Museums in Miami are quite different, so we believe that they will satisfy everyone's taste. From contemporary and modern art to the history of the city of Miami. On this page visitors may find the list of the best museums in Miami.
History Miami Museum. Regardless the city you are in, you should begin each visit by going to a history museum because they tell stories about the past, and there is no better way to get to know a city than learning about its beginnings, tradition and culture of its citizens. History Miami Museum was established from a need to preserve, carry over and explore the history of Miami. This magnificent museum is located downtown Miami, and it is the biggest museum of such kind in Florida. It expands on 6.500m2. It tells a story about places and people, how they lived, and it all affects the future of the city. It was accredited by the American Alliance of Museums in 1979.
The Miami Children’s Museum was founded in 1983, and it used to expand on 2.000m2. It developed over time and changed locations, and today it expands o 56.000m2. It is located on Watson Island and it is one of the biggest children’s museum is the USA. It consists of 17 galleries, a pre-school, a kindergarten, a theatre scene and a restaurant. Each child will get interesting once they see its colorful façade. The interior of the museum is designed so that children are comfortable, have fun and imagine they are in a children's kingdom. Bright colors, interesting paintings, items, painted walls, playhouses, creative workshops, toys and the rest of the amusement and education program – it all makes this place children’s favorite.
What will you first notice on the Wolfsonian–Florida International University or the Wolfsonian is its exterior design, located in the heart of the Art Deco District. Its impressive architecture makes it attractive to visitors, and this is the first public building to have installed AC. The founder of the museum, Mickey Wolfson, was an ex an ex diplomat, an author and philanthropist crated the museum in the spirit of his upbringing and collector’s taste. It all began in a Paris hotel room when Wolfson began his ‘collector’ career by taking the keys of the room with himself.
One of the most visited museums in Miami is the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. It is located in two restored historic buildings that were formerly synagogues for the first Jewish community in Miami Beach. Renovation, restauration and furnishing costs amounted to 4 million dollars in order for the museum to be the way it is today. It is known that Jews began to settle in Miami Beach in 1913. One area became their ghetto, and this is where the synagogues were built.
The Lowe Art Museum is the art museum of the University of Miami in Coral Gables. The museum was opened in 1950 when the Art Gallery of the University of Miami was founded with the aim of serving the students, the Faculty, scientists, explorers and general public from the region. However, only a year later, philanthropists Joe and Emily Lowe donated money for the construction of a new facility. The was the first art museum in South Florida, and it was officially opened to the public in 1952. In 1956, Alfred I. Barton donated his extensive collection of Native American art to the museum.
