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Gulf Breeze Zoo
Pensacola FL
~1.56 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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Twenty minutes west of Fort Walton Beach, this zoo, set amid botanical gardens, shelters hundreds of domestic and exotic animals. The wildlife preserve offers glimpses of Gorilla Island, where primates live unhindered in a natural habitat. A ride on the zoo's diminutive train provides views as well. At the Farm, children can interact with tame animals and see how resident newborns are cared for. In addition, visitors will encounter rhinos, giraffes, bears and reptiles. White Bengal tigers, pygmy hippos and zebras also attract the attention of zoo-goers. Adults in particular will appreciate the Japanese gardens and the gift shop, which sells clothing, gifts and artwork.
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Pensacola Beach Gulf Pier
Pensacola FL
~2.12 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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Attraction type: Beach, Scenic/historic walking area, Landmark/point of interest, Wharf/pier/boardwalkinfo@fishpensacolabeachpier.comAddress: 41 Fort Pickens Road Pensacola Beach Pensacola, FLTel: 850-934-7200
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Veterans Memorial Park
Pensacola FL
~4.56 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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Traveler Description: Monument honors the men and women who served and died during the Vietnam War.Attraction type: Monumenthttp://www.pensacolawallsouth.org/Address: Bayfront Pkwy, 9th Ave Pensacola, FL 32522Tel: 850-436-4490
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Pensacola Historical Museum
115 E Zarragossa St Pensacola FL - 850-433-1559
~4.61 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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Non profit historical society, with a museum and historical house tour.
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Pensacola Museum of Art
407 S Jefferson St Pensacola FL - 850-432-6247
~4.62 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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The Pensacola Museum of Art is the only art museum in the city of Pensacola, Florida. It was founded in 1954 by a group of women from the American Association of University Women.The museum's permanent collections focus on 20th century, modern and contemporary art, including painting, sculpture and works on paper. The museum also features decorative arts collections of European and American glass and African tribal art.Artists in the collection include John Marin, Salvador Dali, Miriam Schapiro, Fairfield Porter, Thomas Hart Benton, Alex Katz, Lynda Benglis, Milton Avery and Alexander Calder.
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Pensacola Cultural Center
400 S Jefferson St Pensacola FL - 850-434-0257
~4.62 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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The Pensacola Cultural Center is a three-story building located at 400 South Jefferson Street in downtown Pensacola. It was formerly the Escambia County Court of Record Building, which was built in 1911 and served until 1978. The property was deeded to the Pensacola Little Theatre in 1988 as a home for Pensacola's art organizations and was completely renovated in three phases between 1989 and January 1996.
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Bayfront Auditorium
Pensacola FL
~4.63 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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Bayfront Auditorium (known as the Pensacola Municipal Auditorium until 1988) was a building that sat for fifty years at the foot of Palafox Street, overlooking Pensacola Bay. It was demolished in 2005.Planning for the auditorium was begun in the early 1950s. The development faced early opposition from the Saenger Theatre's owners and others who questioned "the right of the city to levy amusement taxes which would tax the theatres for the construction of a competitive business."The Municipal Auditorium was built for $820,000 and dedicated on February 8, 1955. The Pensacola High School band played at the dedication ceremony and was the first group to perform there. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra was the first major concert a month later, to a crowd of about 2,000.The building ...
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Hispanic Museum
120 Church St Pensacola FL - 850-595-5985
~4.64 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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Regular Operating HoursHistoric Pensacola Village, the T. T. Wentworth, Jr. Florida State Museum, the Pensacola Historical Museum and the Arcadia Mill Archaeological Site are open: Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
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Historic Pensacola Village
Pensacola FL
~4.64 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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The Historic Pensacola Village is a collection of 22 historical buildings and museums owned and operated by the University of West Florida. The organization is largely based upon the donation of T.T. Wentworth's large historical collection to the state of Florida, and the establishment of an organization dedicated to Historic Preservation that grew because of Mr. Wentworth's generosity. The Village is located in downtown Pensacola, Florida, situated between Plaza Ferdinand VII and Seville Square. Parking is available behind the T.T. Wentworth Museum.
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Wentworth State Museum
330 S Jefferson St Pensacola FL - 850-595-5990
~4.64 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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The T. T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum is the museum of history in Pensacola, Florida. It is located on Jefferson Street in the Plaza Ferdinand VII. The building is part of the Historic Pensacola Village museum complex.The building, reminiscent of the Alamo mission style, was originally erected in 1907 to serve as Pensacola's city hall (which is now located at Governmental Center).The original museum was a roadside stand owned by Wentworth, which opened in the suburb of Ensley in 1957. Wentworth was paraphrased as saying, in the 1980s, that he would donate everything in his collection if there could be a permanent location to house his collection in Pensacola. A state grant was signed by Governor Bob Martinez to allow the city to renovate the old city hall, and the museum was off...
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T.T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum
Pensacola FL
~4.65 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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The T. T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum is the museum of history in Pensacola, Florida. It is located on Jefferson Street in the Plaza Ferdinand VII. The building is part of the Historic Pensacola Village museum complex.The building, reminiscent of the Alamo mission style, was originally erected in 1907 to serve as Pensacola's city hall (which is now located at Governmental Center).The original museum was a roadside stand owned by Wentworth, which opened in the suburb of Ensley in 1957. Wentworth was paraphrased as saying, in the 1980s, that he would donate everything in his collection if there could be a permanent location to house his collection in Pensacola. A state grant was signed by Governor Bob Martinez to allow the city to renovate the old city hall, and the museum was off...
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Discovery Gallery
Pensacola FL
~4.66 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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Children's museum that recreates old-time Pensacola through various displays including a child-size schoolhouse, hospital and jail.Attraction type: Children's museumAddress: 330 S Jefferson St Pensacola, FL 32502-5941Tel: 850-444-8905
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Hawkshaw Lagoon Park
Pensacola FL
~4.77 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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The Hawkshaw Lagoon Memorial Park was designed and has been designated to serve as the National Memorial to Missing Children.Not only a place of solace for families and friends of missing children, but also an open classroom for the Pensacola's history and rich nature.
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Pensacola Opera
Pensacola FL
~4.78 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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The mission of Pensacola Opera is to enrich the culture of Northwest Florida by producing professional opera performances, educational programs and other opera-related community events to people of all ages, interests and backgrounds. In 1983 a small group of people interested in opera, including singers, parents of singers, singing teachers, professionals and business people, decided that Pensacola could mine our rich local talent to produce quality opera. They created a grassroots opera company called "Pensacola Chamber Opera". The fledgling Chamber Opera successfully produced Mozart's Così fan tutte, in English.The original Pensacola Chamber Opera was an all-volunteer company. Sets were created in the founders' workshops, sewing machines buzzed in homes to create the costumes,...
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Saenger Theatre
Pensacola FL
~4.79 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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The Saenger Theatre is a historic theater in Pensacola, Florida. It is located at 118 South Palafox Place. On July 19, 1976, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.The theatre, often referred to as the Grand Dame of Palafox was first built in 1925 and was designed by architect Emile Weil in the style known as Spanish Baroque architecture. This style was selected due to the extensive Spanish history of the Pensacola area. Mr. Weil is also known for designing theaters in Mobile, Alabama, as well as New Orleans and Shreveport, both of Louisiana.Construction began on top of the same site where the old Pensacola Opera House originally stood, which was destroyed by the 1917 Pinar del Río hurricane. The Saenger was built with the very bricks which housed the original ...
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Civil War Soldiers Museum
108 Palafox Pl Pensacola FL - 850-469-1900
~4.83 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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Civil War Soldiers Museum PENSACOLA View 4,200 square feet of exhibits and explore our nation's most tumultuous period and the unique role Pensacola played during the civil War.Pass through the Museum Gift Shop and you'll discover what it was like to serve in the great armies and navies of the Union and Confederacy.The Civil War Soldiers Museum was founded in 1991, and exhibits the private collection of Dr. Norman W. Haines, Jr., a local physician, who began collecting as a boy near the Antietam Battlefield. Experience what it was like to serve during the Civil War. The Museum's diverse collection offers wonderful insights into our nation's rich history.The Pensacola Room highlights the contributions of Stephen R. Mallory, the renowned Confederate Secretary of Navy, and the ha...
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Pensacola Civic Center
Pensacola FL
~5.02 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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The Pensacola Civic Center is a municipal arena located in Pensacola, Florida. It is owned by Escambia County and operated by SMG Management. The Civic Center has a capacity of 8,150 for hockey games, and as much as 12,000 for non-hockey events. The arena contains 23,000 square feet (2,100 m2) of space and 10,000 square feet (1,000 m2) of meeting space.The Civic Center opened in 1985 and was used primarily as the home of the Pensacola Ice Pilots hockey team until the team's exit from the ECHL on June 23, 2008. However, hockey will return to the Civic Center in fall 2009 when the Pensacola Ice Flyers of the Southern Professional Hockey League hit the ice.Other sem-pro teams have used the Civic Center as its home. From 2000 to 2002, the Pensacola Barracudas played in the af2. In 1998, ...
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Fort Pickens
Penseacola FL
~5.78 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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Fort Pickens is a pentagonal historic United States military fort on Santa Rosa Island in the Pensacola, Florida, area. It is named after American Revolutionary War hero Andrew Pickens. The fort was completed in 1834 and remained in use until 1947. Fort Pickens is currently part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore, and as such, is administered by the National Park Service.
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Crystal Ice Company Building
Pensacola FL
~6.09 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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The Crystal Ice Company Building is a historic site in Pensacola, Florida. It is located at 2024 North Davis Street. On September 29, 1983, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
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Us Naval Criminal Investgation
341 Saufley St Pensacola FL - 850-452-4211
~6.30 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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The United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is the primary security, counter-intelligence, counter-terrorism, and law enforcement agency of the United States Department of the Navy. It is the successor organization to the former Naval Investigative Service (NIS).Roughly half of the 2,500 NCIS employees are civilian special agents who are trained to carry out a wide variety of assignments at locations across the globe. NCIS special agents are armed federal law enforcement investigators, who frequently coordinate with other U.S. government agencies. NCIS special agents are supported by analysts and other experts skilled in disciplines such as forensics, surveillance, surveillance countermeasures, computer investigations, physical security, and polygraph examinations.
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Us Naval Computer and Telecom
130 West Ave Pensacola FL - 850-452-3501
~6.45 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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The United States Navy (USN) is the sea branch of the United States armed forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. As of 31 December 2008, the U.S. Navy had about 331,682 personnel on active duty and 124,000 in the Navy Reserve. It operates 284 ships in active service and more than 3,700 aircraft. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S. Navy also has the world's largest carrier fleet, with 11 in service and one under construction.
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Us Navy Comptroller Program
153 Ellyson Ave Bldg 625 Pensacola FL - 850-452-3785
~6.50 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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The United States Navy (USN) is the sea branch of the United States armed forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. As of 31 December 2008, the U.S. Navy had about 331,682 personnel on active duty and 124,000 in the Navy Reserve. It operates 284 ships in active service and more than 3,700 aircraft. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S. Navy also has the world's largest carrier fleet, with 11 in service and one under construction.The Navy traces its origins to the Continental Navy, which was established during the American Revolutionary War and was essentially disbanded as a separate entity shortly thereafter. The United States Constitution provided the legal b...
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Us Naval Aviation School
181 Chambers Ave # C Pensacola FL - 850-452-3611
~6.60 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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A United States Naval Aviator is a qualified pilot in the United States Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard.Most Naval Aviators are Unrestricted Line Officers; however, a small number of Limited Duty Officers and Chief Warrant Officers are also trained as Naval Aviators.Until 1981 the US Navy and Marine Corps also had a small number of senior enlisted personnel trained as pilots. Such individuals were referred to as Naval Aviation Pilots or "NAPs." NAPs have a fraternity known as the Silver Eagles. The Naval Aviation Pilot insignia was identical in design to the the Naval Aviator Insignia.Except for an extremely small number of enlisted personnel selected for flight school, Student Naval Aviators must first obtain an officer commission. To become a Naval Aviator, one must be betwee...
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Us Navy Air Oper Fire Chief
190 Radford Blvd Pensacola FL - 850-452-2896
~6.63 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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Naval Air Station Pensacola or NAS Pensacola (IATA: NPA, ICAO: KNPA, FAA LID: NPA), "The Cradle of Naval Aviation", is a United States Navy base located next to Warrington, Florida, a community southwest of the Pensacola city limits. It is best known as the primary training base for all Navy, Marine and Coast Guard aviators and Naval Flight Officers, the advanced training base for most Naval Flight Officers, and as the home base for the United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the precision-flying team known as the Blue Angels.The air station also hosts the Naval Air and Operational Medical Institute (NAOMI), which provides training for all naval flight surgeons, aviation physiologists, aviation experimental psychologists. With the closure of Naval Air Station Memphis in Milling...
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Us Navy Dental Clinic
161 Turner St # B Pensacola FL - 850-452-5650
~6.65 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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The United States Navy (USN) is the sea branch of the United States armed forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. As of 31 December 2008, the U.S. Navy had about 331,682 personnel on active duty and 124,000 in the Navy Reserve. It operates 284 ships in active service and more than 3,700 aircraft. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S. Navy also has the world's largest carrier fleet, with 11 in service and one under construction.The Navy traces its origins to the Continental Navy, which was established during the American Revolutionary War and was essentially disbanded as a separate entity shortly thereafter. The United States Constitution provided the legal b...
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RTI Technical Institute
1412 W Fairfield Dr Pensacola FL - 850-433-6288
~7.38 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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Us Navy Environmental Lab
310 John Tower Rd Pensacola FL - 850-452-4758
~7.41 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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The United States Navy (USN) is the sea branch of the United States armed forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. As of 31 December 2008, the U.S. Navy had about 331,682 personnel on active duty and 124,000 in the Navy Reserve. It operates 284 ships in active service and more than 3,700 aircraft. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S. Navy also has the world's largest carrier fleet, with 11 in service and one under construction.The Navy traces its origins to the Continental Navy, which was established during the American Revolutionary War and was essentially disbanded as a separate entity shortly thereafter. The United States Constitution provided the legal b...
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United States Navy
1750 Radford Blvd Pensacola FL - 850-458-0772
~7.83 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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Naval Air Station Pensacola or NAS Pensacola (IATA: NPA, ICAO: KNPA, FAA LID: NPA), "The Cradle of Naval Aviation", is a United States Navy base located next to Warrington, Florida, a community southwest of the Pensacola city limits. It is best known as the primary training base for all Navy, Marine and Coast Guard aviators and Naval Flight Officers, the advanced training base for most Naval Flight Officers, and as the home base for the United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the precision-flying team known as the Blue Angels.The air station also hosts the Naval Air and Operational Medical Institute (NAOMI), which provides training for all naval flight surgeons, aviation physiologists, aviation experimental psychologists. With the closure of Naval Air Station Memphis in Milling...
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Pensacola Naval Air Station
Pensacola FL
~8.20 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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Naval Air Station Pensacola or NAS Pensacola (IATA: NPA, ICAO: KNPA, FAA LID: NPA), "The Cradle of Naval Aviation", is a United States Navy base located in Warrington, Florida, a community southwest of the Pensacola city limits. It is best known as the primary training base for all Navy, Marine and Coast Guard aviators and Naval Flight Officers, the advanced training base for most Naval Flight Officers, and as the home base for the United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the precision-flying team known as the Blue Angels.The air station also hosts the Naval Air and Operational Medical Institute (NAOMI), which provides training for all naval flight surgeons, aviation physiologists, aviation experimental psychologists. With the closure of Naval Air Station Memphis in Millington, ...
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Naval Aviation Museum
Pensacola FL
~8.26 miles from Gulf Breeze city center
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The National Museum of Naval Aviation is a military and aerospace museum located at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. The museum opened in 1962.As its name suggests, the museum is devoted to the history of naval aviation, including that of the U. S. Navy, the U. S. Marine Corps, and the U. S. Coast Guard. More than 150 aircraft and spacecraft are on display, including four former Blue Angel A-4 Skyhawks (the Blue Angels are based at NAS Pensacola), the Curtis NC-4 (the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic), U. S. Coast Guard helicopters, biplanes, a K-47 Airship control gondola and tail fin, an aircraft that President George H. W. Bush trained in, and the S-3 Viking used to transport President George W. Bush to the USS Abraham Lincoln in 2003 (see Navy One). These historic and one-of...
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