Shrimping Museum, Florida, United States

5bbbob84 5:00 PM Mar 4, 2022

Small Quaint Museum About the Shrimping Industry of Amelia Island
This museum is small, but has a good deal of information. The staff member was great about this museum and the surrounding area too. They do have a video that runs about 30 minutes that tells of the shrimping industry in the area. Lots of placards about shrimping history, nets, boats and more. Worth the stop to learn about shrimping before everything became farm raised.

4gdt655 5:00 PM Feb 2, 2017

Advertised as "Welcome Center and Shrimp Museum": Small, Yet Interesting
The "Welcome Center and Shrimp Museum" is located right on the waterfront, on Front Street, between Ash Street and Centre Street, in Fernandina Beach downtown historical district. The sign above the door of the museum is white and on the waterside also, so it may be hard to recognize. The building is to the left to the left of Brett's Waterway Cafe and across the public parking area, if you're facing the Amelia River. Plenty of free parking adjacent to the building, and you enter on the water side of the building. There is a wheelchair ramp and stairs leading up to the door a few feet off the ground. There is no charge for the museum, but you are encouraged to leave a donation, located by the door, in an effort to keep the museum working. It is basically a one-room museum with artifacts, large wall photographs, and a 20 minute video, of the history of the shrimping industry, which in the U.S., actually began in Fernandina, Amelia Island. It is interesting, informative, and including the video, you can complete the visit in about a half hour or so. It is actually an extension of the Amelia Island Museum of History. There is a person on site to answer any questions that may arise. Don't forget to leave the museum a donation as you exit. It is worthwhile to continue the display of area history.