McLarty Treasure Museum, Maritime archaeology museum in Vero Beach, Florida, US.
The McLarty Treasure Museum is a maritime archaeology museum on North Hutchinson Island, inside Sebastian Inlet State Park on Florida's Atlantic coast. It displays artifacts and replicas recovered from Spanish shipwrecks, including Chinese pottery, weapons, and precious metals that once sailed as cargo.
The museum occupies part of the former site of the Survivors' and Salvagers' Camp - 1715 Fleet, where crews of the eleven Spanish galleons wrecked by a hurricane off the Florida coast in 1715 came ashore. The property was donated to the State by Robert McLarty, a retired Atlanta attorney who lived in Vero Beach, and the museum now forms part of Sebastian Inlet State Park.
The museum is named for Robert McLarty, a retired Atlanta attorney living in Vero Beach who donated the property to the State of Florida. Its exhibits cover the 1715 Spanish treasure fleet, and an A&E Network production, The Queen's Jewels and the 1715 Fleet, is shown, recounting the fleet's attempt to sail home to Spain when a hurricane struck the Florida coast.
The museum is inside a state park, so there is a park entry fee to pay before reaching it. The exhibit space is small and easy to walk through, so a half-morning visit is generally enough time to see everything.
The museum occupies only part of the former Survivors' and Salvagers' Camp site, not all of it. The camp belonged to the 1715 Fleet, and the museum is one component of Sebastian Inlet State Park. An A&E Network production, The Queen's Jewels and the 1715 Fleet, screens inside, recounting the fleet's attempt to sail home to Spain when a hurricane struck the Florida coast.
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