Mel Fisher Maritime Museum: Accredited Florida Keys Attraction
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117 Ratings
Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum

The Mel Fisher Maritime Museum is the lone accredited institution in the Florida Keys. Not only is it an enthralling tale of adventure, but it’s also a nationally acknowledged research facility!

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum - Relive Mel Fisher’s battles with the government to retain the artifacts they found - all the way to the US Supreme Court. A true folk legend right in Key West where it all happened!
    See the amazing treasure in the Spanish Treasure Galleons galleries discovered by Mel Fisher and his crew, plus so much more! The…
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What's Included
  • Entrance
What's Not Included
  • DVD (available to purchase)
Additional Information
  • Ticket valid for single use within 60 days of selected date
Location
Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum
200 Greene St,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Eileen026
Sep 17, 2024
Great place to visit and learn history in a great way - What a great museum learning about Mel Fisher and his great find and story. The museum is full of information and lots of interesting artefacts to view. You won’t be disappointed
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Loucious
Aug 1, 2024
Fabulous Museum to visit! Highly recommended! GetSome!! - Fabulous museum aimed to educate the masses about the Caribbean's lost treasures that Mel Fisher spent decades searching for. (To this day his family still undergoes the task!) The Atocha Spanish fleet mother load is the highlighted topic in this museum! Highly recommended! GetSome!!
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D_mrs_13
Jul 24, 2024
Good experience again at the Mel Fisher Museum. - We always visit this place although my wife now has been so many times she now sits under a tree outside with her book. As a diver and coin collector sunken treasure is of great interest. What I have found is that personally the coins , jewellery and ingots are great but the large amount of personal items brings the history alive and is poignant as there is more of an attachment to them. A great place to spend an hour and a remarkable story to be read.
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Birthdaygirl2977
Jun 17, 2024
Great experience !!! - Recent vacation to Key West. Husband really wanted to see this but I was indifferent. I am so glad he talked me into it !! It was great. I couldn't believe how much I enjoyed it. My husband loved it. The staff were friendly and helpful. Well worth it !!
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Dvkremk
May 22, 2024
Great museum - My husband and I really liked this museum. The movie that you see right after you enter provides all of the background on how the family found the treasure. Then you get to see lots of what they found.
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Amandafh1618aw
Feb 12, 2025
Interesting activity! - Was recommended to come here and was glad we did it was very interesting to learn more about some of the history around key west definitely worth a stop
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Johnfromkansas
Jan 19, 2025
Low Key Presentation for the Largest Treasure Ever Found - I remember when it was announced the Atocha (Spanish ship from the 1600's) was discovered and the initial stories were released. It was an amazing story about the biggest sunken treasure ever recovered. As a kid I was fascinated about treasure hunters, especially sunken treasure. The museum did not present this amazing story as amazingly as I could imagine it could have been told. That being said, it is a good museum with good displays. It is informative and educational. The excitement and the importance of this find were underemphasized.
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Jean
Mar 23, 2024
Interesting- lots of reading - There’s a short five minute film at the beginning of the museum. The first floor showed Mel’s treasure and the history behind it. The second floor had photos showing how they excavated and catalogued treasure. Our teens—13, 15, and 17– had trouble staying interested in the reading g. I would not recommend taking kids under 10. Also there’s a $1 discount for military with id. Discounted tickets can also be purchased from the old trolley company if you purchased a tour from them.
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Justcare
Jan 10, 2025
Disappointing- not worth the price of admission . - Went here with my wife and we were both disappointed . The title of the museum is misleading . It’s all about a treasure hunter on the first floor and the seaborne slave trade on the second floor . A niche museum lacking broad appeal .
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T5764vcjoec
Mar 17, 2025
Most disappointing museum in Key West - The gold exhibit, whiich was the best part of the museum, is no longer on display Some silver is still on display The museum is now mostly a slave ship museum The administrator said someone stole one of the gold bars, so the gold exhib, which was the great reason to go the museum, had been removed All jewelry items for sale are now imitations, not the real gold/silver couns The museum is a pale imitation of what it once was It should not be recommended at all
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