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The biggest Pensacola Beach, Florida attraction is the ZOO. This Pensacola Beach, Florida attraction is a 32-acre wildlife preserve housing over 700 animals in their natural environments surrounded by botanical gardens.
 
You can experience wildlife like never before at this Pensacola Beach, Florida attraction in Gulf Breeze. Ride the Safari Line Train or stroll through the wildlife preserve on an elevated boardwalk that overlooks Gorilla Island.  Located on Gulf Breeze Parkway between Pensacola and Fort Walton Beach, The ZOO will give you a close-up look at everything from alligators to zebras. Open 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. The web site is: http://www.the-zoo.com.

Also visit the The National Museum of Naval Aviation. This Pensacola Beach, Florida attraction is one of the largest and most beautiful air and space museums in the world. Share in the excitement of NMNA's rich history. See over 140 beautifully restored aircraft representing Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard Aviation.

Naval Aviation transcends both time and space, from wood and fabric biplanes, to the frontiers of space. This Pensacola Beach, Florida attraction captures Naval Aviation's heritage and brings its story of challenge, ingenuity, and courage to you.

This Pensacola Beach, Florida attraction is one of the largest and most beautiful air and space museums in the world. Share in the excitement of Naval Aviation's rich history. See over 140 beautifully restored aircraft representing Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Aviation. These historic and one-of-a-kind aircraft are displayed both inside this Pensacola Beach, Florida attraction's 291,000 square feet of exhibit space and outside on the Museum's 37-acre grounds.

Soar with the Blue Angels in the dazzling seven-story glass and steel atrium that showcases four A-4 Skyhawks in a diving diamond formation. View them at eye-level from the mezzanine. Retrace the first flight across the Atlantic; stand on the flight deck of the USS Cabot.

Enjoy guided tours; fly an F/A-18 mission in Desert Storm through our motion-based flight simulator. See The Magic of Flight, in the IMAX® film projected on a seven-story high screen, and feel like you've had a bona fide ride with the Blue Angels. Enjoy a delicious lunch at the CubiBar Cafe, decorated with over 1000 squadron and unit plaques reassembled from the historic Officers' Club at Cubi Point in the Philippines.

Take the Flight Line Bus Tour on a free 20-minute tour of the approximately 40 aircraft displayed on the flight line behind the Restoration hangar for this Pensacola Beach, Florida attraction.

This Pensacola Beach, Florida attraction also tells the human side of Naval Aviation and features memorabilia from each era of fighting including personal mementos from historic battles, flight logs, vintage equipment, and flight clothing.

The West Wing of this Pensacola Beach, Florida attraction is devoted almost exclusively to World War II carrier aviation and showcases a full-size replica of USS Cabot's aircraft carrier island and flight deck. Famous World War II aircraft such as the Corsair, Dauntless and Hellcat stand nearby ready for take-off on the wooden flight deck, while other magnificent birds like the Wildcat, Avenger and Kingfisher fly overhead. Kids of all ages love strapping into the many cockpit trainers for pretend test flights at this Pensacola Beach, Florida attraction or trying their hands at defending a ship from Cabot's anti-aircraft gun battery. And they can experience the thrill of flight in the 15-passenger full motion flight simulator.

There's so much to see and do, you'll want to stay all day!

This Pensacola Beach, Florida attraction, preserving the history of Naval Aviation, is the most visited museum in the State of Florida. There is no charge for admission.

This Pensacola Beach, Florida attraction is open to the public from 9:00am to 5:00pm seven days a week, 362 days each year, except for Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. The web site is: http://naval.aviation.museum/intro.html.
 

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Pensacola Beach, Florida Attraction - Art Galleries & Museums:
 
Air Land & Sea Art Gallery
27 N Navy Blvd
Pensacola, Florida
850.456.1112

Artel Gallery
505 S Adams St
Pensacola, Florida
850.432.3080

Bay Front Gallery
713 S Palafox St
Pensacola, Florida
850.438.7556

Bellmont the Art Center
401 N Reus St
Pensacola, Florida
850.429.1222

Blue Morning Gallery
112 Palafox Pl
Pensacola, Florida
850.429.9100

Gallery 11
7 E Gregory St
Pensacola, Florida
850.433.5797

Nina Fritz Gallery
400 Quietwater Beach Rd #215
Gulf Breeze, Florida
850.916.1735

Mariposa Gallery
216 S Florida Blanca St
Pensacola, Florida
850.437.1007

Pensacola Historical Museum
115 E Zarragossa St
Pensacola, Florida
850.433.1559

Pensacola Museum of Art
407 S Jefferson St
Pensacola, Florida
850.432.6247

Steamboat House Gallery
308 E Government St
Pensacola, Florida
850.469.9554

Turner Antiques Gallery
815 N Baylen St
Pensacola, Florida
850.432.6434

West Florida Museum of History
120 Church St
Pensacola, Florida
850.595.5985

Quayside Art Gallery
17 E Zarragossa St
Pensacola, Florida
850.438.2363

Pensacola Beach, Florida Attraction - Performing Arts & Theaters:

Beta Children's Theatre
95 Bay Bridge Dr
Gulf Breeze, Florida
850.932.8488

Loblolly Theatre Co
1010 N 12th Ave #211
Pensacola, Florida
850.439.3010

Saenger Theatre
118 S. Palafox Place
Pensacola, Florida
850.444.7686

Pensacola Beach, Florida Attraction - Science & Nature Centers:

Zoo & Botanical Gardens
5701 Gulf Breeze Pkwy
Gulf Breeze, Florida
850.932.2229