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Walk down memory lane with us to look at past special exhibits we’ve enjoyed here at the Florida Museum! While this exhibit has moved on to other places, we treasured the opportunity to learn and explore. Find out what exhibits are currently here at the Museum:
Explore our ExhibitsMegalodon: Largest Shark that Ever Lived
This exhibit was on display October 4, 2014, through January 4, 2015
The largest shark ever known returned to Gainesville for the first time since 2007! Our guests were again invited to be consumed with awe at Megalodon, the gigantic prehistoric shark that once cruised the world’s oceans. This object-rich exhibition gave visitors the opportunity to walk through the full-scale jaws of a 60-foot-long sculpture of this fantastic ancient creature. It offered a close-up look at Megalodon and other fossil specimens and life-size scale models of other ancient and modern sharks.
The Florida Museum has one of the most active shark research programs in the world. Learn about recent Florida Museum research including the discovery of an ancient Megalodon nursery and view recently excavated fossils from Panama.
The whimsical exhibition “Sharkabet” showcases paintings by artist Ray Troll of different extinct and living shark species for each letter of the alphabet. The “Sharkabet” exhibit was produced by The Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science.
Megalodon was produced by the Florida Museum of Natural History with support from the National Science Foundation.