Plan Your Visit
When are you open?
We will reopen the Saturday after Thanksgiving 2025, (November 29, 2025), with our usual Hours: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. until Saturday, May 23, 2026.
Face Masks are now optional - this is your personal choice. Please be kind. Some people may need to wear a mask to protect themselves or their families.
Face Masks are now optional - this is your personal choice. Please be kind. Some people may need to wear a mask to protect themselves or their families.
When do you close?
May 24, 2025, and we also close for major holidays (Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, Good Friday, and Easter) and for really bad weather such as hurricanes, high winds, flooding, wind shear, tornadoes, and coconuts falling from the trees.
Do you have an admission or tickets?
We have a suggested donation of $10.00 per person per visit, children under 12 are free. No tickets.Currently, we accept cash, checks, and donations via PayPal (see button below).
Visiting Groups
Self-Guided Visiting Groups
The Marietta Museum of Art & Whimsy is pleased to welcome self-guided groups to tour the museum buildings and gardens on your own during our regular open hours: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Our trained volunteers will be happy to provide you with more information about our Artwork, Founder, and Museum!
Tour Groups
On occasion, we do offer a tour-talk during normal open hours. Please call to make advance arrangements.
Are you ADA-accessible?
Yes, we are ADA-accessible. We are fully wheelchair accessible, so we encourage you to bring yours. We have very few steps. P.S. We only have one wheelchair available for emergencies and on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Directions and Map to Whimsy Museum
The Marietta Museum of Art & Whimsy is located on US 41, West of the Trail, in Sarasota, just north of Greater Downtown Sarasota, and is nestled between Whitaker Bayou and the Ringling College of Art & Design on Sarasota’s fabulous North Tamiami Trail.
There is no direct entrance from US 41 to either 2229 North Tamiami Trail or 2005 North Tamiami Trail. Please use the side streets on 22nd St or Sylvan Drive.
There is no direct entrance from US 41 to either 2229 North Tamiami Trail or 2005 North Tamiami Trail. Please use the side streets on 22nd St or Sylvan Drive.
We have three parking lots for use by our visitors:
- Parking Lot A 2229 North Tamiami Trail - our Sculpture Garden and Parking Lot. Please take time to walk around the Sculpture Garden. Enter off 22nd Street North Campus.
- Parking Lot B 2121 North Tamiami Trail - the Main Museum Building. Enter directly from US 41 Middle Campus.
- Parking Lot C 2005 North Tamiami Trail - the Whimsy Waterfront Studio and Parking Lot. Enter off Sylvan Drive South Campus.