Mission Statement

Scheduled to open on October 10, 2010

The Museum’s mission is to celebrate, investigate and explore all aspects of architecture, landscape architecture, design, urban planning as well as historic and environmental preservation set within the context of one of America’s first and most successful planned communities – the City of Coral Gables. 

George Merrick’s original vision for Coral Gables when it was founded in the 1920s integrated art, architecture, nature and urban planning.  The Coral Gables Museum is dedicated to continuing this focus by providing programs and exhibitions that study and preserve the past while exploring new and classic approaches to urban planning; champion green and sustainable building practices and support a renewal of the aesthetic values found in public art and design. The Museum is confident that this vision is more relevant today than ever.