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MUSEUMS... Home of the Ringling College of Art & Design!
DESTINATION - SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
Southwest Florida is truly a cultural destination
and has the most to offer in Family Fun and Educational Activities.
Dali Museum |
Salvador Dali Museum – St. Petersburg
This starkly modern museum houses the world's most comprehensive (and most valuable, at $125 million)
collection of works by the renowned Spanish surrealist. With oils spanning from 1917 through 1970, the collection
provides an excellent overview of Dalí's major themes and symbols. Characterized by its diversity, it includes the
Impressionist and Cubist styles of his early period, abstract work from his transition to Surrealism, the famous
surrealist canvases for which he is best known, and examples of his preoccupation with religion and science during
his classic period.
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Fl. Intl. Museum |
Florida International Museum - St. Petersburg
FIM is a museum of popular experiences, through diverse rotating national and international exhibitions.
You never know what will come through this museum… Mummies, Treasures of the Czars, and even the much-lauded Titanic
exhibit. There are permanent collections about John F. Kennedy, as well as the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Morean Arts Ctr. |
Morean Arts Center - St. Petersburg
The Center offers people of all ages and diverse cultural backgrounds the opportunity to experience
and participate in the arts. Glass art enthusiasts will be delighted by the Chihuly Collection opening July 4th
weekend, 2010. The center has dedicated 10,000 square feet at 400 Beach Drive for this permanent exhibit with retail
shop, small theater and guest services. Morean also has a 2,400-square-foot clay building at 719 Central Avenue
dedicated to a “hot shop” where guests can watch glass being blown.
400 Beach Drive & 719 Central Avenue Call for Details: 727-822-7872
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MOSI |
Museum of Science & Industry - Tampa
Plan to spend a minimum of 4 hours at the Children's Science Center, the IMAX® Dome Theatre, or
tour Disasterville and experience hurricane force winds. Pedal a bicycle balanced on a 1-inch steel cable. Guests
will be harnessed into the bike and ride across a 98-foot-long cable suspended 30 feet above the ground. Try the
MaxFlight Simulator, a squadron of indoor Virtual Reality fighter-jet rides poised for the sharp banks, sky loops
and screaming dives of pulse-pounding aerial combat, completely controlled by YOU, the pilot!
4801 E. Fowler Ave. Call for details: 813-987-6000
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Plant Museum |
Plant Museum - Tampa
Highlighting the beginning of Florida’s west coast tourism, learn about Henry Plant and his quest to
transport the wealthy to his 2.5 million dollar Tampa Bay Hotel. Take a step back in time and experience the exquisite
architecture of Moorish style and its opulent Asian/European furnishings, where guests of the Gilded Age stepped from
Henry Plant’s passenger trains and ships onto the wide veranda of his 511 room hotel. Of historical value is its vivid
role in the Spanish-American War.
401 West Kennedy Boulevard Call for details:813-254-1891
Editor’s Review ~ Overnight Lodging
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Sarasota, Bradenton, Venice, Englewood,
and their fabulous Islands of
Anna Maria Island, Longboat Key,
Lido Key, Siesta Key, Venice & Manasota Key
are the perfect
home base from which to explore other Florida points of interest! |
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A visit to SW Florida can lead to many return
visits & Eventual Relocation |
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