Miami Beach offers fun in the sun during the day and great resaurants and nightclubs at night. But if you take a closer look, you’ll see that it also offers some terrific cultural experiences. If you want to do something a little different when visiting SoBe, think about heading over to the Wolfsonian- Florida International University Museum, right in the heart of the city at Washington and 10th. .
The building itself-the Washington Storage Company-was expanded and renovated in 1992 by architect Mark Hampton in collaboration with architect William Kearns to convert it from a storage place for Mitchell Wolfson, Jr.’s large collection of rare books and objects on modern design, architecture and decorative arts into a museum and research center. The modernist lobby, museum café and shop are just a prelude to the exhibit space for permanent and temporary galleries dramatically arranged around light wells, and its permanent and rotating exhibits dating back from the Industrial Revolution through the end of the Second World War are fantastic.
The museum is open various hours every day except Wed. and it’s just $10 to get in (or free on Friday nights from 6-9 if you happen to be there then) So if you’re in Miami Beach, head down to Washington and 10th and poke into the Wolfsonian-FIU and get lost in a whimsical “blast from the past”
1001 Washington Avenue
(corner of Washington and 10th)
Miami Beach, FL 33139
(corner of Washington and 10th)
Miami Beach, FL 33139
