Key West Shipwreck Museum in Key West, FL

Travel back in time to over 400 years of Key West's shipwrecking history with a visit to the Key West Shipwreck Treasure Museum. Enter the world of 1856 Key West and relive the era of the wreckers, listen to tales of dangerous wrecks and daring recoveries, and learn about Key West’s unique maritime heritage and how it became the richest city in the United States.

This Shipwreck Museum combines actors, films, and actual artifacts, including artifacts from the 1985 rediscovery of the wrecked vessel Isaac Allerton, which sank in 1856 on the treacherous Florida Keys reef. You can even hold a silver bar salvaged from a Spanish galleon in 1654.

Join Key West's most notable salvager, Asa Tift, and his wrecking crew as he tells you the story of how this unusual industry provided for the livelihoods of the early Key West pioneers. You will be invited to climb the 65-foot lookout tower and, if need be, alarm Mr. Tift of any wrecks on the reef!