Art Center Sarasota

Sarasota, Florida

Art

Art Center Sarasota is the hub of local culture in all its richness and diversity, and that includes you! We are the sum total of Sarasota's artistic energy. At ACS you can have your vision seen and your voice heard. We welcome artists, art enthusiasts and the entire community.

Galleries at Ringling College of Art & Design

Sarasota, Florida

Art, Culture, Library, University

The Galleries located on the campus of Ringling College of Art and Design—which include the William G. & Marie Selby Gallery, Richard & Barbara Basch Gallery, Willis A. Smith Construction, Inc. Galleries, Patricia Thompson Gallery, Arland & Sally Christ-Janer Gallery and Crossley Gallery—provide community programming in the form of lectures, forums, panel discussions, and performing arts events. Participants include exhibiting artists and designers, visiting historians and critics, and Galleries staff.

GWIZ - CLOSED

Sarasota, Florida

Science

Mote Aquarium

Sarasota, Florida

Aquarium, Natural History

From its humble beginnings in tiny shed in a small Florida town, Mote Marine Laboratory has expanded to include a 10.5-acre campus in Sarasota, Fla., with field stations and public exhibits in Key West and field stations in Summerland Key and Charlotte Harbor. Florida's extensive coastline and marine and estuarine environments have enabled Mote scientists to build a platform of marine research conducted in the nearshore environment.

The Historical Society of Sarasota County

Sarasota, Florida

Church, Culture, General, History, Historic House, Historical Society

SARASOTA – Native tribes claimed this land. Explorers sailed the bays. Through the years of Seminole Indian Wars, the coming of the hardy pioneers who fished the waters and cultivated the land, the Crackers who herded the cattle, and the visionaries who built a city unique in its diversity, Sarasota remains a home to be desired; a place of proud heritage.

Marietta Museum of Art and Whimsy

Sarasota, Florida

Art, Culture

Whimsical and traditional artwork in a garden under the Florida oaks. Sculpture garden next door. 501(c)3 Nonprofit

Sarasota Classic Car Museum

Sarasota, Florida

History

Located on U.S. 41 (also known as N. Tamiami Trail) in Sarasota, Florida, the Museum’s 60,000 square foot facility sits on 4 acres of land near such good neighbors as The Ringling Museum of Art and The Asolo Theater, home of the Sarasota Ballet Company. The SCCM is a Museum by day and a Banquet and Event Facility by night. A 4,000 square foot open-air garden Atrium in the center of the Museum is used for dining and dancing amidst the car collection. A gift shop filled with an eclectic assortment of collectibles rounds out the facility. The entire facility is "wheelchair friendly" and free wheelchairs are available for visitors.

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

Sarasota, Florida

Art, History, Historic House, Library, University

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is the remarkable legacy of circus entrepreneur and collector of art John Ringling and his wife, Mable. The 66-acre estate includes the Museum of Art, the Searing Galleries, and the Chao Center for Asian Art featuring both permanent collection and temporary exhibition galleries and is the home of Joseph’s Coat, a skyspace by the artist James Turrell; the winter-residence of John and Mable Ringling, the Venetian-Gothic Cà d’Zan mansion; historic grounds and gardens; the 18th-century Historic Asolo Theater; and the Circus Museums, including the home of the world’s largest miniature circus at the Tibbals Learning Center.