New World Symphony
New World Symphony
Address: 500 17th Street, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Telephone: 305.673.3330/800.597.3331
Email: tickets@nws.edu
Email sign up: nws.edu/about/email-sign-up
Website: www.nws.edu
Social Media:
Facebook: facebook.com/NewWorldSymphony
Twitter: @nwsymphony #NewWorldCenter
Instagram: nwsymphony
The New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy (NWS), prepares graduates of music programs for leadership roles in professional orchestras and ensembles. Since its co-founding in 1987 by Artistic Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas and Lin and Ted Arison, NWS has helped launch the careers of more than 1,150 alumni worldwide. In 2022 Stéphane Denève was named Artistic Director of New World Symphony.
A laboratory for the way music is taught, presented, and experienced, the New World Symphony consists of young musicians who are granted fellowships lasting up to three years. The fellowship program offers in-depth exposure to traditional and modern repertoire, professional development training and personalized experiences working with leading guest conductors, soloists and visiting faculty. NWS Fellows take advantage of the innovative performance facilities and state-of-the art practice and ensemble rooms of the Frank Gehry-designed New World Center, the campus of the New World Symphony and home of the Knight New Media Center.
Miami City Ballet
Miami City Ballet
Address: 2200 Liberty Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Telephone: 305.929.7010
Email: customerRelations@miamicityballet.org
Website: www.miamicityballet.org
Social Media
Facebook: facebook.com/miamicityballet
Twitter: @MiamiCityBallet
Instagram: miamicityballet
“Miami City Ballet, based in fabulous Miami Beach, is internationally recognized as one of the world’s leading ballet companies. Led by Cuban-born Artistic Director Lourdes Lopez, a former Principal dancer with the New York City Ballet where she danced under ballet legend George Balanchine, MCB presents world-class performances throughout South Florida, featuring stunning choreography performed by its magnificently talented company of dancers. With a repertoire that ranges from beloved classics to thrilling new works, Miami City Ballet offers a truly unforgettable cultural experience just steps away from the nation’s most beautiful beaches.”
The Bass Museum
Friends of the Bass Museum, Inc.
Address: 2100 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33140
Telephone: 305.673.7530
Email: info@thebass.org
Website: www.thebass.org
Social Media
Facebook: facebook.com/TheBassMoA
Twitter: @TheBassMoA
Instagram: thebassmoa
The Bass is Miami Beach’s contemporary art museum. Creating connections between international contemporary art and Miami Beach’s diverse audiences, the museum shares the power of contemporary art through experiences that excite, challenge, and educate. The Bass’ exhibition and education programs encompass a wide range of media and artistic points of view, bringing fresh perspectives to international audiences and the diverse cultural context of Miami Beach.
Visit us at www.thebass.org for our current exhibitions and follow us on social media @theBassMoA for upcoming event information.
Oolite Arts
Oolite Arts
Address: 924 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL 33139 (Location Opening in 2024)
Telephone: 305.674.8278 ext. 301
Email: info@oolitearts.org
Website: Oolitearts.org
Social Media
Facebook: facebook.com/oolitearts
Twitter: @oolitearts
Instagram: oolitearts
Three decades ago, our founder, potter Ellie Schneiderman, sought affordable work spaces for our city’s visual artists. Today, Oolite Arts continues Schneiderman’s mission, to, as she said, “help artists help themselves.” We are both a community and a resource, providing artists with the free studio space, exhibition opportunities, direct support and programming they need to advance their careers. We also offer programming to the surrounding neighborhood and the wider community to help them better understand, and create, contemporary art.
Wolfsonian-FIU Museum
Wolfsonian-FIU Museum
Address: 1001 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Telephone: 305.531.1001
Email: info@thewolf.fiu.edu
Website: www.wolfsonian.org
Social Media
Facebook facebook.com/wolfsonian
Twitter: @wolfsonian
Instagram: wolfsonian
The Wolfsonian-FIU is a museum that explores the inventive and provocative character of the modern world. Through objects and design, the Wolfsonian-FIU reveals how the past influences the present and shapes the future.
The Wolfsonian–FIU’s mission is to use objects to illustrate the persuasive power of art and design, to explore what it means to be modern, and to tell the story of social, political, and technological changes that have transformed our world. It encourages people to see the world in new ways and to learn from the past as they shape the present and influence the future.
Source: Wolfsonian-FIU website
Jewish Museum of Florida
Jewish Museum of Florida
Address: 301 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Telephone: 305.672.5044
Email: jmofinfo@fiu.edu
Website: https://jmof.fiu.edu/
Social Media
Facebook facebook.com/JewishMuseumFL
Twitter: @JewishMuseumofFL-FIU
Instagram: jmof_fiu
The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU (JMOF-FIU) is the only museum dedicated to telling the story of more than 250 years of Florida Jewish history, arts, and culture, with a growing collection of more than 100,000 items. Housed in the original Art Deco-styled buildings of Congregation Beth Jacob, the first synagogue in Miami Beach, JMOF-FIU presents a vibrant schedule of thought-provoking exhibitions. The museum's dynamic array of programming includes lectures, workshops, family activities, and presentations on topics of Jewish studies worldwide, with international scholars and presenters and local movers and shakers. Popular special events and programs like the South Beach Jewish Walking Tours give visitors an opportunity to see Miami Beach through a unique lens and get an overview of more than 100 years of Jewish history on Miami Beach. For more information visit www.jmof.fiu.edu.
Miami Beach Botanical Garden
Miami Beach Botanical Garden.
Address: 2000 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Telephone: 305.673.7256
Email: membership@mbgarden.org
Website: https://mbgarden.org/
Social Media
Facebook facebook.com/miamibeachbotanicalgarden
Twitter: @MBBGarden
Instagram: miamibeachgarden
The nonprofit Miami Beach Botanical Garden is a 3-acre subtropical garden and event space, featuring a wetland with red mangrove and pond apple trees, an expansive water garden with a cascading oolite fountain, and diverse collections of flowering trees, palms, cycads, orchids, and Florida native species. The mission of the Garden is to promote environmental enjoyment, stewardship and sustainability through education, the arts, and interaction with the natural world. The Garden is a unique, subtropical oasis of beauty and tranquility within an urban setting – a community resource that refreshes, inspires, and engages our visitors.
FIU School of Architecture Miami Beach Urban Studios
FIU School of Architecture Miami Beach Urban Studios
Address: 420 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach, FL 33139
Telephone: 305.535.1463
Email: janthomp@fiu.edu /cmello@fiu.edu
Website: https://carta.fiu.edu/mbus/
Social Media:
Facebook: facebook.com/MiamiBeachUrbanStudios
Twitter: @FIU_MBUS
Instagram: fiumbus
The FIU School of Architecture Miami Beach Urban Studios (SOA MBUS) is a unique 7,500 sf facility in the 420 Lincoln Road Building that hosts an interdisciplinary array of innovative exhibitions, classes, research laboratories, and events for the following FIU School of Architecture departments: Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Architecture. MBUS houses the 3,500sf Knight-sponsored SOA Innovation Lab, which, with over 62 3D printers, is one of the largest 3D printing laboratories of its kind in the United States. The lab is proud to have been selected to be a participant in the HP/EDUCAUSE Building the Campus of the Future Project.
The Miami Beach Urban Studios’ mission is to serve its students in the FIU School of Architecture, in the College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts more broadly, and the diverse population of South Florida. They are committed to high-quality teaching, state-of-the-art research and creative activity, and collaborative engagement with our local and global communities.
Source: FIU School of Architecture Miami Beach Urban Studios website
O, Miami
O, Miami
Website: https://omiami.org/
Social Media
Facebook: facebook/omiamifestival
Twitter: @omiamifestival
Instagram: omiamifestival
O, Miami builds community around the power of poetry. Through collaborations, projects, events, and publications, we create a platform for amplifying Miamians, investing in a new shared narrative of our city and a more equitable picture of its future.
Through site-specific events, activations, and projects, O, Miami seeks to broadcast the voices of Miamians; engage residents in a literary community; and create intimate experiences that encourage cultural exchange.
Source: O, Miami website
Holocaust Memorial
Holocaust Memorial
Address: 1933-1945 Meridian Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Telephone: 305.538.1663
Email: info@holocaustmemorialmiamibeach.org
Website: https://holocaustmemorialmiamibeach.org/
Social Media
Facebook: facebook/miamibeachmemorial
Twitter: @HolocaustMemMia
Instagram: holocaustmemorialmiamibeach
The Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach provides a striking tribute to the 6 million Jewish victims of Nazi terror during World War II. Designed by acclaimed sculptor Kenneth Treister, FAIA, the Memorial is constructed of Jerusalem stone and marble in a park-like setting meant for contemplation and meditation. Visitors may stroll at their own pace through the various outdoor exhibits. An audio tour may be downloaded on your iPhone by clicking here or on your Android by clicking here (the audio is in English; the app text is in 8 different languages).
Miami New Drama
Miami New Drama
Address: 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL 33139 (Colony Theatre)
Telephone: 305.674.1040
Email: boxoffice@miaminewdrama.org
Website: https://miaminewdrama.org/about/
Social Media
Facebook: facebook/miaminewdrama
Twitter: @ColonyTheatreMB
Instagram: miaminewdrama
Miami New Drama (MiND) is a Drama League Award-winning, and multiple regional award winning, theater company founded by Thorton Wilder Prize-winning playwright and director Michel Hausmann and National Medal of the Arts-winner Moises Kaufman.
At MiND we believe in the transformative power of theater. Theater is a tool for change, empathy, reflection, and exploration. We make theater that is ALWAYS in conversation with our unique multicultural and multilingual community and is relevant to national discourse for social change.
Miami Design Preservation League
Miami Design Preservation League
Address: 1001 Ocean Drive, 2nd Floor, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Telephone: 305.672.2014
Email: info@mdpl.org
Website: https://mdpl.org/
Social Media
Facebook: facebook/MDPL1976
Twitter: @MDPL1976
Instagram: mdpl1976
The Miami Design Preservation League (MDPL) is a non-profit organization devoted to preserving, protecting, and promoting the cultural, social, economic, environmental, and architectural integrity of the Miami Beach Architectural Historic District and all other areas of the City of Miami Beach where historic preservation is a concern.
The Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center is located at 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL. The Museum allows visitors and locals to better understand the architectural heritage and community culture of Miami Beach. MDPL designed the museum to be educational and informational while reflecting the fun and glamour of Miami Beach.
A variety of tours are also offered to include the Official Art Deco Walking Tour; a Self-Guided Audio Tour; and On-Demand Tours such as the Scandals Tour, Mediterranean Tour, Walkers Paradise, and Gay & Lesbian Walking Tours.
Source: MDPL website
The Miami Beach Bandshell
The Miami Beach Bandshell
Address: 7275 Collins Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33141
Telephone: (786) 453-2897
Website: https://miamibeachbandshell.com
Social Media
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/miamibeachbandshell - https://www.facebook.com/TheRhythmFoundation
Instagram: @miamibeachbandshell - @rhythmfoundation
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Bandshellstudios - https://www.youtube.com/@RhythmFoundation
Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@miami_beach_bandshell
Voted Best Live Music Venue in 2023 by Miami New Times, the Miami Beach Bandshell is an historic, open-air venue located in the city's North Beach neighborhood. The Miami Beach Bandshell is an iconic example of MiMo (mid-century Miami Modern) architecture, in the heart of the MiMo Historic District. Managed by the RHYTHM FOUNDATION for the City of Miami Beach since 2015, the venue now hosts more than 100 events each season. Bandshell visitors can experience music, arts and culture year-round, with a diverse mix of genres. We are looking ahead to our best year yet – with even more events and upgraded amenities.
