Bonnet House Museum Gardens
She deeded the property in 1983 to the florida trust for historic preservation which maintains the property as a historic house museum called the bonnet house museum gardens.
Bonnet house museum gardens. View all restaurants near bonnet house museum and gardens on tripadvisor. Bonnet house museum gardens. Through enjoyable and enriching cultural experiences the museum connects today s community to the bartletts architectural artistic and environmental legacy.
The estate was valued at 35 million the largest single private donation in state history. There are monkeys on the premises. This is not my usual type of vacation y activity but it was really nice to do and a very interesting glimpse into a bygone fort lauderdale.
The worst part about the bonnet house. Is a 501 c 3 nonprofit organization ein 65 0161955. Bonnet house museum gardens preserves the unique historic estate of frederic and evelyn bartlett.
Today bonnet house is a haven for migratory birds year round birds indigenous to florida wetland and coastal areas and manatees that occasionally seek refuge in the estate s boathouse canal. 128 reviews of bonnet house museum gardens the best part about the bonnet house. Funding for this organization is provided in part by the broward county board of county commissioners as recommended by the broward cultural council.
We didn t see any monkeys while we were there.