Mel Fisher Maritime Museum - Key West (FL)

4 /5 Lindsey A. Thomson Heberlein: Worth the visit! Very interesting. I was expecting a bit more focus on the ships and where each piece came from. A lot of items not related to his finds. African slave trade museum is upstairs. Mostly silver from the ships, coins, some cool jewelry. You can’t buy authentic coins there, just reproductions. Would have been nice to focus more on the ships than a general American history.

5 /5 Dennis s: Outstanding museum telling not only the story of treasure hunter Mel Fisher, but the history of the colonization of America. The second floor is dedicated to the history of slave trade and is not light-hearted. They tell it like it was, and its hard to believe how they shipped people across the ocean in conditions that were totally inhumane. On the lighter side, they have many artifacts from the Jamestown settlement that have been added to the Fisher collection. Allow a few hours to see everything.

5 /5 Sean A: Love the history and seeing all the treasure here. I’ve been a few times over the years and it’s always fascinating. Staff was very helpful and I highly recommend paying the extra $1 for the audio device to give you more insight on what you are looking at. Went on a Saturday mid day and was not too busy or crowded.

4 /5 karen savage: Pretty cool museum. I didn’t know anything about Mel or the Atocha shipwreck. The treasure on display is pretty amazing. The museum has an audio tour and a few panels in each rink explains the history around the ships. We didn’t have time to check out the second floor or the lab. Exploring the first floor took about an hour (reading most of the details.

2 /5 Dolores Rayle: Very little actual Mel Fisher treasure on display. Mostly artifact from other museums to represent what was found on similar type ships. Upstairs was devoted to slave ships. Shipwreck museum much better. If you want to see the treasure visit the retail store on Duvall. We wanted to learn more about the family stories of the hunt and what they actually found.