Miami Science Museum, Science museum in downtown Miami, United States
The Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science is a science museum in downtown Miami spread across multiple buildings featuring a planetarium, an aquarium, and exhibition halls. The layout guides visitors through different sections where they can explore topics ranging from marine life to space and natural phenomena.
The Junior League of Miami opened the Junior Museum of Miami in 1950 in a house at Biscayne Boulevard and NE 26th Street, with donated and loaned exhibits such as Seminole artifacts and a live beehive. Renamed the Museum of Science and Natural History in 1952, it moved into a 48,000 sq ft Coconut Grove building in 1960, gained the Space Transit Planetarium in 1966, and reopened as the Frost Museum in Maurice A. Ferré Park on May 8, 2017.
The museum's name honours Phillip and Patricia Frost, who gave $35 million in March 2011 toward the new building. Its predecessor, the Space Transit Planetarium, hosted the national astronomy show Star Gazers with Jack Horkheimer, produced by WPBT. The Frost Planetarium continues this with laser nights set to music by Pink Floyd and Queen.
The museum is located in Museum Park with underground parking available for visitors. Plan for several hours to comfortably explore the different sections, particularly if you want to experience the planetarium and aquarium.
The three-story cone-shaped aquarium holds 500,000 US gallons and is open to the top level. At its base, a 31-foot (9.4 m) oculus lens forms the floor of the Gulf Stream tank, letting visitors look up at fish, rays and hammerhead sharks from below.
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