Mel Fisher Maritime Museum
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Mel Fisher Maritime Museum is a museum in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. The nearest named place is Audubon House and Tropical Gardens, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. FLORIDA KEYS HWY runs past it. 76 named places lie within 25 miles.
Naval storehouse, used as a warehouse, administrative offices, and later as a U.S. Navy Post Office.
The story
The Mel Fisher Maritime Museum is located at 200 Greene Street, Key West, Florida. The museum contains an extensive collection of artifacts from 17th century shipwrecks, such as the Henrietta Marie, Nuestra Señora de Atocha and Santa Margarita. Also included are the shipwrecks and artifacts of The Santa Clara, a Conquistador-era galleon (1564), The Guerrero & Nimble. A rotating gallery exists on the second floor of the museum and is currently displaying an exhibit or artifacts belonging to Cuban Rafters, Balseros, who arrive to Key West in hand-crafted vessels. Terrestrial archaeological sites include The African Cemetery of Key West, located on Higgs Beach. The museum is named for founder Mel Fisher and was created as a 501(c)3 non-profit charity organization, thus Fisher's fortune is not financially linked to the museum. It is a museum, a lab, and a nationally recognized research facility. Within the museum is a fully operating Conservation and Archaeology lab, where guests are allowed admittance during a daily private Lab Tour and are able to touch the artifacts while learning about the various stages of artifact conservation. Some artifacts, depending on type and density, can take anywhere from weeks to years for full conservation before they are placed on display in the museum. As of December 2015, the upstairs exhibits, in addition to the slave ship Henrietta Marie, included displays about a group of freed slaves in Key West in 1860, the preservation of items recovered underwater, and Caribbean piracy.
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Wikidata Q14686208, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1910
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the FLORIDA KEYS HWY, National
76 named places within 25 miles
- Simonton Street Beach: 0.3 mi
- Truman Waterfront Park: 0.5 mi
- Truman Waterfront Park Amphitheater: 0.6 mi
- Bill Butler Park: 0.6 mi
- Bill Butler Park: 0.6 mi
- Navy Club of Key West Monument: 0.0 mi
- Naval Depot and Storehouse-Building One-U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters: 0.1 mi
- Pan Am First Flight: 0.1 mi
- Key West - Florida Keys Historical Miltary Monument: 0.1 mi
- Burnt Down Building: 0.5 mi
- Audubon House and Tropical Gardens: 0.0 mi
- Key West Museum of Art and History at the Custom House: 0.0 mi
- Shipwreck Treasures: 0.1 mi
- Truman Little White House: 0.1 mi
- Oldest House Museum: 0.1 mi
- Truman Beach: 0.9 mi
- South Beach: 1.0 mi
- Dog Beach: 1.1 mi
- Higgs Beach: 1.4 mi
- Higgs Beach: 1.5 mi
- Key West Extreme Adventures: 0.1 mi
- Pier B: 0.2 mi
- Nancy Forrester's Secret Garden: 0.4 mi
- Dolphin Watch: 0.4 mi
- SkyDive Keywest: 15.6 mi
- Embracing Peace: 0.0 mi
- Mary: 0.1 mi
- Marilyn Monroe: 0.2 mi
- Memorial Sculpture Garden: 0.1 mi
- Key West Garden Club: 1.5 mi
- Bernstein Park: 4.2 mi
- Key West Butterfly and Nature Consevatory: 0.9 mi
- The Key West Nature Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Picnick Area: 0.9 mi
- Felton Road: 2.5 mi
- Perky: 16.0 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:09 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:40 | 19:46 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:55 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 17:11 | 17:44 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 69 | 70 | 73 | 77 | 80 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 80 | 75 | 72 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 8.2 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — KEY W WFO, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 84000915OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/83424981
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