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Undoubtedly Miami’s top art museum, featuring extraordinary works from European, American, Chinese, Pre-Columbian, and Native American cultures.

The perfect complement to the unique Deco District, this is a museum and design research institute with over 70,000 modern design exhibits.

A collection of Western fine art and design, and historical pictures of Miami Beach.

One of South Florida’s finest, its European collection displays works by Rembrandt, Goya, Renoir, and Picasso. Americans include O’Keeffe and Pollock, and the museum also has strong ancient Chinese and Pre-Columbian collections.

Besides impressive temporary shows, MAM’s collection focuses on art since the 1940s, and includes works by Frankenthaler, Gottleib, Rauschenberg, and Stella.

Hispanic and Caribbean artists are shown here, as well as exhibitions relating to aspects of Cuban culture (see Top 10 Cuban Cultural Imports).

Starting as far back in prehistory as 10,000 years, the museum slips swiftly through the millennia to reach Spanish colonization, Seminole culture, extravagance in the “Roaring Twenties,” and Cuban immigration in more recent years.

With its stained-glass windows (one in memory of gangster Meyer Lansky) and Deco details, the synagogue itself is as fascinating as the exhibits it houses. The 230-year Jewish presence in Florida is amply covered. • • 10am–5pm Tue–Sun • Adm

This excellent museum features Seminole artifacts, such as pottery and beautiful clothing. The Green Corn Ceremony is explained also, including the games, music, dance, and costumes involved. Outside, a nature trail leads through the cypress canopy, where signs explain the use of certain flora in Seminole culture (see Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki and Billie Swamp).

The romance of long-lost, bootyladen shipwrecks.