Founded in 1963

About Sarasota Shell Club

The Sarasota Shell Club is a non-profit organization comprised of seashell and fossil seashell collectors, shell enthusiasts, artisans, and beachcombers. The club hosts monthly membership meetings with guest speakers, drawings for shell-related prizes, and guest shell vendors. Topics range from a scientific explanation of shells to voting for our favorite “shoebox exhibits” of seashells members have collected.

Shell Club member and artisan Guelda Wooldridge won several blue ribbons including the People’s Choice Award for her shell-covered hedgehog named “Huxley.”