Skeletons: Animals Unveiled

This first-of-its-kind museum is located in Orlando Florida, in the middle of the growing tourist district at the I-Drive 360 complex. Skeletons has over 40 exhibits featuring more than 400 real animal skeletons in clever never-before-seen poses and dioramas that brands visitors with a whole new respect for the animal kingdom.

Skeletons: Animals Unveiled! is a family-owned museum and one of only two skeleton museums in America. Both museums feature the inner framework of hundreds of animals from all over the world.

You may be wondering how a family from Oklahoma came up with the idea to build "America's Only Skeleton Museum”.

Well, it all started in 1972 when Jay Villemarette, at the age of 7, found a dog skull in the woods. Jay's parents saw his fascination in the skull, and encouraged him to begin collecting skulls. Jay spent nearly all of his free time scavenging for skulls. He later went on to enter his small collection into his 5th grade science fair. Jay won 1st place!

In 1985, Jay married his wife Kim, who also encouraged his passion for skulls. One year later, they opened their company Skulls Unlimited International with a one-page price list.
25 years later, Jay's collection continued to grow and included some of the rarest species in the world. He came to realize that his new passion, was to start sharing his collection with people. For seven years, Jay and his four children all worked the company to make this dream come true.

In 2010, America's o

Every skeleton will be perfect representatives of their species, habitat and unique adaptations. Our goal is to use these specimens to promote not only conservation of the species, but hopefully spark a lifelong interest of the animal kingdom.