This article lists museums currently operating across the U.S. state of Florida, together with summaries of their locations and main focuses. There are additional lists of Florida's defunct and proposed museums.
Museums
Defunct museums
Armed Forces History Museum, Largo, closed on January 29, 2017, displays included World War I, Japanese memorabilia associated with the World War II attack on Pearl Harbor, USMC in the South Pacific, D-Day landings, German Third Reich, Korean War and 8063rd M.A.S.H memorabilia. Burt Reynolds and Friends Museum, Jupiter Civil War Soldiers Museum, Pensacola Children's Science Center N. Ft. Myers. Closed in 2005. Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture, Miami Dinosaur Wildlife, Spring Hill, open from 1962 to 1998 Dow Museum of Historic Houses, |St. Augustine, closed in 2014 and turned into a bed-and-breakfast complex Florida International Museum at St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg, closed in 2010 Florida Military Aviation Museum, St. Petersburg, closed in about 2007 Flying Tigers Warbird Restoration Museum, Kissimmee, closed in 2004 Fred Bear Museum, Gainesville, showcased archery & the contribution of Fred Bear, a man who popularized the sport, closed in 2003, current museum located in Springfield, Missouri Gulfcoast Wonder & Imagination Zone, The Hands-On Science Museum, Sarasota Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, closed January 2009, collection now part of Florida International Museum at St. Petersburg College Klassix Auto Attraction, Daytona Beach, closed in 2003 Hibel Museum of Art, Jupiter Jacksonville Maritime Museum, Jacksonville, Florida, included large scale models of ships from the Mayflower to present day vessels, paintings, photographs and maritime artifacts Longboat Key Center for the Arts, closed in May 2017 Mark K. Wheeler Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Gallery of the former Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale Museum of the Sea and Indian, Destin, destroyed by hurricane in 1995 Museum of Weapons & Early American History, St. Augustine Panama Canal Museum Florida, Seminole, closed in 2012, collections transferred to the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida in Gainesville Skatelab, Atlantic Beach, closed in 2009, original store and museum in Simi Valley, California still open Teddy Bear Museum of Naples, Naples, closed in 2005 Tom Gaskins Cypress Knee Museum, Palmdale, featured carved cypress knees, closed in 2000 Tragedy in U.S. History Museum, St. Augustine, featured articles and memorabilia related to tragic events, closed in 1998 Turtle Kraals Museum, Key West USS Requin, Tampa, now part of the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Welaka Maritime Museum, Welaka Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum, Florida, Dunnellon World Chess Hall of Fame and Sidney Samole Museum, moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 2011
Planned museums
Bay of Pigs Museum, Miami
Holocaust Documentation & Education Center, Dania Beach
John H. Fetterman Maritime Museum and Research Center, Pensacola, website
Mark X. and E. Louise Benson Museum, Gulf Breeze, website
Pulse Memorial and Museum, Orlando
See also
Nature Centers in Florida
References
Florida's Museums and Cultural Attractions (Second Edition) - by Doris Bardon and Murray Laurie ()