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American Orchid Society

Coral Gables, Florida

Botanical Garden, History, Library, Nature Centers, Park, Science

Conservation of orchid species and their habitats has been a cornerstone of the AOS since our founding in 1921. Through its members and staff, the Society plays a major role in the formulation of world orchid conservation opinion and policies. By working to save orchids and their habitats here and abroad, we preserve their beauty and important role in the planet's ecosystem.

Coral Gables Museum

Coral Gables, Florida

Art, General, History

The Museum is housed in Coral Gables' original 1939 WPA Police and Fire Station, a federally designated historic building, and beautiful new gallery spaces. The Museum features two semi-permanent exhibitions and three changing exhibition spaces.

Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida

Art, University

Opened in 1952, the Lowe Art Museum is Miami-Dade’s oldest art museum. With nearly 19,0000 objects, it the region’s most comprehensive collection of western and non-western art from ancient to contemporary: Italian Renaissance & Baroque; Greco-Roman antiquities; 17th-21st century art of the Americas and Europe; art of Africa, Asia, Native and Ancient America, and Art of the Pacific. The Myrna and Sheldon Palley Pavilion for Contemporary Glass and Studio Arts opened in May, 2008.

Coral Gables Merrick House

Coral Gables, Florida

Art, Botanical Garden, Culture

The mission of the Coral Gables Merrick House is to preserve, interpret and promote the House and grounds as an historic house museum that represents the home environment of the Solomon and Althea Merrick family for the benefit of the public. This will be accomplished with the highest standards of the museum profession that our resources will allow.

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Coral Gables, Florida

Botanical Garden

To be the premiere tropical botanical garden of the world: setting the highest possible standards in landscape design and exhibition, living collections and horticultural practices; serving as a primary source of information on tropical plants through research and education programs; and inspiring positive attitudes and behavior toward the urban and natural environment.