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The Florida Association of Museums is the not-for-profit professional organization for Florida’s museums and museum professionals.

Tallahassee
Joined April 2013
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Manatees truly are an incredible species!
It's Manatee Monday! Did you know manatees don't have front teeth? Instead, they use their flexible lips to gather food and their back teeth to grind up aquatic plants. Talk about a unique way to enjoy your greens!
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Have you experienced this special exhibit yet?
Join us on November 12 for Homeschool Thursdays! Inspired by our current exhibition, Pristine Seas, young explorers will discover the importance of healthy oceans, marine conservation, and how we can all help protect life beneath the waves. Learn more: bit.ly/3VE3iet
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Florida is the perfect place to be. You get golden hour sunsets and tons of museums!
Watching the Gulf turn golden. 🌅 📸 IG: @paradisecoast
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#BatWeek was perfectly in line with Halloween!
🦇 Happy Bat Week! Bats help keep South Florida’s insect populations in check. At Zoo Miami, we’re helping protect the endangered Florida bonneted bat through safe roosting sites and research. 👀 Take a peek inside our bat boxes and see some of the bats we’re working to protect!
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Which is your favorite animal and theme song?
Matching animals to their theme songs 🎶
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Help shape Florida tourism's future! @VISITFLORIDA is developing its 2027–2031 Strategic Plan, and your voice matters. Join a session: Nov. 19: Orlando Nov. TBD: Southeast Dec. 3: Fort Walton Beach Learn more: bit.ly/4yXaO6k #VISITFlorida #FloridaTourism
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Did you get the chance to attend? 🥂
Every great celebration deserves a grand entrance! 🚘✨ Join us TOMORROW, Oct. 23, for the 30th Annual Wine, Spirits & Culinary Celebration, with @JMLexusFL returning as our Grand Arrival Sponsor! Take a seat behind the wheel and celebrate for a great cause! 🎟️ Get your tickets today at mods.org/30wine
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This is too fun to miss!
Big ideas start with imagination! 💭 Build, experiment and explore magnetic forces at The Original MAGNA-TILES® Experience at MODS. There’s no wrong way to create! Visit through Jan. 4, 2027.
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What’s your favorite kind of museum to explore? Art, history, science, natural history, or something else? Florida has something for every curious mind! Tell us your favorite in the comments! ⬇️ #FloridaMuseums #FAM
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Which is your favorite reptile?
Can you tell we’re sooooooooooooooo happy it’s National Reptile Day?  We llooooooveee Florida’s native reptiles! To celebrate Florida’s wildlife with shells and scales, let’sssss meet some reptile species that you may (or may not) have heard of! 🐍 Florida Pine Snake 🐢 Gopher Tortoise 🐍 Eastern Indigo Snake 🦎 Bluetail Mole Skink 🐍 Coastal Dunes Crowned Snake 🦎 Florida Keys Mole Skink 🐢 Eastern Box Turtle Bluetail Mole Skink FWC photo by Jonathan Mays
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Sandwich was hidden there for a second!
PUMPKIIIIN! 🎃 Sandwich, the Cuban Iguana, enjoys the delicious fall flavors of his very own pumpkin treat.
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How do you think you would do? 👀
Can you vet tech? We asked non-vet techs at Zoo Miami if they could accurately pull 1 mL of fluid without looking. 👀 Let’s just say we’ll leave the vet tech stuff to our vet techs… #VetTechAppreciationWeek
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They get to experience it all!
While our vet techs spend time in the lab, their work also takes them out to the habitats alongside our animals and their care teams. Recently, vet tech Nolan worked with Ariel & her team to practice venipuncture simulation with our great one-horned rhino! 🦏 #VetTechWeek
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Your next Florida adventure could start in a small town. Explore local museums, historic downtowns, and cultural treasures beyond your usual stops and tell us which destination belongs on your weekend list! Where will you visit first? #VISITFlorida #FloridaTourism
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We appreciate you all! ❤️
It’s Vet Tech Appreciation Week! 🩺🩵 This week, we’re celebrating the incredible veterinary technicians who play a vital role in keeping our animals healthy. Hear from Nolan and Yani, two of our vet techs, as they share some of their favorite procedures to assist with. 🐾
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Have you seen Pristine Seas on view yet?
Dive into the beauty, resilience, and future of our oceans. Explore Pristine Seas: Bringing the Ocean Back and discover how marine protected areas are helping ocean life heal, rebound, and regenerate. Visit The Bishop and experience this breathtaking exhibition for yourself!
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They most definitely deserve a day to be recognized!
Happy International Wombat Day! 🤩 Zoo Miami is home to one of only 2 baby wombats in all of North America, alongside @TheTorontoZoo, and these joeys are actually cousins, twice removed! Slide 1: Adelaide and Kirra at Zoo Miami Slide 2: Clover and Matilba at Toronto Zoo
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We love seeing the community come together like this!
One Tournament. Thousands of Lionfish. A big impact on the Pensacola Coast. 🐟🌊 The inaugural FWC Pensacola Lionfish Invitational & Festival was a HUGE success, with 71 registered participants an incredible 6,006 invasive lionfish were removed from the waters of Escambia County. 🌊🎉 Several hundred people joined us throughout the weekend, bringing the community together for conservation, and a whole lot of lionfish eating and education. But removing lionfish is about more than winning a tournament. Lionfish are an invasive species that can put pressure on native marine life by competing for food and habitat. Every lionfish removed means one less invasive predator impacting our native fish and reef ecosystems. That’s why events like this matter - they turn conservation into community action. 💚 Funds were raised through this tournament that support the efforts of the Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida. A huge THANK YOU to every participant, volunteer, sponsor, and partner who helped make this event possible. Here’s to an even bigger impact next year! 💪
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Who do you think won? 👀
🏁 The race is ON! President and CEO of Zoo Miami Foundation, Jose Romano, has challenged Homestead-Miami Speedway President Guillermo Santa-Cruz to a ZooRun fundraising showdown. Who will raise the most for wildlife conservation? 👀
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