Art day for children at Mound House

The Mound House will be hosting a special free program this Saturday for families with arts and crafts, games, and other activities.

The program “Florida’s Art and Music” will run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and is being sponsored by the Fort Myers Beach Community Foundation. The foundation is sponsoring the free admission day at the museum.

There will be a mobile art lab, shaved ices, and guided tours of the Mound House Museum. Guided tours will cost $5 per person.

Adam Knight, museum manager for the Mound House, said the mobile art lab is a “pop-up art project booth for families with young children where they will have a chance to work on an art project together.”

The Mound House is listed under the National Register of Historic Places and has been owned and operated by the Town of Fort Myers Beach since 1999.

The Mound House is located at 451 Connecticut Street on Fort Myers Beach. The home and museum is the oldest standing structure on Fort Myers Beach dating back to 1906, sitting on top of a 2,000-year-old shell mound that was constructed by the native Calusa tribe who lived throughout the region for centuries.

The Mound House is located at 451 Connecticut Street on Fort Myers Beach and features a museum, tours, gift shop and serves as a public park for picnics and fishing.