Art Center & Gallery
Recommended
Art Center Sarasota
Downtown Sarasota
Long-running community art center offering rotating exhibitions, classes and events.
Historic Home
Recommended
Ca' d'Zan
Sarasota
The Venetian Gothic mansion of John and Mable Ringling, located on The Ringling campus.
Museum
Recommended
Circus Museum
Sarasota
Museum devoted to circus history, including artifacts, railcars, costumes and the Howard Bros. miniature circus.
Historic Garden & Museum
Recommended
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens - Historic Spanish Point
Osprey / Nokomis
A 30-acre waterfront campus combining native nature, archaeological history, pioneer heritage and gardens.
Marietta Museum of Art & Whimsy
Sarasota
A playful museum celebrating colorful, imaginative and uplifting art in a distinctive setting.
Aquarium & Science Center
Recommended
Mote Science Education Aquarium (Mote SEA)
University Town Center
A 146,000-square-foot marine science aquarium at Nathan Benderson Park with immersive galleries and STEM learning labs.
Contemporary Art Museum
Recommended
Sarasota Art Museum
Downtown Sarasota
Sarasota's contemporary art museum in the restored historic Sarasota High School complex.
Wildlife Park
Recommended
Sarasota Jungle Gardens
Sarasota
A historic tropical wildlife park known for free-roaming flamingos, animal presentations and close-up encounters.
Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
Recommended
Save Our Seabirds
Longboat Key
A wild-bird rescue and rehabilitation center with an educational outdoor visiting area on City Island.
Museum & Cultural Campus
Recommended
The Ringling
Sarasota
Florida's state art museum and a 66-acre cultural campus with art, circus history, gardens, theater and the Ringling mansion.
Wildlife Sanctuary
Big Cat Habitat Conservation and Education Center
East Sarasota
A nonprofit zoological sanctuary with more than 300 animals, educational presentations and reserved encounters.
Maritime Museum
Florida Maritime Museum
Bradenton
A museum in historic Cortez preserving Florida Gulf Coast fishing, boatbuilding and maritime traditions.
Historic Estate
Gamble Plantation Historic State Park
Bradenton
Historic antebellum plantation mansion and museum in Ellenton, preserved as a Florida State Park with guided house tours.
941-723-4536 · floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/judah-p-benjamin-confederate-memorial-gamble-plantation-historic-state-park
Historic Site
Manatee Village Historical Park
Bradenton
Open-air historical park preserving Manatee County's 1840-1918 heritage through 15 historic buildings, exhibits and points of interest.
Animal Encounter
Myakka Elephant Ranch
East Sarasota
A reservation-based educational elephant experience focused on close observation and conservation learning.
Gallery
Ringling College Galleries and Exhibitions
Sarasota
Seven on-campus galleries at Ringling College with rotating student, faculty, alumni and visiting-artist exhibitions and events.
941-359-7563 · ringling.edu/about/community-programs/galleries-exhibitions
Science & Natural History Museum
The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature
Bradenton
A regional science and natural-history museum featuring a planetarium, Florida history and a manatee rehabilitation habitat.
Art Center & Gallery
Venice Art Center
Venice
Community art center with rotating exhibitions, public gallery access, classes and programs in Venice.
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