FEATURE/Fishing for Something Unique? Visit the International Game Fish Association -IGFA- Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum.

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DANIA BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE FEATURES)--July 6, 2000

Here's a catch guaranteed to entertain the whole family: the one-of-a-kind International Game Fish Association (IGFA) Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum.

Imagine a museum where stunning visual settings, subtle colors and motion-lighting effects transport visitors into exotic aquatic settings.

Your first stop is to the Museum theater for a visual voyage through the world you are about to explore. Next, take a journey through the Fish Gallery where you meet face- to-face with magnificent, lavishly-hued fish mounts, appearing as they would in their actual ocean environment.

As you move through each of the Museum's distinctive galleries, high-tech, interactive displays provide you with a wealth of fun and information. With details about fishing locales world-wide, the Places Gallery will show you where to find your catch and how and when to plan your fishing trip. The Catch Gallery invites you to cast off via virtual reality to reel in a marlin, a sailfish and more.

Exhibitions abound in the Tackle Gallery, from the early days of the sport to hands-on displays of what's new in the tackle box. The Legacy Gallery hosts touch screen computers which display all types of information, including World Record catches. The Changing Gallery features traveling exhibitions of historical artifacts and art, including that of Ernest Hemingway.

There's also a Discovery Room, designed especially for tomorrow's anglers, where children participate in entertaining and educational sport fishing activities.

Adjacent to the Museum, you can stroll on walkways through the John A. Morris Memorial Wetlands. Situated on 3.5 acres of land, the Wetlands Exhibition is the only place in Florida which incorporates all five of Florida's wetland habitats: swamps, freshwater marshes, salt marshes, mangrove swamps, and seagrass beds or meadows. These habitats are home to birds, foxes, possums, soft shell and snapping turtles, iguana, and variety of fish.

The IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum campus is sprawled lavishly over 51-acres in Dania Beach, Florida. It houses the world's most comprehensive assemblage of information and interactive displays about sport fishing. Along with its seven unique galleries, the three-story museum houses the IGFA administrative headquarters; an extensive research library and the World Fishing Hall of Fame.

For more information call the IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum at 954/922-4212 or 954/924-4310.