Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science

Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science
Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science is located in Central Miami
Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science
Location within Central Miami
Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science is located in Florida
Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science
Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science (Florida)
Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science is located in the United States
Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science
Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science (the United States)
Former name
Miami Science Museum and Space Transit Planetarium
Established1949 (1949) (as the Junior Museum of Miami)
LocationMaurice A. Ferré Park, Miami, Florida, U.S.
Coordinates25°47′7″N 80°11′16″W / 25.78528°N 80.18778°W / 25.78528; -80.18778
TypeScience museum
AccreditationAAM, ASTC
VisitorsEstimated 700,000 per year[1]
PresidentFrank Steslow (2017-Present)
Public transit accessMetrorail access at Museum Park Station (formerly Vizcaya station)
WebsitePhillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science
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The Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, formerly known as the Miami Science Museum or Miami Science Museum and Space Transit Planetarium, is a science museum, planetarium, and aquarium located in Miami, Florida, United States. The museum originally opened its Coconut Grove location across from Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in 1960. It relocated to Maurice A. Ferré Park in the downtown area adjacent to the Perez Art Museum Miami in 2017 after the closing of the Coconut Grove location in 2015.

  1. ^ Maruri, Katya (March 13, 2018). "Frost Museum of Science shatters visitor goals in year one". miamitodaynews.com. Retrieved November 7, 2022.