Largest Museums and Cultural Attractions in Florida (100,000 attendance or more)

Miami

Attraction / City / Director

• Gold Coast Railroad Museum / Miami / Connie Greer
• HistoryMiami / Miami / Jorge Zamanillo
• Institute of Contemporary Art / Miami / Alex Gartenfeld
• Miami Children’s Museum / Miami / Deborah Spiegelman
• Pérez Art Museum Miami / Miami / Franklin Sirmans
• Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science /Miami / Frank Steslow
• Vizcaya Museum & Gardens / Miami / Joel M. Hoffman

Southeast

Attraction / City / Director

• Boca Raton Museum of Art / Boca Raton / Irvin M. Lippman
• Children’s Science Explorium at Sugar Sand Park / Boca Raton / Susan Vogelgesang
• Coral Springs Museum of Art / Coral Springs / Julia Andrews
• Hemingway Home & Museum / Key West / Michael Morawski
• Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and Museum /Jupiter / Jamie Stuve
• Key West Art & Historical Society Custom House Museum / Key West / Michael Gieda
• Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society & Museum /Key West / Melissa Kendrick
• Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens /Delray Beach / Bonnie Lemay
• Museum of Discovery & Science /Fort Lauderdale / Joseph Cox
• Norton Museum of Art /West Palm Beach / Elliot Bostwick Davis
• South Florida Science Center and Aquarium / West Palm Beach / Lew Crampton, Kare Arrizza
• The Society of the Four Arts /Palm Beach / David W. Breneman
• Young At Art Museum / Davie / Mindy Shrago

Central

Attraction / City / Director

• Florida Museum of Natural History / Gainesville / Douglas Jones
• Fort Christmas Historical Park / Christmas / Trudy Trask
• Meek-Eaton Black Archives / Tallahassee / Nashid Madyun
• Mount Dora Center for the Arts / Mount Dora / Nancy A. Zinkofsky
• Orlando Science Center / Orlando / JoAnn Newman
• Polk Museum of Art / Lakeland / Claire Orologas
• Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse / Ponce Inlet / Ed Gunn
• Tallahassee Museum / Tallahassee / Russell S. Daws

Southwest

Attraction / City / Director

• Chihuly Collection/Morean Arts Center / St. Petersburg / Andy Schlauch
• Cracker Country / Tampa / Cindy Horton
• Dali Museum / St. Petersburg / Hank Hine
• Edison & Ford Winter Estates / Fort Myers / Michael Flanders
• Florida Holocaust Museum / St. Petersburg / Elizabeth Gelman
• Glazer Children’s Museum / Tampa / Sarah Cole
• Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples / Naples / Karysia Demarest
• Great Explorations Children’s Museum / St. Petersburg / Angeline Howell
• Heritage Village / Largo / Paul Cozzie
• John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art / Sarasota / Steven High
• Museum of Fine Arts of St. Petersburg / St. Petersburg / Kristen A. Shepherd
• Museum of Science & Industry / Tampa / Julian Mackenzie
• Tampa Bay History Center / Tampa / C.J. Roberts

Northeast

Attraction / City / Director

• Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens / Jacksonville / Adam M. Levine
• Museum of Science & History / Jacksonville / Maria Hane
• St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum / St. Augustine / Kathy A. Fleming

Northwest

Attraction / City / Director

• Historic Pensacola Village/UWF Historic Trust / Pensacola / Robert Overton Jr.
• National Naval Aviation Museum / Pensacola / Capt. Sterling Gilliam
• Pensacola Lighthouse and Museum / Pensacola / Jon Hill

*Listed alphabetically.

Source: Individual museums
Research by Vanessa Caceres

 

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