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Salvador Dalí Museum

Address: 1000 3rd St. S, St. Petersburg, FL, 33701 | Map It
Phone: 727/823-3767; 800/442-3254
www.salvadordalimuseum.org

Category: Museums/Galleries
Location: St. Petersburg

Write a review | Avg. member rating: 5.0/5

Fodor's Review:

The Spanish surrealist certainly had a different way of viewing our world, as evidenced by exhibits at the Salvador Dalí Museum, which holds the world's most comprehensive collection of his work. The mind-expanding paintings in this downtown headliner include Eggs on a Plate Without a Plate, The Hallucinogenic Toreador, and more than 90 other oils. You'll also discover more than 2,000 additional works including watercolors, drawings, sculptures, photographs, and objets d'art. Free hour-long tours are led by well-informed docents. How did the collection end up here? A rich industrialist and friend of Dalí's, Ohio magnate A. Reynolds Morse, was looking for a museum site after his huge collection began to overflow his mansion. The people of St. Petersburg vied admirably for the collection, and the museum was established here as a result.

Cost: $15
Open: Mon.-Wed. and Sat. 9:30-5:30, Thurs. 9:30-8, Fri. 9:30-6:30, Sun. noon-5:30

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Reviewed by bachslunch from US on 11/12/08
Without doubt the best museum in the Tampa-St. Pete area. Excellent collection of Dali's paintings with several essential works. Contains many excellent lesser known pieces, and the collection as a whole gives an excellent overview of the artist's career. A must.