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This article contains a list of museums in the state of Florida. Online-only museums do not belong on this page. It was separated from List of museums in the United States on December 14, 2007. Please refer to this list for all history & dicussions prior to December 14, 2007.
Each museum should have at least one icon using Template:Museum followed by a Wikipedia link. If the Wikipedia link is red, there should also be a separate web link to the museum website. If the museum does not have a website, specify "(no website)". If the Wikipedia link is not red, the website should NOT be specified here. It should be specified in the museum's own Wikipedia article to reduce clutter and file size of this article.
If the museum is in an "Elsewhere" section (or if there are no sections in a particular state), you must also specify the city after the Wikipedia link. Museums from the same city may have their own section if there are 5 or more of them.
This list is only for museums -- not aquariums, planetariums or zoos unless they contain a museum. For these, see:
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Should Miami museums include museums in Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach since they are in the Miami metropolitan area? I say yes. -- Comayagua99 17:30, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
(This Miami museums discussion section was moved from List of museums in the United States because List of museums in Florida was separated from List of museums in the United States.) FieldMarine ( talk) 23:10, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
We have only been using one wikilink per city on this page as per wikipedia guidelines for wikilinks or else it becomes redundant. Thanks! FieldMarine ( talk) 14:48, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
I would like to see photographs of some of the museums on this list page. Not too excessively, but maybe one or two per city and a few in the Elsewhere section. I don't want to just add them myself, but have others say what would seem reasonable. Thoughts? -- Ebyabe ( talk) 15:00, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
+Would like to establish a link under Florida museums to the Military Sea Services Museum, Sebring, Florida webpage. Our museum is a nonprofit museum dedicated to preserving the traditions and customs of the U.S. Sea Services (Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard). Our webpage is milseasvcmuseum.com. Please let us know if the requested will be established or if we need to do something further to have the link established in Wikipedia. Thank you for your consideration. 207.30.244.63 ( talk) 05:02, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
genekissner@yahoo.com or navmargrd@milseasvcmuseum.com
I recommend keeping this list with groupings of museums by area as it is currently formatted & not combining all museums in Florida into one long list as done in some of the other states. We can add additinal groupings as necessary, particlarly as the list grows. This organization will allow for articles on specific cities to link to a specific section of this list that contains the museums in that city. Please comment so we can acheive consensus on keeping this current format or please propose an alternate organization. Thanks! FieldMarine ( talk) 03:58, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Tim, Thanks for cleaning up the table. It looks much better. Here is what I recommend for the table format.
1. Change Website column to Notes & increase the size of this column. Like with other state lists for museums, only add a link to an external website in the notes section if there is no internal link to that museum. If there is an internal link (i.e. a “blue” link to the museum) to a separate museum article, than it is redundant to have an external link. In this case, I say we eliminate the external link, which really follows Wikipedia guidelines for external links in the middle of articles.
2. I suggest we make separate tables for the larger cities with at least five or more museums, such as St. Augustine and Miami. This was discussed on the Talk:List of museums in the United States. This would provide for better ability for the bigger cities to link to this table & show the museums in that city. I intended on creating links to this table in these Florida cities in the future. These smaller tables should be placed in alphabetical order at the beginning of this list. Thanks! FieldMarine ( talk) 03:42, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
Actually, we never really gained consensus in
Talk:List of museums in the United States on breaking out cities in the larger states like California & Florida. So I think we decided on allowing some flexibility in those cases. I agree that when looking at the list by itself it looks cleaner as one long list, but you lose the ability for other articles to link effectively to this list, like city pages. IMHO, the ability for one article to link to another is a real benefit of Wikipedia. Unless you really object, I would to break out the list with separate tables for the larger cities.
Also, I’m opposed to regions because it seems a waste of time if we already have them orgainized by cities. This is especially true for Florida. I've seen how the other state lists for museums are shaping up & they all look good, except for the region sections. IMHO, regions for the most part on the other lists just don't appear helpful to me. Space is at a premium on these lists & we should try to keep them as compact as possible or else the lists become very long. I'd rather use the space to enlarge the notes section so we can provide a very short summary of the museum. Thanks! FieldMarine ( talk) 12:06, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
It seems to me that limiting external links & maximizing internal links keeps the user in Wikipedia & I agree with that policy. That’s why I recommend eliminating external links when internal links exist, like internal links to individual museum pages which already contain external links to the museum website. Thanks! FieldMarine ( talk) 12:06, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
A city with only one or two museums could provide a direct link to those museums in the article about that city while a city with many museums would need a list. I don’t agree that sorting a list for all the art museums in Florida is more valuable than being able to properly link cities to the museums in their area. One can find the art museums in Florida by accessing Category:Art museums and galleries in Florida. However, I believe that embedding a link to a museum list inside an article, such as an article on a city is cleaner & more effective then embedding a link to a category in the middle of an article. Good links like that create strong articles in Wikipedia as done by award winning articles on some cities. If breaking down by area was not valuable, than we would not have broken down the List of museums in the United States into individual state lists. It only follows then that the larger state lists of museums should also break down into city lists for the larger cities. If this is not done, I believe editors will create separate lists of museums for those cities & that would be redundant. Thanks! FieldMarine ( talk) 14:24, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
Well, I went ahead and added a "Type" column, under the assumption that it will be helpful even if the listing is eventually split into sub-lists. Note that there are many blanks in the list. It would be great if you feel like filling some of them in! Tim Ross (talk) 15:11, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
Due to the size of this list, I recommend we keep the summaries in the Notes column for each museum to under two lines. Thanks! FieldMarine ( talk) 04:20, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Should we continue to list the "Maitland Art Center" here? According to the article, at least, it's a historical site offering various art classes, serving as a site for weddings, and providing a variety of events and exhibitions during the year. If the exhibitions are a significant and consistent part of the place, then perhaps it does belong here, but I don't know. Any thoughts/information? Tim Ross (talk) 19:22, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
Would Coral Castle qualify as a museum? -- 217.189.226.24 ( talk) 11:38, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
I added the county column to List of museums in Florida to help ensure that all museums are included that have articles. Since museums articles are linked by county, it is useful to have that included in the table. Also, for Florida residents (not me), it can be useful to know what is in your own county, which is not directly seen via the region category. Please consider undoing your change to the article. Thanks. Jllm06 ( talk) 14:17, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
I've been traversing the state and taking photos of museums when I can. For those wanting to create museum articles, it's at least 50/50 that there'll be a picture for it now. You know, for those wanting to turn more of those redlinks to blue. The link near the bottom of the list page to WikiCommons will lead you to where they are. -- Ebyabe ( talk) 17:51, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
I see a lot of helpful updates were made. The | Children’s Museum of Boca Raton was removed, but the website is still up. How was it determined that this museum isn't in operation? Candleabracadabra ( talk) 21:12, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
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This article contains a list of museums in the state of Florida. Online-only museums do not belong on this page. It was separated from List of museums in the United States on December 14, 2007. Please refer to this list for all history & dicussions prior to December 14, 2007.
Each museum should have at least one icon using Template:Museum followed by a Wikipedia link. If the Wikipedia link is red, there should also be a separate web link to the museum website. If the museum does not have a website, specify "(no website)". If the Wikipedia link is not red, the website should NOT be specified here. It should be specified in the museum's own Wikipedia article to reduce clutter and file size of this article.
If the museum is in an "Elsewhere" section (or if there are no sections in a particular state), you must also specify the city after the Wikipedia link. Museums from the same city may have their own section if there are 5 or more of them.
This list is only for museums -- not aquariums, planetariums or zoos unless they contain a museum. For these, see:
If you feel the need to change a rule, please post to this page so we can talk about it and find a way that everyone can agree on.
For articles on individual museums, please use Template:Infobox Museum.
Should Miami museums include museums in Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach since they are in the Miami metropolitan area? I say yes. -- Comayagua99 17:30, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
(This Miami museums discussion section was moved from List of museums in the United States because List of museums in Florida was separated from List of museums in the United States.) FieldMarine ( talk) 23:10, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
We have only been using one wikilink per city on this page as per wikipedia guidelines for wikilinks or else it becomes redundant. Thanks! FieldMarine ( talk) 14:48, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
I would like to see photographs of some of the museums on this list page. Not too excessively, but maybe one or two per city and a few in the Elsewhere section. I don't want to just add them myself, but have others say what would seem reasonable. Thoughts? -- Ebyabe ( talk) 15:00, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
+Would like to establish a link under Florida museums to the Military Sea Services Museum, Sebring, Florida webpage. Our museum is a nonprofit museum dedicated to preserving the traditions and customs of the U.S. Sea Services (Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard). Our webpage is milseasvcmuseum.com. Please let us know if the requested will be established or if we need to do something further to have the link established in Wikipedia. Thank you for your consideration. 207.30.244.63 ( talk) 05:02, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
genekissner@yahoo.com or navmargrd@milseasvcmuseum.com
I recommend keeping this list with groupings of museums by area as it is currently formatted & not combining all museums in Florida into one long list as done in some of the other states. We can add additinal groupings as necessary, particlarly as the list grows. This organization will allow for articles on specific cities to link to a specific section of this list that contains the museums in that city. Please comment so we can acheive consensus on keeping this current format or please propose an alternate organization. Thanks! FieldMarine ( talk) 03:58, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Tim, Thanks for cleaning up the table. It looks much better. Here is what I recommend for the table format.
1. Change Website column to Notes & increase the size of this column. Like with other state lists for museums, only add a link to an external website in the notes section if there is no internal link to that museum. If there is an internal link (i.e. a “blue” link to the museum) to a separate museum article, than it is redundant to have an external link. In this case, I say we eliminate the external link, which really follows Wikipedia guidelines for external links in the middle of articles.
2. I suggest we make separate tables for the larger cities with at least five or more museums, such as St. Augustine and Miami. This was discussed on the Talk:List of museums in the United States. This would provide for better ability for the bigger cities to link to this table & show the museums in that city. I intended on creating links to this table in these Florida cities in the future. These smaller tables should be placed in alphabetical order at the beginning of this list. Thanks! FieldMarine ( talk) 03:42, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
Actually, we never really gained consensus in
Talk:List of museums in the United States on breaking out cities in the larger states like California & Florida. So I think we decided on allowing some flexibility in those cases. I agree that when looking at the list by itself it looks cleaner as one long list, but you lose the ability for other articles to link effectively to this list, like city pages. IMHO, the ability for one article to link to another is a real benefit of Wikipedia. Unless you really object, I would to break out the list with separate tables for the larger cities.
Also, I’m opposed to regions because it seems a waste of time if we already have them orgainized by cities. This is especially true for Florida. I've seen how the other state lists for museums are shaping up & they all look good, except for the region sections. IMHO, regions for the most part on the other lists just don't appear helpful to me. Space is at a premium on these lists & we should try to keep them as compact as possible or else the lists become very long. I'd rather use the space to enlarge the notes section so we can provide a very short summary of the museum. Thanks! FieldMarine ( talk) 12:06, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
It seems to me that limiting external links & maximizing internal links keeps the user in Wikipedia & I agree with that policy. That’s why I recommend eliminating external links when internal links exist, like internal links to individual museum pages which already contain external links to the museum website. Thanks! FieldMarine ( talk) 12:06, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
A city with only one or two museums could provide a direct link to those museums in the article about that city while a city with many museums would need a list. I don’t agree that sorting a list for all the art museums in Florida is more valuable than being able to properly link cities to the museums in their area. One can find the art museums in Florida by accessing Category:Art museums and galleries in Florida. However, I believe that embedding a link to a museum list inside an article, such as an article on a city is cleaner & more effective then embedding a link to a category in the middle of an article. Good links like that create strong articles in Wikipedia as done by award winning articles on some cities. If breaking down by area was not valuable, than we would not have broken down the List of museums in the United States into individual state lists. It only follows then that the larger state lists of museums should also break down into city lists for the larger cities. If this is not done, I believe editors will create separate lists of museums for those cities & that would be redundant. Thanks! FieldMarine ( talk) 14:24, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
Well, I went ahead and added a "Type" column, under the assumption that it will be helpful even if the listing is eventually split into sub-lists. Note that there are many blanks in the list. It would be great if you feel like filling some of them in! Tim Ross (talk) 15:11, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
Due to the size of this list, I recommend we keep the summaries in the Notes column for each museum to under two lines. Thanks! FieldMarine ( talk) 04:20, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Should we continue to list the "Maitland Art Center" here? According to the article, at least, it's a historical site offering various art classes, serving as a site for weddings, and providing a variety of events and exhibitions during the year. If the exhibitions are a significant and consistent part of the place, then perhaps it does belong here, but I don't know. Any thoughts/information? Tim Ross (talk) 19:22, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
Would Coral Castle qualify as a museum? -- 217.189.226.24 ( talk) 11:38, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
I added the county column to List of museums in Florida to help ensure that all museums are included that have articles. Since museums articles are linked by county, it is useful to have that included in the table. Also, for Florida residents (not me), it can be useful to know what is in your own county, which is not directly seen via the region category. Please consider undoing your change to the article. Thanks. Jllm06 ( talk) 14:17, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
I've been traversing the state and taking photos of museums when I can. For those wanting to create museum articles, it's at least 50/50 that there'll be a picture for it now. You know, for those wanting to turn more of those redlinks to blue. The link near the bottom of the list page to WikiCommons will lead you to where they are. -- Ebyabe ( talk) 17:51, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
I see a lot of helpful updates were made. The | Children’s Museum of Boca Raton was removed, but the website is still up. How was it determined that this museum isn't in operation? Candleabracadabra ( talk) 21:12, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
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