ARTS AND CULTURE
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Overall, there are literally hundreds of
mile-long boardwalk through the cypress
statewide theaters and playhouses offering
swamp where there are 67 varieties of flora
entertainment for every cultural taste (visit
and fauna. Another Seminole initiative is the
florida.com).
Billie Swamp Safari featuring swamp buggy and ecotours through a 2,200-acre wetland
OUT OF THE ORDINARY
wilderness (swampsafari.com). For an au-
The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum at the Big
thentic cultural experience, visitors can stay
Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation west of
overnight in traditional thatched-roof huts.
Fort Lauderdale is as much a Native historical
Also one of the state’s unique cultural at-
site as it is a museum (ahtahthiki.com). The
tractions is the Ernest Hemingway Home &
Seminoles are part of Florida’s very early his-
Museum in the heart of Key West, the largest
tory
a
city in south Florida’s string of sand keys
COMING SOON
comprehensive illustration of the tribe’s past
(hemingwayhome.com). Here, visitors can
In 2012, The Miami Art Museum is scheduled
and culture. Here in the heart of Florida’s un-
view the place where the renowned author
to open in an impressive new home. When it
tamed Everglades, four main galleries explore
penned some of his greatest novels. The
makes its debut, it will be part of a larger cul-
various aspects of Seminole life and traditions
house contains Hemingway’s original furnish-
tural destination—the new 29-acre Museum
through hands-on displays and artifacts such
ings including a 17th-century Spanish chest
Park on Biscayne Bay in downtown Miami.
as clothing, dolls, baskets and tools. There’s
the author’s wife, Pauline, used as her writing
The park complex will also be the future home
also a living village where tribal elders fashion
desk. The property is also home to more than
of the Miami Science Museum and the
wood carvings, beaded jewelry and grass bas-
60 cats that are descendants of those he kept
Historical Museum of Southern Florida
kets. In addition, the museum site includes a
while living there.
(miamiartmuseum.org/museum_park.asp).
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and
the
museum
presents
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