Museums in Naples, Florida

Naples is a beautiful area located on Florida's Paradise Coast. Resting along the Gulf of Mexico in Southwest Florida, this magnificent city offers visitors plenty to see and do. Here is what you should know about visiting the museums in Naples, Florida.

The Naples Museum of Art can be found in a splendid three-story, thirty thousand square foot facility, and contains fifteen galleries and a fabulous glass dome conservatory. Its entrance gates were designed by renowned metal artist Albert Paley, and its chandeliers and Persian ceiling were designed by acclaimed glass artist Dale Chihuly. The Naples Museum of Art displays world-class paintings, sculptures, and various other forms of visual arts. They also provide educational programs and lectures. Located at 5833 Pelican Bay Boulevard in Naples, the Museum of Art is open from ten a.m. to four p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and from noon to four on Sunday. They are closed on Mondays. For an up-to-date list of museum exhibitions and museum lectures, head over to their website at http://www.thephil.org/.

The Collier County Museum offers in-depth exhibits that depict ten thousand years of local history, including prehistoric land and sea, the "American Serengetti," South Florida's first people, the Calusa Indians, the Europeans' arrival, the Seminoles, the wars, right up to modern day life. Veterans will be delighted to see a genuine Sherman tank on display. The Collier County Museum is located at 3301 Tamiami Trail East. Admission is free, but donations are accepted. The museum is open year round, from nine a.m. to five p.m., Monday through Friday, and on Saturday from nine to four. Visit the museum, along with its sister museums, online at http://www.colliermuseum.com/main/index.htm.

For a touching tribute to the survivors and victims of the Holocaust, visit the Southwest Florida Holocaust Museum. Located at 4760 Tamiami Trail North, Suite 7, in Naples, the museum provides a chronological look at the events that shaped the Nazi empire and its genocides. The museum actually started as an exhibit created by children to educate other children, adults, and future generations. Today, exhibits "depict life in Europe before the War and then progress through graphic illustrations of the rise of the Nazi regime and the stunning inhumanity of the systematic destruction of millions of people." Admission is $5, and the museum is open from one p.m. to four p.m. Tuesday through Friday and on Sunday. For more information, visit their website at http://www.hmswfl.org/index.html.

Enjoy your visit to the museums of Naples, Florida.