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Address: 1 Whitehead St, Mallory Square, Key West, FL 33040
Originally built by the WPA in 1934, the Key West Aquarium was the world's first open-air aquarium. Today Key West's oldest attraction is enclosed for all weather viewing. This family-friendly spot includes a touch tank for the kids, glassed in display tanks and a feeding tank where you can watch sharks, barracudas,...
Category: Key West Attractions & Activities
Address: 416 Eaton St, Key West, FL
Key West is home to an active film society that boasts more than 800 full-time members. Non-members may also attend the screenings of movie classics and the latest art house and foreign films. Times and prices vary so check their web site or call for more information.
Category: Attractions - Key West Attractions & Activities
Address: 6450 E. College Rd, Key West, FL 33040
This 200-acre course is the only public golf course in Key West. Golf legend Rees Jones designed the course including the signature "Mangrove Hole" – a 143-yard, par-3 hole played over a dense field of tropical mangroves.
Category: Museums - Key West Attractions & Activities
Address: 938 Whitehead St, Key West, FL 33040
One of the best views in the Keys is available from atop this 86-foot lighthouse, built in 1847. The light was intended to save lives but it put to death the livelihood of many Key Westers. The "wreckers" that made their fortunes scavenging ships that foundered on the reef were suddenly out of a job. This and other...
Key West Museum of Art and History
Category: Museums - Key West Attractions & Activities
Address: 281 Front St, Key West, FL
This Richardsonian Romanesque Custom House was built in the 1820s when Key West was designated an official point of entry into the United States. Various exhibits track Key West's ascendancy from port town to richest city in the country. Visitors can see Ernest Hemingway's bloody World War II uniform and they can...
Category: Key West Attractions & Activities
Address: 5901 College Rd, Florida Keys Community College, Key West, FL
Key West has been home to a world-class symphony since December 1998. Keys native Maestro Sebrina Alfonso presides and also offers pre-concert lectures before shows. Concerts are generally held on Friday and Saturday evenings. Call or check the website for times and ticket prices.
Key West's Shipwreck Historeum
Category: Museums - Key West Attractions & Activities
Address: 1 Whtehead St, Mallory Sq, Key West, FL 33040
In the 1850s Key West earned the designation of "Richest City in the United States." How this feat was achieved is the focus of this multi-sensory museum. Using historical interpreters, laser shows and films, you will learn about wrecking crews and how they made their fortunes plundering vessels unlucky enough to...
Category: Key West Attractions & Activities
Address: 1 Whitehead St, Key West, FL 33040
At sunset, this is the designated place to be in Key West. Be warned, though. It's easy to miss the sun dropping below the horizon-you may be too busy watching jugglers, cats that jump through burning hoops, or any number of other wacky attractions. The sunset itself is a spectacular sight, made all the more...
Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum
Category: Museums - Key West Attractions & Activities
Address: 200 Green St, Key West, FL 33040
Mel Fisher became a local hero in 1985 when he excavated treasures from two Spanish galleons that sank off the Key West coast in 1622. You can learn about the artifacts that Fisher recovered including a massive gold bar and a 77.76 carat emerald crystal. There is also an English merchant slave ship dating from the...
Category: Key West Attractions & Activities
Address: The Keys, FL 33040
U.S. 1 is dotted with mile markers, making it easy to find almost anything in The Keys. Markers start at MM 126 in Florida City and end at MM 0 in Key West. After the miles of sprawling suburbs, the superhighway narrows to a modest four lanes lined by fast-food and mini marts.
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