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City of Miami Designates Museum Park Miami
at Bicentennial Park

Museum Park Miami at Bicentennial Park will be the site of the new,
world-class Miami Art Museum and Miami Museum of Science

Miami, August 8, 2002 -- The City of Miami Commission unanimously passed a resolution on July 25, designating Museum Park Miami as the official vision for Bicentennial Park. This designation will permanently restore this underutilized site to public use with a world-class park, a new Miami Art Museum and the Science Center of the Americas, the new vision for the Miami Museum of Science.

“Thanks to our loyal members and friends, we have reached this exciting point in time,” said Aaron Podhurst, chair, the Miami Art Museum Board of Trustees. “Located close to the Performing Arts Center and a host of other educational, entertainment, and tourist centers in the heart of downtown Miami, Museum Park Miami will complete an outstanding cultural axis for all of Greater Miami to enjoy, helping position our city as a true international metropolis.”

Louise A. Valdes-Fauli, chair of the Miami Museum of Science Board of Trustees, is confident the museums will be Miami landmarks as well as important attractions.

“Museums and performance centers anchor the cultural life of major cities around the globe,” she said. “The new Science Center of the Americas and Miami Art Museum in Bicentennial Park will host world-class exhibits and year-round programs for visiting tourists as well as local adults and children. Together with the new Performing Arts Center, they will assure Miami’s status as a leading center for cultural arts and sciences.”

In 2000, Miami Art Museum and the Miami Museum of Science signed a joint resolution to advocate for a Museum Park Miami at Bicentennial Park. In the heart of downtown Miami, Bicentennial Park is a 29-acre waterfront property owned by the City of Miami. Since then, the two museums have worked in tandem with the City of Miami’s public process to plan the future of Bicentennial Park. In November 2001, citizens of the City of Miami voted by a 57 percent majority to approve a bond issue that included seed funds for Bicentennial Park improvements and the creation of new facilities for both the Miami Art Museum and the Miami Museum of Science at Museum Park Miami.

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