Art Deco Welcome Center, Florida, United States
4.5 (452 reviews) Friday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 2-3 hours Ranking #11 in Miami Beach Visitor Centers
Take the walking tour
A Premier Visitor Center serving over 1 million guests since 2010. Located in the heart of the "Art Deco" Historic District. We are at 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, Fl, the headquarters of The Miami Design Preservation League. Maps in 11 languages, multilingual staff, Art Deco Museum and Gift shop, "The "Official" Art Deco Walking Tour daily at 10:30 am/ Thurs 10:30 am & 6:30 pm, and "Official" Self Guided Art Deco Audio Tour. Information on Entertainment, Cultural & sporting events, National Parks, excursions, points of interest and attractions. Our priority is to provide our guest a wide array of information, services & activities to facilitate a well rounded experience during their stay in our Beautiful City!
Address
1001 Ocean Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139-5080
Mobile
Website
http://www.mdpl.org/welcome-center/art-deco-museum/
Working hours
Monday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Friday, May 10, 2024, 14:18
User Ratings
4.5 based on (452 reviews)
Reviews
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5Lorraine G 5:00 PM Jan 27, 2020
Great place to learn what to look at in art deco buildings
A great place to start your appreciation of the buildings and art in the South Beach area. The woman behind the counter (see other reviews) was indeed helpful. Jeannette told us key places to visit and gave helpful hints on how to do things less expensively. The actual museum there was well worth the $5 entry fee because without it, we would have missed a lot of fine details.
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5Taylor B 5:00 PM Feb 21, 2023
The largest collection of Art Deco buildings in the world
The Art Deco Welcome Center, also known as the Miami Beach Architectural District or Old Miami Beach Historic District or Miami Art Deco District, contains the largest collection of Art Deco buildings in the world, an umbrella term covering a range of styles such as "Streamline" or "Tropical" or "Med-deco" that were built mostly between the Great Depression and the early 1940s. Located at 1001 Ocean Drive in Miami Beach's South Beach neighborhood, the area is best known as the district where Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace lived and was assassinated in a mansion on Ocean Drive in 1997. The district is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Sixth Street to the south, Alton Road to the west an the Collins Canal and Dade Boulevard to the north. It contains 960 historic buildings and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It includes areas of seasonal hotels, commercial strips and residential areas. Hotels on Ocean Drive, which face the ocean, run from 5th to 15th Streets and front onto Lummus Park, including the Victor (1937), the Tides (1936), the Carlyle (1941), the Cardoza (1939), the Netherlands (1935), the Winterhaven (1939) and the Amsterdam Palace (1930), which is one of the best examples of the Mediterranean Revival Style to be seen on Miami Beach. It is built around a central courtyard and was designed as a replica of Christopher Columbus' home in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.
