Mel Fisher Maritime Museum Admission Ticket

Overview

Mel Fisher Maritime Museum is the only fully accredited museum in the Florida Keys. That means this is more than just an exciting adventure story - it is also a nationally recognized research institution!

City: Key West

Tue 25 Feb

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Starting at $17.50

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Tue 25 Feb

Starting at $17.50

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What's Included

Entrance

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200 Greene St,

• Voucher valid for 60 days after selected travel date

End point

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Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Ticket valid for single use within 60 days of selected date
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Regular temperature checks for staff
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons

What To Expect

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 thought provoking Slave Ship and Key West African Cemetery exhibits provide a stark look into the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Key West’s unique role in it. Discover the relics found aboard the Henrietta Marie, an English merchant slave ship dating back to 1699. The wreck as discovered in 1972, but was only partially excavated until years later. Hear about the story behind this important piece of history. Learn about Spanish Coins in the New World, the Real Pirates of the Caribbean, and the Science of Shipwrecks. You can even take a lab tour and see how history is revealed through conservation every day! Come celebrate 30 years of treasure with the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum!

Cancellation Policy

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

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Ginny_D

Jan 2022

This was amazingly wonderful museum. So much to see and read. Make sure you give yourselves time. I think all museums should have information at each item. That is what I enjoy the history

Honeymooner201009

Jan 2022

For all the fabulous achievements of Mel Fisher, this museum really underwhelmed me. I also have to wonder if the Fisher family really approves of the wokery going on in the gift shop. My husband really wanted to see this museum so we both paid our $18 and went in. It has a nice display of treasure and artifacts found from the Atocha and also an explanation of how they had to work to find the shipwreck. But largely missing is information on how they got the treasure up and the process of cataloging and restoring the treasure. I didn't even have an electrolysis tank to show people how they get the hard crust of years at sea off treasure. I guess there's an even more expensive tour for that? There's a museum upstairs that had some Key West history, information on the Cuban missile crisis and information on the slave trade. While it was interesting it would have been better off in the museum across the street. I would have liked to have seen more about Mel Fisher's treasure hunting experiences. Also, in the gift shop they have the 1619 Project book prominently displayed. This books puts forth false claims about history and has no place in a museum. I guess the people who run the organization are woke. But I have to wonder if the Fisher family, a family that fought the government for years to keep their treasure, is quite as woke? Go to see the real treasure raised from the Atocha because there is some of it there, but know that the rest of the museum really isn't very cohesive and is a bit boring to look at. And beware that there may be some far left false indoctrination going on in the building.

Brendan F

Jan 2022

It took me several visits to key west before I got around to going to the Mel fisher museum, but I'm sure glad I went now. Very interesting place!