Shipwreck Museum

For those who avail Key West florida travel deals, the Shipwreck museum takes one back a hundred and fifty years when shipwrecking industry was thriving in the Key West and how it made it the richest city in the USA. Visitors to the museum can learn about the famous “Isaac Allerton” shipwreck and can see the artifacts and treasures from real this and other shipwrecks. The museum has a 65-foot observation deck which wreckers used for spotting the ships now open to visitors where from they can watch the reefs.

Gov. William P. Duval in 1832 said, “Key West is a little village of hardy seamen undisturbedly reaping a rich harvest from the enormous losses of commerce on the reefs.”

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The museum boasts of live actors, video presentations and the lookout tower which not only makes the visit more interesting but fun too. There are a lot of other audio-visual clips, interviews, underwater footages of wrecks that add to this amazing experience. A wrecker’s warehouse was specially re-created for the shooting the videos.

Asa Tift, the master wrecker at the museum will amaze you with the fascinating commentary of the shipwreck and you can also see the costumed actors enact the key characters for you. It is perfect day out for your family and undoubtedly worth it. The details can be found on the official website of the Shipwreck museum.

The tickets can be purchased on site on online. AT door the tickets cost $12 for adults and $5 for children and online the prices are $11 and $4.5 respectively. The details can be found in any of the Key West fl travel guide.

The reviews speak volumes about this great museum. The Caribbean Ports of Call Magazine wrote, “If you only have time for one historic museum, this would be the one to select.”

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