Mel Fisher Maritime Museum
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Visit the only fully accredited museum in the Florida Keys and discover a museum rich in history. See the amazing treasure in our 1622 Fleet exhibit of the Spanish galleons discovered by Mel Fisher and his crew. Visit thought-provoking Spirits of the Passage and Key West African Cemetery exhibits to glean insights into the transatlantic slave trade and Key West’s unique role in it. Don’t miss our three new exhibits – Spanish Coins in the New World, the Real Pirates of the Caribbean and the Science of Shipwrecks. You can even take a lab tour to see how history is revealed through excavation and conservation of shipwrecks. Open daily.
