Shipwreck Treasures
Shipwreck Treasures is a museum in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. The nearest named place is Mary, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. FLORIDA KEYS HWY passes 0.3 miles off. 76 named places lie within 25 miles.
The story
The Key West Shipwreck Museum (formerly Shipwreck Historeum) is located in Key West, Florida, United States. It combines actors, films and actual artifacts to tell the story of 400 years of shipwreck salvage in the Florida Keys. The museum itself is a re-creation of a 19th-century warehouse built by wrecker tycoon Asa Tift. Many of the artifacts on display are from the 1985 rediscovery of the wrecked vessel Isaac Allerton, which sank in 1856 on the Florida Keys reef and turned out to be one the richest shipwrecks in Key West's history, having resulted in the Federal Wrecking Court's largest monetary award for the salvage of a single vessel. The museum guide portraying Tift tells the story from his point of view as he explains how this unusual industry provided for the livelihood for the entire island of Key West at a time when it had the largest population in the state. Guests can climb the 65' lookout tower.
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Wikidata Q6398125, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the FLORIDA KEYS HWY, National
76 named places within 25 miles
- Simonton Street Beach: 0.2 mi
- Truman Waterfront Park: 0.6 mi
- Truman Waterfront Park Amphitheater: 0.7 mi
- Bill Butler Park: 0.7 mi
- Bill Butler Park: 0.7 mi
- Naval Depot and Storehouse-Building One-U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters: 0.0 mi
- Key West - Florida Keys Historical Miltary Monument: 0.0 mi
- Navy Club of Key West Monument: 0.1 mi
- Pan Am First Flight: 0.1 mi
- Burnt Down Building: 0.5 mi
- Key West Museum of Art and History at the Custom House: 0.1 mi
- Audubon House and Tropical Gardens: 0.1 mi
- Mel Fisher Maritime Museum: 0.1 mi
- Truman Little White House: 0.2 mi
- Oldest House Museum: 0.2 mi
- Truman Beach: 1.0 mi
- South Beach: 1.1 mi
- Dog Beach: 1.2 mi
- Higgs Beach: 1.5 mi
- Higgs Beach: 1.6 mi
- Key West Extreme Adventures: 0.1 mi
- Pier B: 0.2 mi
- Dolphin Watch: 0.4 mi
- Nancy Forrester's Secret Garden: 0.4 mi
- SkyDive Keywest: 15.7 mi
- Mary: 0.0 mi
- Embracing Peace: 0.0 mi
- Marilyn Monroe: 0.2 mi
- Memorial Sculpture Garden: 0.0 mi
- Key West Garden Club: 1.5 mi
- Bernstein Park: 4.2 mi
- Key West Butterfly and Nature Consevatory: 1.0 mi
- The Key West Nature Preserve: 1.8 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.
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