Museums in St. Augustine FL

Jail in St. Augustine, Florida

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The Old Jail is a historic jail in St. Augustine, Florida. It is located at 167 San Marco Avenue. On August 27, 1987, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The St. Johns County Jail now serves as the Old Jail Museum. Wikipedia

Added to NRHP: August 27, 1987

Architectural styles: Romanesque architecture, Romanesque Revival

Did you know: Home to prisoners for over 60 years, the Old Jail in St. Augustine looks more like a resort than a maximum-security facility.

Built by Henry Flager in 1891, placed on the National Registry of Historical Places in 1987, the Old Jail served as a County Jail until 1953.

Imagine yourself being processed as an inmate in 1908.

You will really be a part of an educational and fun experience for the entire family.

Open daily 8:30a - 5:00p

167 San Marco Ave., St. Augustine, FL, 32084

Locaetd at Old Town, just North of intown St. Augustine

The Oldest Store Museum is a museum in a former general store in St. Augustine, Florida, St. Johns County, Florida. Wikipedia

Watch in amazment as our friendly clerk, butcher, and snake oil salesman demonstrate the very latest inventions for turn-of-the-century living.

It is truly like into walking into a Sears Robuck catalog from 1900. Over 100,000 essential and fasinating items!

Open daily 8:30a - 5:00p.

Height: 164'

Construction started: 1871

Height: First tower, 52 feet (16 m); Second tower, 165 feet (50 m)

The St. Augustine Light Station is a private-aid to navigation and an active, working lighthouse in St. Augustine, Florida. The current lighthouse stands at the north end of Anastasia Island and was built between 1871 and 1874.

It is 219 steps to the top -- one breath taking view!

Climb to the top of this 155 foot working lighthouse for a spectacular views of the city, beaches and the nation's oldest port.

Discovery St. Augustine FL maritime past as you learn about life at the lighthouse and the many ship wrecks just off shore.

Browse the Museum Store for an unique gift.

Open daily 9:00a - 6:00p

Museum in St. Augustine, Florida

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The St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum is a museum dedicated to pirate artifacts. Formerly known as the Pirate Soul Museum, the museum was located at 524 Front Street, Key West, Florida, United States. It was announced in February 2010 that the museum was being moved to St Augustine, Florida. Wikipedia

Opened: January 5, 2005

Established: January 5, 2005

Historical landmark in St. Augustine, Florida

Historic cedar-and-cypress building offering a glimpse of school life in Spanish Colonial times.

Let your first lesson in history at the Oldest Wooden Schoolhouse in St. Augustine FL!

Build pior to 1763, the school remains as it was over 2 centries ago. Sit with the school master and his pupils as they re-create what school life was like in 1763.

Compare your school days with those of the Old Days!

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Founded: 1918, United States of America

Museum with a strange collection of oddities on display, including shrunken human heads & rare animal skeletons.

Ripley's Believe It or Not! is an American franchise, founded by Robert Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that readers might question the claims.

Founder: Robert Riple

A museum housing a strange collection of the odd, the unusual and the downright weird.

Founded: 1918, United States of America

Museum in St. Augustine, Florida

The Oldest House Museum is located in St. Augustine, Florida in St. Johns County, Florida. It is operated by the St. Augustine Historical Society and includes the González-Alvarez House, the Manucy Museum of local history and the Edwards Gallery.

Oldest House Museum Complex

The St. Augustine Historical Society owns and operates The Oldest House Museum Complex. Our onsite attractions include a guided historical tour of the oldest house, a history museum, gardens, colonial kitchen, and a map gallery.

Museum in St. Augustine, Florida

Wolf's Museum of Mystery is the personal home of Wolfgang Von Mertz. It houses amazing and rare items from all over the world to include the following galleries: An Alien Mortuary A Shotgunned Sasquatch Exhibit A Horror Movie Theatre Room A Dark Art Gallery A Lizzie Borden Bedroom A Voodoo Room A Cannibal Kitchen A 40 Foot Carnival Gift Shop Even an Countess Elizabeth Bathory bathroom and much much more. It's always changing and what makes the museum especially unique is everything is for sale! So visit Ali, Wolf, their husky Chinook, Mr. Nibbles in the lobby, Burt - the man eating rabbit in the courtyard, or one of their three cats always meddled somewhere in the home. You won't regret the experience! $7 Entrance Fee

Open seven days a week, this wax museum has over 150 wax figures taken from history and fiction.

Suggested duration: 1-2 hours

Museum in St. Augustine, Florida

Villa Zorayda is a house at 83 King Street in St. Augustine, Florida. Built in 1883 by the eccentric Boston millionaire Franklin W. Smith as his winter home, it was inspired by the 12th-century Moorish Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain.

Opened: 1883

Take a step back in time as you enter this Grand Gilded Age home, built by Franklin W. Smith in 1883. Franklin Smith, an eclectic world traveler, was originally from Boston, and he built the Villa Zorayda as his winter home in St. Augustine, FL. Smith was the innovator of poured concrete and crushed coquina construction that is seen throughout St. Augustine today. On the "National Register of Historic Places", the Villa Zorayda is a 1/10th scale reproduction of a portion of the Moorish Castle, the Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain. View the elegant traceries on the walls made of alabaster and plaster which were made in Spain using the same molds that the Moors used for the walls of the Alhambra Palace! In addition to the magnificent architecture of the building is the original art and antique collection: hand pierced brass lamps, hand carved and exquisite inlaid furniture, an Egyptian rug over 2400 years old, and much more! You will also see beautiful hand painted Spanish & Egyptian tiles, Moorish horseshoe arches, and the beautiful architectural details from the Alhambra Palace. Learn the 133 year history of the Villa Zorayda as you take a state-of-the-art audio guided tour, which run continuously throughout the day. The audio guided tour is available in English, Spanish and French. Free parking while visiting the Museum.

Architectural style: Moorish Revival architecture

Architect: Franklin W. Smith

Museum in St. Augustine, Florida

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The Oldest Store Museum is a museum in a former general store in St. Augustine, Florida, St. Johns County, Florida.

This museum gives us a peek at how things were in colonial times.

History museum in St. Augustine, Florida

For most of its history, the Colonial Quarter has been known as the Colonial Spanish Quarter. After an extensive multimillion-dollar renovation completed in three months, the site opened as the Colonial Quarter in March 2013.

Take an immersive journey through centuries of St. Augustine's rich history, brought to life at this revitalized two-acre attraction in the heart of the downtown historic district. Tour, dine, shop and enjoy an interactive Historic Adventure Tour or discover on your own from climbing a 35-foot watchtower to exploring the 270 year old Demesa House. Your history begins here!

Museum in St. Augustine, Florida

The Lightner Museum is a museum of antiquities, mostly American Gilded Age pieces, housed within the historic Hotel Alcazar building in downtown St. Augustine. This 1887 Spanish Renaissance Revival style building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Chicago publisher Otto C. Lightner opened this museum which features items of Victoriana, as well as a stained glass room by Louis Comfort Tiffany.

Lightner Museum is housed in the former Alcazar Hotel built in 1888 by Henry Morrison Flagler (1830-1913).

Museum in St. Johns County, Florida

The World Golf Hall of Fame is located at World Golf Village near St. Augustine, Florida, in the United States, and it is unusual among sports halls of fame in that a single site honors both men and women. It is supported by a consortium of 26 golf organizations from all over the world.

Founded: May 19, 1998

Visitors: 350,000/year (2009)

The World Golf Hall of Fame & Museum provides an extensive look at the game of golf through stories, artifacts, videos, art and photography of its members within 75,000 square foot exhibition space. Guests have the opportunity to enhance their visit with an audio tour guide that tells "behind the scenes" stories from Hall of Fame members themselves. Admission includes two-day access to the museum, a round on the 18-hole natural putting course and a shot on the Challenge Hole. It is open daily, except Thanksgiving and Christmas Days.

Museum in St. Augustine, Florida

The Spanish Military Hospital Museum is located at 3 Aviles Street, St. Augustine, Florida. The museum covers the Second Spanish Period medical practices. The museum is open seven days a week from 10am to 6pm.

Travel Back in time to the Spanish Military Hospital, where the doctor is always in. Our fully guided tours take you back to the Colonial Spanish days of medicine. Learn why the Spanish were considered 400 years ahead of their time in medicine. See how surgeries were preformed in Colonial times with our surgical demonstrations. Watch how medicines were made using the plants and herbs grown in their gardens with our apothecary demonstration.

Opened: January 5, 2005

Function: Museum

Established: January 5, 2005

Museum in St. Augustine, Florida

The St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum is a museum dedicated to pirate artifacts. Formerly known as the Pirate Soul Museum, the museum was located at 524 Front Street, Key West, Florida, United States. It was announced in February 2010 that the museum was being moved to St Augustine, Florida.

Relive the Golden Age of Piracy at Pat Croce's St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum with the world's largest collection of authentic pirate artifacts; fun, interactive exhibits, including the award-winning Book of Pirates and the spine-tingling Disney Imagineer-designed Below Deck sound experience of Blackbeard’s last battle; the world’s only pirate treasure chest; one of only two existing 17th century Jolly Rogers; and rarely-seen shipwreck treasures from the Florida Division of Historical Resources.

Museum in St. Augustine, Florida

The "Medieval Torture Collection" reminds us just how much suffering humanity can inflict in the name of cause and justice when the right tools are placed in the hands of fanatics, madmen and tyrants. The exhibit fills more than 3000 sq. ft. Spend an hour here and you will better know the nature of fear. Are you brave enough?

Museum in St. Augustine, Florida

1500s house museum with period furnishings, a garden & exhibits on the region's Catholic heritage.

The Father Miguel O'Reilly House Museum is located a few doors down from the Ximenez-Fatio Boarding House Museum. The home has significant historic value, as it is one of the oldest structures in St. Augustine. Shortly after Fr. Miguel O'Reilly, an Irish priest in the service of the Spanish crown, bought the property in 1785 at the beginning of the Second Spanish Period, it became the parish rectory.

If you're Cuban, surely you've heard of Fr. Félix Varela, a man who fought tirelessly for Cuban independence. It was in this house that Father Miguel O'Reilly privately taught him, as a student, and he went on to become a defender of human and civil rights. Since 1866, the guardians of this sacred and historic space have been the Sisters of St. Joseph. You will see paintings and artifacts related to the Roman Catholic faith represented in this home, now serving as a museum.

While it was fascinating to look at all these things (and the free admission was great), it was not so great to have a nun watching you intently from her chair the moment you walked in. Her eyes followed us everywhere, as she suspiciously looked us down. To say my friend and I felt uncomfortable would be an understatement. There was nothing welcoming or friendly about her presence. Our tour guide (or perhaps, watchdog is the most appropriate term) was a pre-teen boy, who followed us everywhere. He was not very knowledgeable and unable to answer questions, which is expected due to his age, but why he was appointed to that position in the first place was incomprehensible.

Museum in St. Augustine, Florida

Government House is located at 48 King Street in St. Augustine, Florida, adjacent to the Plaza de la Constitución. The building, constructed of coquina, served as the governor's official residence from c. 1710 during the First Spanish Period, throughout the British Period, and until 1812 in the Second Spanish Period.