These 16 Amazing Museums in Florida Are a Must-See

You can tell a lot about someone by what they hold dear. From kitschy to undeniably cool, I think you'll agree our museums say a lot about us in Florida.

1. Salvador Dali Museum

Much like Florida, Dali embraced the weird. Thus it's fitting this St. Petersburg museum houses the largest collection of his work outside Europe.

2. Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum

Hemingway lived in this home in Key West from 1931 to 1939. Descendants of his cats still roam the property.

3. Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens

This beautiful center for Japanese arts and culture is located in Delray Beach, FL. It features a bonsai garden, library and its own restaurant. Festivals are celebrated several times a year.

4. John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

Highlights include a circus museum, impressive art museum, railroad car, gardens and the Ringling's mansion. It's located in Sarasota, FL.

5. Ripley's Believe It or Not

This St. Augustine attraction holds a huge collection of oddities and artifacts. There are other locations, but this is the original.

6. Fantasy of Flight

The world's largest private aircraft collection ever displayed, this museum is currently showing only a fraction of its collection until its upgrade is completed, hopefully in the next few years.

7. WonderWorks

This zany museum specializes in space, math and physics exhibits, and it's all built to appear upside down!

8. Florida Citrus Tower's Presidents Hall of Fame

This 226-foot tower was built in Clermont, FL, in 1956 and houses the Presidents Hall of Fame, complete with a replica of the White House.

9. Potter's Wax Museum

So creepy, yet you can't take your eyes off of them. Wax figures of popular icons and historical figures make for great photo opportunities at this museum in St. Augustine.

10. John Gorrie Museum

This museum in Apalachicola shows we Floridians really appreciate anyone who helped invent air conditioning (for obvious reasons).

11. Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing

This Ocala museum isn't just for car enthusiasts, it's fun for the whole family. You may even see Big Daddy himself.

12. Water Ski Experience Hall of Fame and Museum

We love our water sports!

13. SS American Victory

This floating museum in Tampa is a real World War II Victory ship.

14. Key West Shipwreck Museum

Actors films and artifacts illustrate the history of shipwreck salvage in the Florida Keys.

15. St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum

Home to lots of fascinating pirate arrrtifacts!

16. Spongeorama

This unique museum in Tarpon Springs, FL, claims to have the largest collection of natural sponges in the world. It's also got lots of quirky vintage fun.

Don't these museums look worth a visit? What are some of your favorite Florida museums?