The following information was provided by the Marco Island Historical Museum.
The final day to see the Key Marco Cat at the Marco Island Historical Museum is April 18. After that, the artifact returns to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.
The Key Marco Cat, half cat/half human wood carving is remarkably well preserved. It is considered by archaeologists to be one of the finest pieces of pre-Columbian Native American art ever discovered in North America. It was discovered in 1896…