Frost Museum of Science Opens in Miami

Roughly five years after breaking ground, the newest addition to the city's Museum Park opens to the public.

Courtesy Frost Science

Two circular forms anchor the design of Miami’s new science museum: a 250-seat planetarium, facing Biscayne Blvd., and a 500,000-gallon clear-bottomed aquarium tank. Designed by the New York office of Grimshaw Architects with executive architect Rodriguez and Quiroga Architects Chartered, the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science opened to the public today, roughly five years after breaking ground. The new museum joins Herzog & de Meuron’s Pérez Art Museum Miami, which opened in 2013, in the waterfront Museum Park.

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Sara Johnson

Sara Johnson is the former associate editor, design news at ARCHITECT. Previously, she was a fellow at CityLab. Her work has also appeared in San Francisco, San Francisco Brides, California Brides, DCist, Patchwork Nation, and The Christian Science Monitor.

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