Post on 13-Dec-2015
Welcome to Sarasota Downtown - Hyatt in top left corner
IAMSLIC: Changes on the Horizon a combined IAMSLIC - SAIL conference
Hyatt
New Passbetween Sarasota Bay and the Gulf of Mexico
Downtown in the background
Mote
Hyatt Hotel
Take a walk along the Bayfront Park
More Bayfront….
Hyatt
Sidewalk cafes
Downtown
Cocktails in Paradise
Bookstore on St. Armands Circle
Downtown Books and more…..
Saturday morning
Farmer’s Market
Shopping on
St. Armand’s Circle
Van Wezel Performing Arts Center
Across the street from the hotel.
More Theaters
Opera Housedowntown Sarasota
Historic Asolo Theater America’s only 18th century European Theater. (on the grounds of the Ringling Museum)
John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Located on a 66-acre estate on Sarasota Bay, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art was established in 1927 as the legacy of John Ringling (1866-1936) and his wife, Mable (1875 to 1929). Recognized as the official State Art Museum
Ringling cont.
The Museum of Art offers 21 galleries of European paintings as well as Cypriot antiquities, Asian Art, American paintings, and contemporary art.
Cà d'Zan ("House of John")
Ringling’s Venetian waterfront mansion built in 1924 and restored in 2002
The estate also features Mable Ringling’s Rose Garden, completed in 1913.
Circus MuseumEstablished in 1948, the
Ringling Museum of the American Circus was the first museum of its kind to document the rich history of the circus.
NEW: The Circus Museum’s 30,600 sq. ft.- Tibbals Learning Center opened in 2006 to include models, posters and a history of the circus from ancient times.
Marie Selby Botanical Garden
Meander along the garden paths Visit the Orchid House
Myakka River State Park
Canopy Walk
Kayaking
The mangrove tunnels
One of Florida’s many Springs: Rainbow Springs
Mote Marine Lab & Aquarium
Manatees
Eco Boat Tour
Fort DeSoto State Park,
Named after a turn-of-the-century fort complete with 12" mortars"
St. Petersburg and Tampa 1 hour north of Sarasota
Sunshine Skyway Bridge - connects Sarasota to St. Pete
Dali Museum, St. Pete
Busch Gardens, Tampa
Orlando area –
2 hrs from Sarasota
Local Hosts
Vera Neumann-Wood, Selby Public Library
Jan Boyett, FL FWC Sue Stover, Mote
See you in Florida October 7-11,
2007
Conference convener – Barb Butler, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology
IAMSLIC: Changes on the Horizon