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Ah-Tha-Thi-Ki Museum, Sixty-two miles east of Naples 1-75, Two-mile boardwalk through the Big Cypress Swamp, Seminoles Everglades Village.

Collier County Museum, 3301 Tamiami Trail East. Explore the Museum's five-acre park featuring South Florida history.

The Conservancy Naples Nature Center, 14th Avenue North, off Goodlette-Frank Road, Museum of Natural History; the Wildlife Rehabilitation; Nature Store; boat tours; trail walks.

Museum of the Everglades, 105 W. Broadway, Everglades City. Everglades history in artifacts and exhibits covering 2000 years of regional history.

Naples Depot and Lionel Train Museum, Tenth Street South at U.S. 41. Scenic multi-level Lionel train display. Trains to watch and trains to ride. Authentic old railroad cars.

Naples Museum of Art, 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd. The displays of important international-caliber painting, sculpture, drawing and other art forms are available.

National Audubon Society's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, 375 Sanctuary Rd., off Immokalee Road. Self guided walks through sanctuary for birds, wildlife and fauna in our wetlands.

The Naples Preserve, 1690 Tamiami Trail N. at Fleischmann Boulevard. Information available about area parks, preserves, sanctuaries and museums that preserve and interpret the environmental heritage of Collier County. Interpretive boardwalk tours available.

Palm Cottage, 12th Avenue South one block east of the Naples Pier, Palm Cottage is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Rookery Bay, 300 Tower Road., off 951 toward Marco Island. Rookery Bay provides outstanding opportunities for visitors to observe coastal wildlife, explore natural habitats and learn about estuaries.

The Southwest Florida Holocaust Museum, 4760 Tamiami Trail North, Suite 7. A museum to promote tolerance by teaching history of the Holocaust. Artifacts, original photographs, documents, posters and lending library available.

The Teddy Bear Museum, 2511 Pine Ridge Rd. The only museum of its kind in the United States. More than 4,000 bears from all over the world, displays, and bear art.

As schedules change, please call for any updates to these listings. Make sure when you call for information or tickets you mention you found this information in the original, Naples Guide. Please note: If submitting calendar of events information, please send two months prior to actual publication date of event.