The best South Florida museums

By R. Justin Chan
SouthFlorida.com

Important: This article was last updated on February 18, 2006. Please call ahead to confirm hours, prices, dates and other information.

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BEST MUSEUMS
What are South Florida's best institutions for art, historical artifacts and children's activities? And what about kooky collections of the unusual? Rate the best museums in Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Miami and more South Florida cities by casting your vote, and then see what others think.

The best South Florida art museum is:

Bass Museum of Art
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Boca Raton Museum of Art
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Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art
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Frost Art Museum at FIU
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Henry Morrison Flagler Museum
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Lowe Art Museum
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Miami Art Museum
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Museum of Contemporary Art
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Norton Museum of Art
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The Wolfsonian
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The best South Florida cultural/historical museum is:

Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum at Okalee Village
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Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Seminole Museum
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Art Deco Welcome Center & Museum
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Bonnet House Museum & Gardens
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Cornell Museum of Art & History
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Fort Lauderdale Antique Car Museum
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Gold Coast Railroad Museum
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Historical Museum of Southern Florida
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Loxahatchee River Historical Museum
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Mel Fisher Maritime Museum
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Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
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Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History
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Old Davie School Historical Museum
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Old Dillard Museum
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Old Fort Lauderdale Village & Museum
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Sanford L. Ziff Jewish Museum of Florida
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South Florida Railway Museum
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Vizcaya Museum & Gardens
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The best South Florida children’s museum is:

Children's Museum of Boca Raton
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Children's Science Explorium
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Crane Point Nature Center, Museums and Historic Site
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Lisa Ann Watson Children's Discovery Museum
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Miami Children's Museum
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Miami Museum of Science and Space Transit Planetarium
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The Museum of Discovery and Science
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My Jewish Discovery Place Children's Museum
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Schoolhouse Children's Museum
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South Florida Science Museum and Planetarium
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Young at Art Children's Museum
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The best unusual South Florida museum is:

Burt Reynolds & Friends Museum
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Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum
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International Swimming Hall of Fame
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The World Erotic Art Museum
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World Chess Hall of Fame
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Is your favorite place missing? Nominate it below, and we'll add it to the poll.
very worthwhile museum to visit. great historic bus tours of delray beach
Submitted by: museum of lifestyle & fashion
9:03 AM EST, Feb 20, 2006
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