free and refreshments are served.

Workshop for Shell Club and General Membership Meeting

Mackle Park, Marco Island

Shell Club Workshop

Mackle Park, Marco Island

Pot Luck Lunch for Shell Club Members

Held at Sarazen Park, Marco Island, FL

Friends and Family Holiday Sale

Held at the Shell Shed

20 Marco Lake Drive, Marco Island

Open to Friends and Family of Shell Club Members who couldn’t attend the Holiday Sale.

Holiday Sale will be held at the New Life Community Church on Marco Island

489 W Elkcam Circle, Marco Island, FL 34145

Holiday shell items, ornaments, home decor, critters, shell jewelry and so m much more! Come out and enjoy the fun at this annual event sponsored by the Marco Island Shell Club.

Save the Date! Details TBD

Join Marge Tunnell on a low tide following a full moon walk at Tigertail Beach. Marge has an extensive knowledge of the sea life found on Tigertail, and she will be discussing our finds during the walk. At low tide, many shells have animals inside; Marge will unlock the secrets of these fascinating creatures. We will meet at 7:00am at an area to be determined.

Raquel Herrera with the Rookery Bay Reserve will present “The Discovery of Rookery Bay”. The presentation will cover the history of Rookery Bay Research Reserve including how it was founded as well as the education and conservation programs in the 110,000 acre Reserve. Free to the public.