Miami's sights are spread out, so the easiest way to plan is by area. Downtown's Museum Park holds two of the big ones side by side: Pérez Art Museum Miami for modern and contemporary art, and the Frost Museum of Science with its three-level aquarium and planetarium. A short drive north, Wynwood Walls shows large murals by artists from around the world, while on Miami Beach the Bass Museum of Art and the Wolfsonian-FIU cover contemporary art and design.
Further south, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is the city's grandest historic house, and Coral Gables adds the spring-fed Venetian Pool and Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. Key Biscayne's Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park combines a beach with the 1825 lighthouse, and Zoo Miami is a full day in itself. Check opening days carefully, as several museums close on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday, and look out for free evenings such as Thursday after 5pm at PAMM and Friday evenings at the Wolfsonian. Buy timed tickets online where offered, start outdoor sights early to avoid the midday heat, and use taxis or ride-shares to link areas, as distances are long.
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Vizcaya is James Deering's early twentieth-century bayfront estate in Coconut Grove, with a furnished Mediterranean Revival villa and formal Italian Renaissance-style gardens.
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Wynwood Walls is an outdoor street art museum in Wynwood, showing large murals by artists from around the world since 2009.
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PAMM is downtown Miami's modern and contemporary art museum, set in Museum Park on Biscayne Bay between the Arsht Center and the Kaseya Center.
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Frost Science is a science museum, aquarium and planetarium in Museum Park, best known for its three-level aquarium and a large domed planetarium.
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Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden covers 83 acres near Coral Gables, with collections of palms, cycads, orchids and tropical flowering trees.
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The Bass is Miami Beach's contemporary art museum in Collins Park, with changing exhibitions, a café and free entry for local residents and on set days.
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The Wolfsonian-FIU is a design and decorative arts museum on Washington Avenue in South Beach, part of Florida International University, with free Friday evenings.
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Zoo Miami is a large zoo in south Miami-Dade, with more than 3,000 animals arranged by region across Asia, Africa, Australia, the Amazon and Florida.
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Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park on Key Biscayne combines a highly rated beach, restored native habitats and the 1825 Cape Florida Lighthouse.
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The Venetian Pool is a historic spring-fed public pool in Coral Gables, created in a former limestone quarry and opened in 1924, with waterfalls and grottos.
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