American Orchid Society

Coral Gables, Florida

Botanical Garden, History, Library, Nature Centers, Park, Science

Conservation of orchid species and their habitats has been a cornerstone of the AOS since our founding in 1921. Through its members and staff, the Society plays a major role in the formulation of world orchid conservation opinion and policies. By working to save orchids and their habitats here and abroad, we preserve their beauty and important role in the planet's ecosystem.

Bay of Pigs Museum & Library of the Brigade 2506 Inc.

Miami, Florida

History, Military, Specialized

History museum of an event during the cold war in reference to the new cuba communist regime.

Cape Florida Lighthouse Bill Baggs State Recreation Area

Key Biscayne, Florida

History

Historic Virginia Key Beach Park & Museum

Miami, Florida

Children's, General, History, Historic House, Natural History, Nature Centers, Park, Science

Historic Virginia Key Beach Park, located off the Rickenbacker Causeway, is just minutes away from the Miami’s downtown financial centers, top tourist destinations, sport facilities, retail, dining and renowned educational institutions.

Jewish Museum of Florida - FIU

Miami Beach, Florida

Art, Culture, History

Housed in two former adjacent synagogues, on the National Register of Historic Places, this unique South Beach Museum restored the beautiful buildings and connected them with a skylighted bistro. The Museum collects, preserves and interprets material evidence of the Florida Jewish experience since at least 1763. Core MOSAIC exhibit and changing history and art exhibits, films, Store. For all ages and backgrounds.

The Barnacle Historic State Park

Coconut Grove, Florida

History, Natural History, Park

The Barnacle, built in 1891, offers a glimpse of Old Florida during The Era of the Bay. Situated on the shore of Biscayne Bay, this was the home of Ralph Middleton Munroe, one of Coconut Grove´s most charming and influential pioneers. Munroe's principal passion was designing yachts. In his lifetime, he drew plans for 56 different boats. As a seaman, civic activist, naturalist, and photographer, Commodore Munroe was a man who cherished the natural world around him. A walk into the park passes through a tropical hardwood hammock. In the 1920s, it was representative of the original landscape within the city of Miami. Today, it is one of the last remnants of the once vast Miami Hammock.

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

Miami, Florida

Art, Botanical Garden, Historic House

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is a National Historic Landmark that preserves the Miami estate of agricultural industrialist James Deering to engage our community and its visitors in learning through the arts, history and the environment.

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Coral Gables, Florida

Botanical Garden

To be the premiere tropical botanical garden of the world: setting the highest possible standards in landscape design and exhibition, living collections and horticultural practices; serving as a primary source of information on tropical plants through research and education programs; and inspiring positive attitudes and behavior toward the urban and natural environment.

HistoryMiami

Miami, Florida

Culture, History

HistoryMiami is the premier cultural institution committed to gathering, organizing, preserving and celebrating Miami’s history as the unique crossroads of the Americas. We accomplish this through exhibitions, city tours, education, research, collections and publications, HistoryMiami advocates for helping everyone understand the importance of the past in shaping Miami‘s future.

Kampong

Coconut Grove, Florida

Located on Biscayne Bay in Coconut Grove, Florida, The Kampong contains a fascinating array of tropical fruit cultivars and flowering trees. Named for the Malay or Javanese word for a village or cluster of houses, The Kampong is the former estate of Dr. David Fairchild, the famed botanical explorer who traveled throughout Southeast Asia and other tropical regions collecting exotic plants he introduced to the U.S.

Miami Dade College Museum of Art + Design

Miami, Florida

Art

The MDC Galleries of Art + Design is a network of venues and initiatives at the College's North, Kendall, Wolfson, InterAmerican, Homestead, Hialeah, and West campuses located throughout South Florida, including the expansive Miami International Sculpture Park situated at the North Campus. Miami Dade College utilizes its gallery spaces, its art in public spaces, its staff and visual resources, as well as the expertise and artistic talents of faculty and students at MDC, to provide yearlong programming of activities that offer a unique learning experience through direct contact with works of art, artists, designers, and creative professionals.

The Wolfsonian-Florida International University

Miami Beach, Florida

Art, Culture, History, Library, University

The mission of The Wolfsonian as a museum and research center is reflected in its multidisciplinary approach to looking at objects as both agents and expressions of change. It does so through exhibitions, publications, educational programs, and individual scholarship. While these objects can best be understood in the context in which they were created, they illuminate as much about our times as they reveal about their own. The following mission statement describes its purpose:

The Wolfsonian-Florida International University uses objects to illustrate the persuasive power of art and design, to explore what it means to be modern, and to tell the story of social, historical, and technological changes that have transformed our world.

Wolfson Galleries Miami Dade College

Miami, Florida

Art

To provide the best examples of contemporary visual arts by innovative and emerging national and international artists. These exhibitions provide a fresh experience in the visual arts, information about cultural divergences and similarities, and demonstrate the high quality of creative vision of all ethnic, social, and cultural backgrounds.