22 Best Museum Attractions in Miami

A 1916 Italian Renaissance-style villa with formal gardens and sculptures on Biscayne Bay in Coconut Grove

Free contemporary art museum with rotating exhibitions and a sculpture garden in the Miami Design District

Outdoor street art museum in Wynwood with 35,000 square feet of murals by 100+ artists from 21 countries

Self-guided, interactive ice cream museum with unlimited scoops, a sprinkle pool and photo-ready rooms inside Paramount Miami Worldcenter

Waterfront modern and contemporary art museum on Biscayne Bay with a sculpture garden and rotating exhibitions

A 444-acre bayfront preserve with historic houses, a mangrove boardwalk, manatee viewing and guided nature hikes on Biscayne Bay

Interactive illusion museum in Wynwood with 70+ hands-on exhibits, from a Zero Gravity Room to an Ames Room built for photos

Miami's history museum downtown, with exhibitions on the Seminole, Cuban and Haitian communities, city tours and free family days.

A 12th-century Spanish monastery moved stone by stone and rebuilt in North Miami Beach, with cloisters, gardens and a working chapel

Contemporary art museum in a repurposed DEA warehouse, home to Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Room

Free welcome center and small museum on Ocean Drive, home base for Art Deco walking tours and South Beach architecture

Florida's only museum on 250 years of Jewish heritage, set in two restored 1930s-era synagogue buildings on South Beach

Art Deco Welcome Center, free museum and official walking tours at 1001 Ocean Drive in the heart of Miami Beach's historic district

University of Miami art museum spanning 5,000 years, from ancient antiquities to contemporary glass, with free admission

Museum of art and design in a 1927 Miami Beach building, known for propaganda, posters, furniture and industrial design

Over 4,000 erotic artworks spanning 300 BCE to today, housed in a South Beach museum on Washington Avenue

Private contemporary art collection in a huge converted warehouse, with photography, video and sculpture on view four days a week

Over 40 historic rail cars, including a presidential car, plus model trains and train rides beside Zoo Miami

Coral Gables' city museum in a vintage coral-rock building, with art, architecture and history exhibitions and a public plaza

Contemporary art museum in a historic art deco building with changing exhibitions, a sculpture garden, a café and a shop in Collins Park

Miami's science museum with a three-level aquarium and a planetarium under a 67-foot dome, set in Maurice A. Ferré Park

Hand-carved coral rock monument built by one man over nearly three decades, with guided tours, a 9-ton gate and a celestial sundial