Pérez Art Museum Miami
Art of the Americas, the Caribbean, and the African diaspora fills shaded terraces beneath Herzog & de Meuron’s hanging gardens.
Artwork inspired by Carlos Alfonzo
Pérez Art Museum Miami presents the city as an active meeting point within the Americas, Caribbean, and African diaspora. Across painting, photography, sculpture, and installation, the collection links migration, colonial history, ecology, popular culture, and urban change, allowing Miami’s experience to illuminate broader hemispheric forces rather than serve merely as scenery.
Herzog & de Meuron’s building deserves attention as part of that argument. Broad eaves, suspended planting, shaded transitions, and repeated views of Biscayne Bay respond visibly to the subtropical setting. Move between galleries and terraces instead of completing the interior in one sweep; those pauses reveal how climate, landscape, and art shape one another.
- Focus
- Modern and contemporary Americas
- Architects
- Herzog & de Meuron
- Transit
- Metromover at Museum Park
Quick guide
- Best entry
- Begin with one Miami-connected gallery, not the largest installation.
- Free window
- Thursday evening admission is free and often busier.
Explore further
- Start with Miami
- Choose a work tied to the Caribbean or Latin America before moving into global comparisons.
- Read the canopy
- Notice how hanging columns, plants, and broad eaves make climate control visible.
- Step outside
- Use the bay view to reset scale between dense installations.
- Check the floor plan
- Temporary exhibitions can change the strongest route through the compact building.
Good to know
PAMM and Frost Science share Maurice A. Ferré Park but require separate tickets. A combined day works only if you choose highlights rather than attempting both institutions exhaustively.