Experts' Choice Award Lightner Museum
What the experts agree on
Housed in Henry Flagler's opulent 1880s Hotel Alcazar, this museum showcases Gilded Age treasures across three floors—ornate music boxes, period costumes, furnishings, and quirky curiosities that capture an era of American grandeur.
“A museum with... not-to-be-missed ornate antique music boxes, and even an early 20th-century-era shrunken head from the Jivaro Indians of Ecuador.”
– Fodor's
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"The Lightner Museum occupies a striking building that was formerly Henry Flagler's Hotel Alcazar." Full review
Where "The former Alcazar Hotel constructed in the late 1880s is part of railroad baron Henry Flagler's legacy of grand Florida resorts." Full review
Frommer's "The collection is spread out over three floors, featuring an impressive array of relics of America's storied Gilded Age, from costumes and furnishings to mechanical musical instruments" Full review
"If you're a fan of marble statuary, stained glass cherubs or are a hotel geek, the Lightner Museum will feel like your dream house. Another Flagler Spanish Renaissance revival marvel, the..."
Lonely Planet "Highlights include the Lightner Museum, American industrialist Henry Flagler's former Hotel Alcazar. This wonderful museum has a little bit of everything, from ornate Gilded Age..."
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Lonely Planet "Purported to be the oldest street in the country, Aviles is home to several landmark sites, such as Flagler College and the Lightner Museum, both built by financier Henry Flagler in 1888"
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