Mound House - Fort Myers Beach (FL)

5 /5 Gonzalo Paternoster: Franklin was our tour guide. He made so interesting and fun. It is a great place to visit and learning about the Calusa people.

5 /5 Alicia Manning: Excellent opportunity for our students. Everyone enjoyed learning about our local history and had fun. The staff and volunteers were engaging and knowledgeable. Highly recommended for a school trip and also as a return for a parent with your family. They have kayak tours and the location is beautiful!

5 /5 Dave Cameron: We went at a slow time - and didnt have a guided tour. We did have a 25-minute movie on the history of Fort Myers Beach from the Calusa years to about the late 1990s - with great interviews from elderly (in the 1990s) residents whod lived there their entire life. The house has many exhibits showing life before the Europeans took over - with explanations and artifacts. The grounds have signs about the area, the vegetation, and the history of the house. All-in-all between the movie, the house, and the grounds - we spent about 90 minutes here. Theres a small gift shop. And... good views across the water.

4 /5 Richard S: Low key small local museum of indigenous mound builders and subsequent inhabitants.DO THE zINCLUDED TOUR. Allow at lone hour.

4 /5 Thomas Mertz: If you are in the area or passing through, this an interesting small historical museum focusing on the origins and development of the city of Fort Myers Beach. It takes about one to one and a-half hours, including the 30-minute tour, which takes place twice a day around the noon hour. Parking is free but extremely limited (say 6 cars or so). Exhibits show artifacts of the ancient Calusa Indian people and explains what is known of their life before the European conquest and their encounters with Ponce de Leon. Other exhibits explain the early white settlement of the region and its growth into a city. The tour includes a hands-on exhibit of Calusa artifacts and practice with an atlatl (spear thrower).