Miami Children’s Museum (980 MacArthur Causeway, Miami) — this museum is dedicated to enriching the lives of all children by fostering a love of learning and enabling children to realize their highest potential. Visitors of all ages are encouraged to play together, learn, imagine and create. Admission: $16 Non-Florida Resident, $12 Florida Resident, Children under […]
Miami Art Museum (101 West Flagler Street, Miami, FL) – this museum embraces its role as a cultural anchor and touchstone in a city that welcomes countless ethnic and age groups, lifestyles and ideas. MAM’s current home, with 200,000 square feet of programmable space, is located in downtown Miami’s Museum Park, and includes 32,000 square […]
Lowe Art Museum (University of Miami, 1301 Stanford Drive, Coral Gables) — located on the main campus of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, the Lowe Art Museum is the oldest accredited visual arts institution in Miami-Dade County and the area’s premier collecting museum. Featuring 5,000 years of world art and a permanent collection […]
Jewish Museum of Florida (301 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach) – this museum collects, preserves and interprets the Jewish experience in Florida from 1763 to the present. The focal point of the Museum is its core exhibit, “MOSAIC: Jewish Life in Florida,”along with special exhibits that are featured throughout the year. A Collections & Research Center, […]
Museo del Patrimonio Haitiano (4141 NE 2nd Avenue, # 105C, Miami) – Un símbolo monumental de la historia, la cultura y la gente de Haití. Admisión: $ 7 adultos, $ 5 estudiantes con identificación, veteranos gratis.
Gold Coast Railroad Museum (12450 SW 152nd Street, Miami) – this museum houses a collection of historic railroad cars and memorabilia. The permanent exhibit, the presidential Pullman car Ferdinand Magellan, was used by former presidents Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower and Reagan. Other features include the model train exhibit and Thomas the Tank Engine tables for children. […]
Gianni Versace Mansion (1116 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach) – a.k.a. Casa Casuarina, this was the Miami home of famed Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace, who originally bought this villa in 1992. He then spent $33 million expanding it. In 1997, serial killer Andrew Cunanan shot Versace at the villa’s front steps (reminiscent of Beatles member […]
Design District (3841 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 400, Miami) – this area, which was once known as the run-down district called “Wynwood”, has been transformed in recent times into a cutting-edge modern art & architectural area. Old low-rise warehouses have been converted into brand new domiciles of design and there are approximately 130 design-related firms […]
Coral Gables Museum (285 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables) — The Museum’s mission is to celebrate, investigate and explore all aspects of architecture, landscape architecture, design and urban planning as well as historic and environmental preservation, set within the context of one of America’s first and most successful planned communities – the City of Coral Gables. […]
Coral Gables Merrick House (907 Coral Way, Coral Gables) — This is the boyhood home of George E. Merrick, founder and developer of the City of Coral Gables. This historic landmark originally began as an 1899 frame house, and was added onto in 1907. The house has been restored to the 1920s period and filled […]