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 Delmarva's colorful shipwreck past is being brought vividly back to life again in Fenwick Island, Delaware, in an exciting new exploratory museum appropriately named DiscoverSea Shipwreck Museum. Learn about Spanish, French, British, Irish, and Colonial shipwrecks and lost treasures of history, gold, silver and jewels that lie in briny graves just offshore local beaches waiting to be discovered.

Hear about infamous pirates who once roamed Delaware and Maryland beaches and learn about their notorious methods for luring unsuspecting vessels into their clutches. See remnants of lost merchants ships and their passengers' belongings, the coins, and other artifacts that today are washing ashore on local "Coin Beaches".

DiscoverSea Museum is a collaborative creation of maritime historian and salvor Dale Clifton and local businessman Jack Childers, owner of Sea Shell City. Entering the exhibit is like stepping across a bridge into another world. The atmosphere is filled with sights and sounds of the sea and the music of centuries past. Glass-encased exhibits of literally thousands of shipwreck discoveries are alternated with displays of natural wonders of the deep. Electronic information buttons dot the walls. Push a button and the exhibit is explained. Clifton also gives personal lectures and video presentations.

Clifton has dedicated most of his adult life to research and exploration of this and otherareas of shipwreck history. He brings to Fenwick Island visitors a wealth of information, and this is evident in the scope of the treasures displayed. A must see!!!