Weekend Guided Tours

Experience the museum on a guided tour or engage with our interactive discovery cart during our Hands-On-History program. Our in-gallery weekend tours are included with museum admission and facilitated by a Museum Educator. Tours are suitable for all ages and are approximately 40-minutes.

Weekend gallery tours are available for individuals and small groups of nine or less. If you are visiting as part of a larger group, please book a group tour reservation at least 4 weeks in advance of your visit.

View of the Mythic Creatures museum exhibition. Exhibition infographic panels are standing throughout the exhibit and a large scale model of a brown bird with a yellow beak hangs from the ceiling. A colorful chinese parade dragon can be seen in the background hanging from the ceiling.

Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids

Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 pm
Trace the roots of some of the world’s most enduring mythological creatures from Europe, Asia, and beyond. Original paintings, textiles, and other cultural objects bring to light surprising similarities in the ways people from around the world have been inspired by nature to create these wonderful creatures. Journey through Mythic Miami to take a closer look at South Florida’s own fantastical creatures like the Chupacabra and Skunk Ape.

Tropical Dreams: A People’s History of South Florida

Saturdays at 11:00 am starting October 1st
Delve into the history of South Florida on a tour of Tropical Dreams: A People’s History of South Florida. View highlights from the exhibition – from a replica of a dire wolf skull to a 1920s trolley.

A museum educator stands in front of a group of people in a museum exhibition. They point to a map on the wall.

Hands-on-History

Engage with our Museum Educators through multi-themed discovery carts featuring a selection of the museum’s education objects collection. Programs are suitable for all ages!

Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids

Saturdays & Sundays at 1:00 pm
Explore the world of mythical creatures through touch! Engage with a selection of the museum’s education objects collection inspired by Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids – from a Chinese bronze dragon statue to a cast of a Chupacabra footprint taken in Puerto Rico – during this interactive in-gallery program. Object selections vary per program.

A Museum Educator stands behind a wooden desk with teaching collection objects on top. They hold out a replica of a mammoth tooth to a tour group.

*** Gallery tours are available for individuals and small groups of nine or less. If you are visiting as part of a larger group, please contact Visitor Services at (305) 375-1492 for more information. Weekend programming is not available on second Saturdays due to Free Family Fun Days and is subject to change without notice.