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Fort East Martello Museum & Gardens

Address: 3501 S. Roosevelt Blvd., Key West, FL, 33040 | Map It
Phone: 305/296-3913
www.kwahs.com

Category: Museums/Galleries
Location: Key West

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Fodor's Review:

This Civil War citadel was semper paratus, or "always ready" as the U.S. Coast Guard motto says, but like most of Florida during the war it never saw a lick of action. Today it serves as a museum, with historical exhibits about the 19th and 20th centuries. Among the latter are relics of the USS Maine, a Cuban refugee raft, and books by famous writers—including seven Pulitzer Prize winners—who have lived in Key West. The tower, operated by the Key West Art and Historical Society, also has a collection of Stanley Papio's "junk art" sculptures and Cuban folk artist Mario Sanchez's chiseled and painted wooden carvings of historic Key West street scenes.

Cost: $6
Open: Weekdays 10-4, weekends 9:30-4:30

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