page_title: Cau del Cargol
hierarchical_section_title: Cau del Cargol
caption_attribution_description: Català: Museu del Cau del Cargol, a Vilassar de Dalt, al Maresme, (Catalunya).
context_page_description: The Cau del Cargol Shells of the World Museum is a museum containing a large private collection of shells; it is situated in Vilassar de Dalt. The collection includes over 16,000 worldwide species of mollusc shells, from marine, terrestrial and freshwater habitats.
  The museum was created in the year 1950, when its founder Jaume Bot i Arenas, started to exhibit his own collection to the public. Later he expanded his collection by acquiring other people's collections. He was able to reunite the collections of several different naturalists; material that had been collected from 1850 to 1983.
  The Cau del Cargol museum houses one of the biggest shell collections that is open to the public. About one thousand shell specimens are displayed in a room which has been recently renovated. The museum is often visited by classes from regional schools that are studying natural history and zoology.
  The museum is open to visitors on the first Sunday of every month, from 11 am to 2 pm, and at other times by special request.
context_section_description: The Cau del Cargol Shells of the World Museum is a museum containing a large private collection of shells; it is situated in Vilassar de Dalt (Catalonia, Spain). The collection includes over 16,000 worldwide species of mollusc shells, from marine, terrestrial and freshwater habitats.
  The museum was created in the year 1950, when its founder Jaume Bot i Arenas (1904-1983), started to exhibit his own collection to the public. Later he expanded his collection by acquiring other people's collections. He was able to reunite the collections of several different naturalists; material that had been collected from 1850 to 1983.
  The Cau del Cargol museum houses one of the biggest shell collections that is open to the public. About one thousand shell specimens are displayed in a room which has been recently renovated. The museum is often visited by classes from regional schools that are studying natural history and zoology.
  The museum is open to visitors on the first Sunday of every month, from 11 am to 2 pm, and at other times by special request.
caption: Museu del Cau del Cargol
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