Welcome to Sarasota Downtown — Hyatt in

Welcome to Sarasota Downtown - Hyatt in top left corner Hyatt IAMSLIC: Changes on the Horizon a combined IAMSLIC - SAIL conference

New Pass between Sarasota Bay and the Gulf of Mexico Mote Downtown in the background

Hyatt Hotel

Take a walk along the Bayfront Park

More Bayfront…. Hyatt

Downtown Sidewalk cafes Cocktails in Paradise

Downtown Books and more…. . Bookstore on St. Armands Circle

Saturday morning Farmer’s Market Shopping on St. Armand’s Circle

Van Wezel Performing Arts Center Across the street from the hotel.

More Theaters Opera House downtown Sarasota Historic Asolo Theater America’s only 18 th century European Theater. (on the grounds of the Ringling Museum)

John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art Located on a 66 -acre estate on Sarasota Bay, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art was established in 1927 as the legacy of John Ringling (1866 -1936) and his wife, Mable (1875 to 1929). Recognized as the official State Art Museum

Ringling cont. The Museum of Art offers 21 galleries of European paintings as well as Cypriot antiquities, Asian Art, American paintings, and contemporary art.

Cà d'Zan ("House of John") Ringling’s Venetian waterfront mansion built in 1924 and restored in 2002 The estate also features Mable Ringling’s Rose Garden, completed in 1913.

Circus Museum Established in 1948, the Ringling Museum of the American Circus was the first museum of its kind to document the rich history of the circus. NEW: The Circus Museum’s 30, 600 sq. ft. Tibbals Learning Center opened in 2006 to include models, posters and a history of the circus from ancient times.

Marie Selby Botanical Garden Meander along the garden paths Visit the Orchid House

Myakka River State Park Canopy Walk

The mangrove tunnels Kayaking One of Florida’s many Springs: Rainbow Springs

Mote Marine Lab & Aquarium Manatees Eco Boat Tour

St. Petersburg and Tampa 1 hour north of Sarasota Sunshine Skyway Bridge - connects Sarasota to St. Pete Fort De. Soto State Park, Named after a turn-of-the-century fort complete with 12" mortars"

Dali Museum, St. Pete Busch Gardens, Tampa

Orlando area – 2 hrs from Sarasota

Local Hosts Vera Neumann-Wood, Selby Public Library Jan Boyett, FL FWC Sue Stover, Mote

See you in Florida October 7 -11, 2007 IAMSLIC: Changes on the Horizon Conference convener – Barb Butler, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology