Mel Fisher's Treasure Museum is located at 1322 U.S. Highway 1,
Sebastian,
Florida
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. It houses exhibits on
archaeology
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts ...
and the
1715 Spanish treasure fleet.
[Mel Fisher’s Treasure Museum. "Welcome to Mel Fisher’s Treasure Museum" brochure, circa 2003.] Taffi Fisher,
Mel Fisher’s daughter, opened the museum in December 1992 in an old abandoned fire station after renovating the building.
The museum included a working conservation laboratory used to preserve artifacts recovered from underwater with an observation window for viewing conservation work from inside the museum.
See also
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List of maritime museums in the United States
List of maritime museums in the United States is a sortable list of American museums which display objects related to ships and water travel. Many of these maritime museums have museum ships in their collections. Member museums of the Council of ...
Notes
Archaeological museums in Florida
Archaeology of shipwrecks
Maritime museums in Florida
Museums in Indian River County, Florida
1992 establishments in Florida
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