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The Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, previously known as Villa Vizcaya, is the former villa and estate of businessman James Deering, of the Deering McCormick-International Harvester fortune, on Biscayne Bay in the present-day Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, Florida.
James Deering's estate, now named Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, is an accredited museum and National Historic Landmark. The villa, gardens, and village are under ongoing restoration. The Vizcaya Museum and Gardens mission is "to preserve Vizcaya to engage our community and its visitors in learning through the arts, history, and the environment."
Miami, Vizcaya Museum, and Gardens at night. Credit - Jeffrey Greenberg—Universal Images Group via Getty Images. N ovember 2024 marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of Paul Chalfin, a queer ...
The Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, formerly known as the Miami Science Museum or Miami Science Museum and Space Transit Planetarium, is a science museum, planetarium, and aquarium located in Miami, Florida, United States. The museum originally opened its Coconut Grove location across from Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in 1960.
For a quieter Miami experience, I suggest heading to nearby Key Biscayne or visiting the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens. Sanibel and Captiva Islands offer the perfect relaxing getaway.
The sea level surrounding Vizcaya’s neighbor, Virginia Key, has risen eight inches in the last 100 years. To preserve grand past, Vizcaya ramps up for a growing risk to Miami’s future: Climate ...
Miami-Dade County operates a number of parks with frontage on Biscayne Bay. Haulover Park is on the barrier island running north from Baker's Haulover Inlet. Crandon Park covers the northern part of Key Biscayne. The Vizcaya Museum and Gardens are located on the mainland in Miami near the northern edge of Central Bay.
Dressed in white, 1,600 guests attended the inaugural White Party of 1985, held at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens. [6] Vizcaya hosted more than thirty years of formal White Party events, with some notable exceptions. In 1992 Hurricane Andrew damaged the estate's elaborate house and grounds, necessitating a move to the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables ...