Museums in Orlando, Florida

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is your launchpad to experiencing and exploring the NASA story. The visitor complex offers exhibits, displays, attractions and artifacts from past spaceflights, as well as information about the future of human and robotic missions. Visitors can witness a rocket launch in person, stand nose to nose with an actual space-flown spacecraft, Space Shuttle Atlantis®, meet a veteran astronaut, and watch a 3-D IMAX® space film. Details

Explore the quirky side of Florida at Ripley's Believe It or Not! Orlando. This family-friendly Odditorium features 600 fascinating exhibits and 16 uniquely themed galleries, an ideal museum for children and adults alike. Discover a shrunken head owned by Ernest Hemingway, Apollo 11 relics, ancient alligators, and more in this 10,000 sq ft eccentric museum! Details

Step into the world of fame and fantasy at Madame Tussauds Orlando, located in the heart of ICON Park! Get up close with lifelike wax figures of celebrities, including the Justice League heroes. Combo tickets are available, offering double the fun with access to both Madame Tussauds and SEA LIFE Orlando Aquarium. Don't miss out on this star-studded adventure! Details

Located just across from Flagler College and a few blocks from The Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine, the Villa Zorayda Museum lets guests get an up-close view of the architectural work of art created in 1883 by Franklin Smith. The museum offers state-of-the-art self-guided audio tours that are available throughout the day, as well as special behind-the-scenes tours on select Tuesdays. Details

Built in 1891 to look like a hotel, Old Jail St Augustine once held some of the city’s most hardened criminals. Today, visitors of all ages can experience what its prisoners’ lives were like under the penal system decades ago. Explore the cells, hear tales its infamous occupants by costumed actors, even get booked and try to escape on this historical tour. Details

Experience a world stranger than fiction at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! St. Augustine. Located in the historic Warden Castle, this first and longest-standing Odditorium features three floors of over 800 bizarre exhibits and artifacts. Ignite your sense of wonder with a lion created with upcycled toys, shrunken heads, odd taxidermy animals, and more. Details

Visit icons of yesteryears and today at the Potter's Wax Museum in historic St. Augustine, FL. Situated on Orange Street, get up close and personal with Albert Einstein, Princess Diana, Ponce de Leon, and more. This is the oldest wax museum in the U.S., established in 1947, with over 160 wax figures ranging from Hollywood celebrities to political figures and more. Details

Located in the historic Hotel Alcazar, just steps from Flagler College in downtown St. Augustine, the Lightner Museum offers an immersive experience of architecture, art history, and design. Guests of all ages will enjoy the museum’s four and a half floors of beautiful, curious, and intriguing collections that are on display. Details

Immerse yourself in turn-of-the-century nostalgia with a visit to the Oldest Store Museum - a recreation of St. Augustine’s original general store. Explore over 100,000 authentic products and inventions like vintage farm equipment, corsets, tonics and elixirs, and more. Live actors portray clerks, a butcher and snake oil salesmen peddling their latest wares. Details

Discover the Age of Sail when tall ships navigated the waters of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Then journey through the steam-power period when Henry Flagler conceived of building an overseas railroad from Miami to Key West. A visit to Sails to Rails Museum is a comprehensive look at the Florida Keys complete with hands-on immersive activities for all ages. Details

Journey through more than 400 years of history with a visit to the St Augustine History Museum. Explore private collections and authentic artifacts that bring history to life. Discover a sunken treasure room. Learn about Florida’s evolution under Spanish rule and hear riveting stories about Spanish Galleons, Native Americans and pirates of the Revolutionary War. Details

Dive into the St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum in Downtown St. Augustine, FL, and venture back to the age of plundering pirates and swashbuckling adventures. Along with audio-animatronics and interactive displays, the pirate museum features a vast collection of over 800 authentic pirate artifacts, including the journal of Captain Kidd's final voyage. Details