The Emerald Coast Guide
Arts & Culture
The Emerald Coast has a creative community that runs deep: painters inspired by the light on the Gulf, musicians who play for the love of it, makers working with their hands. Explore the galleries, studios, venues, and performance spaces that make this stretch of coast so much more than a beach destination.
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UWF Center for Fine & Performing Arts
University of West Florida's home for theatre, music and visual art
Pensacola Little Theatre
Community theater in downtown Pensacola's 1912 former courthouse and jail
Pensacola Children’s Museum
Hands-on play and local history for kids ages 0–8 downtown
Pensacola State College Ashmore Auditorium
Pensacola State College's stage for plays, musicals and concerts
Voices of Pensacola Multicultural Center
Rotating exhibits on the cultures that shaped Pensacola
Pensacola MESS Hall
Hands-on science center where visitors run their own experiments
Gen. Daniel “Chappie” James Jr. Museum of Pensacola
Childhood home and legacy of the first Black four-star general
Blue Morning Gallery
Palafox Street co-op showing work by more than 60 local artists
Quayside Art Gallery
Artist-run co-op gallery in downtown Pensacola since 1973
Artel Gallery
Volunteer-run experimental art gallery on Palafox Street since 1993
SSW Studios
Sarah Soule Webb's coastal paintings and guest artists on Palafox
Joe Hobbs Gallery
Hand-blown art glass and custom lighting by a Pensacola glass artist
First City Art Center
Hands-on glass, clay and art center in Pensacola's old waterworks
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra
Pensacola's professional orchestra, led by Peter Rubardt for 30 seasons
Pensacola Opera
Professional opera at the Saenger Theatre since the early 1990s
Ballet Pensacola
Northwest Florida's resident professional ballet company since 1978
Let’s Go Paint Pottery
Pottery painting, mosaics and wheel classes with a big party room
Perdido Artist Gallery & Gifts
Local artists' gallery and gift shop on the way to Perdido Key
Luna Fine Art Gallery
Rotating local and regional art exhibits inside the Hilton Pensacola Beach
Graffiti Bridge
Pensacola's ever-changing community canvas on the 17th Avenue trestle
Arcadia Mill Archaeological Site
Boardwalk and museum at the ruins of an 1828 water-powered mill complex
West Florida Railroad Museum
Cabooses, rail cars and model trains at Milton's 1909 L&N depot
Stage Crafters Community Theatre
All-volunteer community theatre staging Broadway musicals and plays since 1972
Carver-Hill Museum
The story of Crestview's segregation-era Carver-Hill School and its students
Emerald Coast Theatre Company
Professional plays, musicals and youth theatre classes at Grand Boulevard
Mattie Kelly Arts Center
Broadway tours, symphony concerts and free art galleries on the NWF State campus
Congressman Robert L. F. Sikes Museum
Exhibits on Congressman Bob Sikes and his decades of public service
Crestview History Museum at the Bush House
Free local history museum in a restored 1926 railroad supervisor's home
Holley Hill Pottery & Art Studios
Family-made Gulf Coast stoneware and historic wood-fired kilns since 1980
Foshée Studios
Classical painting, drawing and pottery classes for kids and adults in Navarre
Beck Fine Art Gallery
Original Impressionist oil paintings by award-winning artist Dan Beck
Bagdad Mill Site Park
Riverside trails and history markers on the site of Bagdad's historic lumber mill
Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge
Wildlife hospital and education center with ambassador animals in Navarre
Panhandle Butterfly House & Nature Center
Native butterflies, gardens and river trails at Milton's historic T.W. Jones House
Arts & Design Society of Fort Walton Beach
Free gallery, clay studio and art classes in downtown FWB since 1956
Northwest Florida Ballet
Downtown FWB's professional ballet company and school since 1969
Redbird Art Experience
All-ages glass and mixed-media mosaic studio inside DeFrance Antiques on Beal
Pirates Voyage Dinner & Show Panama City Beach
Dolly Parton's pirate battle dinner show, with ships afloat in an indoor lagoon
Kaleidoscope Theatre
Bay County's volunteer community theater, on stage in Lynn Haven since 1971
Science & Discovery Center of Northwest Florida
Hands-on science, live reptiles and toddler play in Panama City since 1969
Sinfonia Gulf Coast
Destin-based orchestra playing classics and pops across the Emerald Coast
Bay County History Museum
Free downtown museum tracing Bay County from Spanish explorers to today
Panama City Center for the Arts
Free rotating art shows and classes in Panama City's first city hall
Justin Gaffrey Gallery
Textured sculptural paintings by 30A artist Justin Gaffrey
Oliver’s Twisted Ceramics
Walk-in pottery painting on US-98 in Miramar Beach
Ruskin Place Artist Colony
Seaside's park-side quarter of galleries, studios and artful boutiques
The Shard Shop Grayton
Make-your-own glass mosaic ShardArt classes in Grayton Beach
Fusion Art Glass & Fine Jewelry
Art glass and couture jewelry from North American studio artists since 1996
Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County (Bayou Arts Center)
Walton County's arts agency, with classes and pottery at the Bayou Arts Center
Watersound Monarch Art Trail
Free mile-long sculpture trail celebrating the monarch butterfly migration
Underwater Museum of Art
Permanent underwater sculpture reef in the Gulf off Grayton Beach
Floriopolis
St. Andrews' nonprofit arts hub with gallery, market, studio and courtyard
Anchored in Freeport
Artist-decorated concrete anchors celebrating Freeport's maritime history
Panama City Symphony
Bay County's orchestra, now in its 31st season across three local venues
Gallery of Art 850
Downtown Panama City fine art gallery and listening room with 1966 roots
CityArts Cooperative
Downtown Panama City co-op with a gallery, dance studio and classes
Sun Bear Gallery and Studio
Beachside gallery of Native American and local art with paint parties
Out of the Box Art Studio
Hands-on pottery, painting, mosaic and jewelry studio on Harrison Avenue
Panama City Mural Trail
Free self-guided walk past murals in downtown Panama City and St. Andrews
Emerald Coast Science Center
Hands-on science, live animals and outdoor exhibits for curious kids
Air Force Armament Museum
Free museum of Air Force aircraft and weapons, open to all with no base pass
Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center
Meet Sweet Pea and learn how Navarre protects its sea turtles
Man in the Sea Museum
Diving history museum with the Navy's SEALAB I and helmets you can try on
Pensacola Lighthouse & Maritime Museum
Climb 177 steps up the 1859 lighthouse on NAS Pensacola
National Naval Aviation Museum
Free museum with 150+ Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard aircraft
Panama City Publishing Company Museum
1920 print shop museum and visitor stop on Beck Avenue
Pensacola Saenger Theatre
Restored 1925 Spanish Baroque theater on Palafox Street
Pensacola Museum of Art
Modern and contemporary art inside Pensacola's old city jail
Pensacola Museum of History
City of Five Flags history in Pensacola's 1907 City Hall
Historic Pensacola Village
Walkable museum village inside Pensacola's colonial core
Historic Bagdad Village Museum
Mill-town history in a historic heart pine church
A Ceramic Studio & Hobby Shop
Paint-your-own-pottery and ceramics studio
Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida
Preserving Florida panhandle history since 1971
Newbill Collection by the Sea
Gallery of contemporary American art
Seaside Amphitheater
Grassy outdoor amphitheater in the heart of Seaside surrounded by the Merchan...
Emerald Stitchery
Needlepoint shop in Seagrove Plaza
Curate
Art gallery featuring glass, sculpture, and wall art
Spires Gallery
Fine art, gifts, framing, classes and art supplies
Marty Campbell Gallery
Fine art gallery and custom framing
Ria Leigh Gallery
Curated contemporary fine art in the Shops of Grayton
The Studio Gallery
Original art and jewelry from 30A artists
The Zoo Gallery
Handcrafted art and gifts since 1979
Indian Temple Mound Museum & Heritage Park
National Historic Landmark and city museum complex
Artesano Boutique
Handmade goods from 60+ Gulf Coast artists
Destin History & Fishing Museum
Museum preserving Destin's founding and fishing history
Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation
Nonprofit arts organization and cultural arts village
DeFuniak Springs Art Co-Op
Cooperative gallery for local Walton County artists
Walton County Heritage Museum
Local history museum in the old railroad depot
Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood
Historic 1909 hall on the National Register
Baker Block Museum
Okaloosa County's history museum and genealogy library
Tipsy Canvas Paint & Sip
Crestview's only paint-and-sip studio
Holmes County Historical Society Museum
Preserving Holmes County history since local founding
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