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Beläget i den historiska Key West Bight, upptäck detta toppmoderna museum med praktiska utställningar, råa bilder, unika artefakter och den enda skalan av Fort Jefferson i Dry Tortugas National Park. När du reser genom den interaktiva tidslinjen för Key West-historien, avslöja historien med svamp, sköldpaddor, fiske, cigarettillverkning och turism som sätter Key West på kartan. Tryck på en äkta silverstång från den spanska Galleon Nuestra Senora de Atocha som sjönk full av guld, silver och smaragder under en orkan utanför Key West 1522. Lär känna Henry Flagler, John D. Rockefellers partner i Standard Oil, i original lönemästares järnvägsbil från Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway. Inuti Maggie Atwell House, se den enda återstående trästrukturen som byggdes av FEC, lära dig om det genombrottsliga arbetet med att bygga järnvägen över det öppna havet och mygginfekterade mangrovesvampar i Florida Keys.
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Gäster som besöker Sails to Rails kommer att resa genom Age of Sail, en tid då höga fartyg trafikerade de förrädiska vattnen i Karibien, Mexikanska golfen och Florida Keys från 1500-talet till början av 1900-talet. Dessa vatten var en gång fyllda av skattfyllda spanska galjoner, fruktade pirater, handelsfartyg och mer när den nya världen gjorde sina rikedomar kända för alla som seglade på hennes vatten. De kommer också att lära sig om tiden i Amerika när järnvägarna öppnade gränserna för en framväxande nation. Ett besök på Sails to Rails är en av de mest omfattande översikterna av Florida Keys och Key Wests historia en besökare kan få. Detta museum är en toppattraktion i Key West för vuxna och barn i alla åldrar!
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- Spädbarn och små barn kan åka i barnvagn eller sittvagn
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- Kollektivtrafiksalternativ finns i närheten
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Great museum! Gives you the lowdown on Key West from the sea to the rails. Fascinating history. All self guided so you can take your time well worth the price of admission, which is very reasonable.
My husband and I enjoy going to history museums. We were pleasantly surprised by the huge amount of information at this museum on all the history of ship wreckers, and the development of Key West since the 1600 and beyond! Very informative.
We were familiar with Flagler and his railroad adventures so we thought we’d take a more in-depth look inside this museum. There is a parking lot right across the street and building is handicapped accessible. When you walk in you have a beautiful model of the fort located at the Dry Tortugas. It really is fantastic. The you enter the rather small exhibit area about what Key West supplied to the north, a timeline of the railroad, some fun ship information, and a great introduction to the sponge market. Next you enter an outside area that has a great movie about Flagler and his dream of a railway to Key West. You then visit a replica of a rail car followed by a restored house used during the building of the railway. Museum is small but full of very interesting information. Would be better if it all was airconditioned but we survived.
If you like history and one man’s perseverance to achieve a valuable goal. Easy visit and nice way to duck out of sun.
It’s a good thing to do while waiting for the Trolley. (I am really glad we did not buy special tickets just to come into the museum.) It is informative; however you learn a lot of the same information in other museums. So you are getting some repetition The woman who checks you in is as lovely as can be and knows the schedule for both the trolley and the train. (Down to the minute.)
Been on a Flagler kick, and the southernmost terminal was a must-visit. Small museum but good info. Spent about an hour and a half. Did a wonderful job explaining Flagler's vision and the many engineering innovations required to achieve it. A key question the museum did not address, and I wish it did, is answering why the railroad failed as a business enterprise after it was built (before the 1935 hurricane). Flagler had envisioned it as being part of the Panama Canal transportation chain, but it didn't play out that way. Why?
I had high hopes for this museum and it did not disappoint. In addition to all of the artifacts, the short films were also very interesting. Spent well over an hour here. Highly recommend.
We spent about an hour and a half here learning about Key West’s origins and development over time. There are a number of well done exhibits, we especially enjoyed the timeline that correlated what was happening in the broader world to what was happening in Ke y West. Likely your best source of information about Flagler’s Overseas Railway short of reading a book on it. This was a delightful small town museum with a broader regional reach. Well worth your time, highly recommended!
I saw the Shipwreck Treasure Museum and Sails to Rails (formerly Flagler Station) Museum on the same day. They both explain how shipwreck salvaging created the wealth in Key West, and the railroad part explained how Standard Oil business partner to John Rockefeller, Henry Flagler, built the East Coast Railroad Extension from 1905-1912, connecting all the Florida Keys together through 42 bridges to Key West. Both the Museums are very interesting in understanding how the Florida Keys and Key West developed. I would recommend this museum.
Loved this museum. Great history lesson. The facility was exceptionally inviting, clean and full of great information.
