Sarasota Visitors Guide Attractions
Crowley Museum and Nature Center
16405 Myakka Rd.
Crowley Museum
and Nature Center is a non profit nature and pioneer history center located
on 190 acres of native land adjacent to the Myakka River in Sarasota County.
Visitors can enjoy nature trails through the protected wildlife sanctuary, a
boardwalk traversing the Maple Branch Swamp and Tatum Sawgrass Marsh and an
observation tower overlooking the Myakka River. The pioneer history area
includes a museum with artifacts from the late 1870's to the early 1900's, a
one room homestead cabin, a working blacksmith shop, a working sugar cane
mill, and a restored 1892 "Cracker" house. The trails are well maintained,
and many are handicapped accessible. 941-322-1000
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