The Classic Car Museum has a fabulous collection of vehicles from the 1800s to modern-day sports cars, while the legendary Potter’s Wax Museum houses over 160 wax sculptures of real and fictitious figures, including politicians, entertainers, horror characters, and historical personalities.
Visiting St.Augustine with the kids? Then, be sure to check out the St. Augustine Pirate and Treasure Museum, which plays host to over 800 authentic artifacts celebrating the history of piracy from the 1600s through the present day.
Head over to the St. Augustine History Museum to learn about the development of St. Augustine under Spanish and British rules, and stop by the Oldest Store Museum to see a re-creation of the original St. Augustine general store that was operated by C.F. Hamblen in 1908.
Lightner Museum is housed in the former Alcazar Hotel built in 1888 by magnate Henry Flagler and houses a unique collection of Americana, fine and decorative art, and natural history specimens.
Another bucket list St.Augustine museum is Villa Zorayda. Set within a lavish mansion built in 1883 for Franklin Webster Smith, the museum dazzles and enchants with its Moorish Revival Architecture inspired by the Alhambra Palace, in Granada, Spain. The museum harbors an impressive art collection of original art and antiques.
Don’t pass up the chance to also visit the Ximenez-Fatio House Museum, one of the best-preserved and most authentic Second Spanish Period residential buildings in St. Augustine.
Sports enthusiasts will love the World Golf Hall of Fame. Here, visitors will stand in awe with interactive exhibitions featuring artifacts, artworks, audio, video, and photography significant to the history of golf and its most notable people.
