Mel Fisher Maritime Museum

Interesting!

Right in the middle of Key West tourist attractions is this commercialized museum. The greeter at the top of the stairs had several interesting stories about the "wrecking" culture. In the heyday, th...

Don’t miss this !

An excellent walk through the long process of Mel Fisher’s discovery of the Atocha and other wrecks. Starts with a short film worth watching. We did not find the listening devices to be very useful....

Interesting!

A really great story that I had never heard about before. Lots of other maritime history and artifacts in this museum. Not so huge, an easy 1-2 hour visit, well worth the time!

Nice reprieve from the heat in an interesting setting

An interesting stop - it only takes a couple of hours to get through the exhibits. Don't bother with the audio - you don't need it the information is duplicated within written the exhibits. Cute lit...

Today’s the day

While the history of the Atocha may be lost on a fair number of Key West visitors I am a shipwreck geek and dragged my wife along to visit Mel’s place. The artifacts on display are tremendous and ther...