Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science

About

Three glass towers, a planetarium, and a 500,000-gallon aquarium sit together on Biscayne Bay, and the whole place is built to be walked up through. Stand under the cone-shaped Gulf Stream tank and a 31-foot round window opens overhead, so hammerhead sharks and devil rays glide across the light while mahi-mahi school past. Upstairs the dome runs the night sky in 8K, the River of Grass exhibit traces the Everglades, and a rooftop terrace looks straight across the water to downtown.

Highlights

Getting there

1101 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132

The museum's own advice is to arrive at the 10 a.m. opening, before the galleries and the garage fill. The Explorer Ticket covers the exhibitions and the aquarium, plus one planetarium show.