Plan Your Visit
When are you open?
We will remain open with our usual Hours: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. until Saturday, May 23, 2025. Then we close for the summer and early fall months while we prepare for the next season and whatever Hurricanes come our way. We will reopen November 29, 2025.
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?
We 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 fee or tickets? No.
To help us keep the lights on and buy more art, we do have a suggested donation of $10.00 per person per visit, children under 12 are free. Currently, we accept cash, checks, and donations via PayPal (see button below).
* We have no paid staff. Our Volunteers are exceptional.
Can I bring my Dog? Sorry, No. Pets and emotional support dogs are not permitted. We all love dogs, but please, do Not bring yours!
No animals or dogs are permitted in carriers, handbags, backpacks, strollers, or in a visitor's arms, on their neck or on their head.
A Working Service Animal is not a pet.
We do allow Working Service Animals as permitted by the Federal Americans with Disabilities law and Florida Law that are specially trained to do assist work or perform tasks for an individual with a disability. The working service animal must be on the ground and on a leash directly attached to the person they are assisting.
If the animal is out of control, growling, snapping, biting, or unable to control its bodily functions, then the Visitor will be asked to remove the animal. The Visitor will be allowed back in, but not the animal.
To determine the difference between a trained service animal and a pet, we will ask 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 trained service animal, and the animal must leave.
To determine the difference between a trained service animal and a pet, we will ask 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 trained service animal, and the animal must leave.
No smoking Anything!
No smoking legal or illegal substances, including e-cigarettes or vaping, while in the museum or on the grounds, including entryways, gardens, and parking lots.
Can I photograph the artwork and vegetation ?
Yes! Snapshots are allowed with cell phones only!
We do not permit:Long, Medium, or Short LensesCompact or Sub-Compact CamerasiPadsSelfie SticksCommercial PhotographyCommercial Videography * This includes: No selling, reproducing, publishing, distributing, or transferring any photography or videos, even if it is for "personal use."
We do not permit:Long, Medium, or Short LensesCompact or Sub-Compact CamerasiPadsSelfie SticksCommercial PhotographyCommercial Videography * This includes: No selling, reproducing, publishing, distributing, or transferring any photography or videos, even if it is for "personal use."
Why cell phones only? Why are you so strict about other cameras?
1. Most of the artwork you see here is made by living professional artists who make their living by selling their artwork for their own income.2. We are trying to help protect their copyright. (Some of their images have already been stolen, reproduced, and sold.)3. The museum is actually very small, other people might bump into you, or you might bump into them.4. When you go out to dinner tonight with your friends, you probably will not bring your big camera, but we hope that you will share your cell phone images with your friends..
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!
Are you ADA-accessible?
Yes, we are ADA-accessible. We are fully wheelchair accessible, so we encourage you to bring yours. 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.