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Black Heritage Museum
Miami, Florida

Anthropology, Art, History

To promote racial harmony among the many cultural groups in Dade County. Through increased awareness and understanding, inter-racial tension and conflict can be replaced by cross-cultural enrichment and innovation. We provide the community with a positive look at Black Heritage through our many exhibits, talks, and literature.

Deering Estate at Cutler
Miami, Florida

Archaeology, History, Historic House, Natural History, Nature Centers

The Deering Estate at Cutler, a Miami-Dade County Park, is located at 16701 SW 72 Avenue in Miami. This 444-acre natural and archeological preserve and historic site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and serves as a center for education, culture and recreation. Historic house tours are offered daily at 10:30 am and 3:00 pm. Natural areas tours are offered daily at 12:30 pm (October – May). EcoAdventure Tours are also offered throughout the year for an additional fee. For more information on the Deering Estate's educational and cultural programs, please visit www.deeringestate.org.

Gallery North, Miami Dade College, North Campus
Miami, Florida

Art

Gallery North is an institution of the North Campus of the Miami-Dade Community College with a yearly program of exhibitions on a non-profit basis and free to students & public. Our exhibition program is designed to provide our students with a learning opportunity through a first-hand and direct experience with the Visual Arts in a comprehensive variety of media and styles. Visual Art exhibitions and lectures have been presented at the North Campus through the Art and Philosophy Department and Gallery North since 1968. Juan Espinosa-Almodovar is Interim Gallery Director for Gallery North since September 1, 1997.

Haitian Heritage Museum
Miami, Florida

Art, Culture

The Haitian Heritage Museum is proposed to be an approximately 60,000 sf structure that facilitates a diverse series of program functions. The first, and most prominent, will be the Museum component which will feature a variety of spaces that hosts fine Haitian visual arts exhibitions, and an area that accommodates the historic, and contemporary Haitian literary works. Second, a major section that will facilitate community participation is the Artist’s loft component where art students from local as well as international communities will reside and engage in a curriculum rich in Haitian Arts/ Culture. The structure will also feature a 200 seat theater where another dimension of Haiti’s rich artistic culture can be expressed through the medium of film.

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.

Knight Foundation
Miami, Florida

Miami Children's Museum
Miami, Florida

Art, Children'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 Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum
Miami, Florida

Art

The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum's mission is to provide transformative experiences through art; collect, exhibit, and interpret art across cultures; and advance FIU’s stature as a top tier research university.

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.

Coleccion Gary Nader
Miami, Florida

Art

Gary Nader. The Multifacetic World of Art by Carol Damian. For over twenty years, Gary Nader has been regarded as one of the most entrepreneurial and successful art gallery in the United States and Latin America. Today his reputation extends to Europe and he continues to transcend borders and defy and limitations associated with the definition of art or his artists as solely Latin American. His artists are truly international and his approach to the world just as far-reaching.

Frost Science
Miami, Florida

Aquarium, Planetarium, Science

The new Frost Science is structured around a lushly landscaped indoor and outdoor Living Core Aquarium of terrestrial and aquatic environments, featuring a Gulf Stream Aquarium experience totaling over 500,000 gallons of salt water. The facility includes state-of-the-art, full-dome Frost Planetarium, the Knight Learning Center, Innovation Center and Café, and an Exploration Center featuring permanent interactive exhibits. The Frost Science is funded with the support of Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.

Gold Coast Railroad, Inc.
Miami, Florida

History

The mission of the Gold Coast Railroad Museum is to collect, restore, and preserve historic railroad objects and equipment and to exhibit and operate these objects and equipment for the general public in order to disseminate knowledge of the important role that railroads have played in Florida's and the nation's, 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.

Miami Art Central
Miami, Florida

Art

Miami Art Central (MAC) is a not-for-profit institution dedicated to the presentation of exhibitions and programs that explore contemporary art and culture. Its mission is to provide an alternative, experimental space with a multidisciplinary focus. MAC is committed to stimulating and nurturing a dialogue with the various communities of South Florida and beyond. Support for Miami Art Central is provided by the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation.

Pérez Art Museum Miami
Miami, Florida

Art

At the center of one of the world's most vibrant cities, Miami's flagship art museum brings international art of the 20th and 21st centuries to life through world-class exhibits, programs and collecting.

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.

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