The Whimsy
Museum & Lee Family Gardens will Reopen November 26,
2022 Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday from 1-4 PM until May 27, 2023
The Whimsy Museum ® Lee Family Gardens are Temporarily closed
We also close for really awful weather--downpours, tornadoes, hurricanes &
high winds We
will be open during intermittent light rain showers Face Masks are now Optional-this is Your Personal Choice November 26, 2022 the Buildings & Gardens will be Open
Please consider
a $5.00 Donation per person using cash, check, or the really small PayPal
button below. Thank
you so much!
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| 2121 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota,FL 34234 |
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Map North Parking Lot A (2229 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota)
entrance on 22nd Street (the big sculpture garden) Museum Parking Lot B
The Marietta Museum of Art & Whimsy is located at 2121 N.
Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL
SOUTH Parking Lot C (2005 North Tamiami Trail)
of the museum entrance on Sylvan Drive (on the waterfront)
Please
use the map below to get directions from your location!
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"Tickled pink about our Museum and Gardens"
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| Orange Flamingo Giant by Fredrick Prescott |
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| "Pigs" by Fred Prescott and "Lace Slipper" by Joe DiMarco |
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Closed for major holidays including
Christmas, Christmas Eve, New Years, New Years Eve, Good Friday We do Not have
a Cafe or Retail Store , We are ADA accessible,
Please bring your own wheel chair. No
Dogs Allowed! We allow Service
Dogs that are trained to do work or perform tasks
for an individual with a disability.
A service animal is not a pet.
To determine the difference between
a service animal and a pet, we will ask if the animal is a service animal required because of a visitor's disabiliy, who is
the visitor that needs the dog and what work or tasks the animal has
been trained to perform. If the Visitor refuses to answer these questions, then it can be assumed that the animal is NOT a service animal.
The dog must be on
lease, on the ground, and under direct control of the Visitor with the Disability at all times. If the dog is out of control, growling, snapping, biting, and unable to control
it's bodily functions, then the Visitor will be asked to remove the dog. and
the Visitor will be allowed back in, but not the dog.
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The Lee Family Arch
The Lee Family Arch welcomes our
visitors with a fascinating archway of sea shells, gems, beads, crystals, stones, pearls, marbles, Mom and
Dad's watches, stick pins, earrings, Lee Company lapel pins, tie tacks, and even a minnow. These are actual family momentos and other items that represent the rest of the generous, creative,
and supportive family members and friends of Museum Founder and
Curator, Marietta Lee; such as her parents, Leighton and Marietta Lee; her five brothers; Aunt Bev; Cousin
Newy; Grandmother and Grandfather Fagan and Aunt Mary who encouraged her to paint. This
arch was created to honor them and all of the ongoing hard work of the Lee and Fagan Families that made this
Museum possible.
Suggested
$5.00. Donation per person, per admission. We are a Private Operating Foundation, 501 (c) 3 non profit
organization and your Donations really make a difference!
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