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Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum

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Type
  
Maritime Archaeology

Phone
  
+1 305-294-2633

Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum

Location
  
200 Greene Street Key West, Florida

Website
  
Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum

Address
  
200 Greene St, Key West, FL 33040, USA

Hours
  
Open today · 9:30AM–5PMSaturday9:30AM–5PMSunday9:30AM–5PMMonday8:30AM–5PMTuesday8:30AM–5PMWednesday8:30AM–5PMThursday8:30AM–5PMFriday8:30AM–5PM

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Mel fisher maritime heritage museum


The Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum is located at 200 Greene Street, Key West, Florida. The museum contains an extensive collection of artifacts from 17th century shipwrecks, such as the Henrietta Marie, Nuestra Señora de Atocha and Santa Margarita. The museum is named for founder Mel Fisher.

Contents

As of December, 2015 the upstairs exhibits, in addition to the slave ship Henrietta Marie, included displays about a group of freed slaves in Key West in 1860, the preservation of items recovered underwater, and Caribbean piracy.

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Gold Bar Theft

A popular tourist feature was a solid gold bar that could be lifted by visitors in a plexiglass case. This bar was stolen by two thieves in August 2010.[1][2]

References

Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum Wikipedia