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Turtle Kraals Museum

200 Margaret Street, Key West, FL 33040
(305) 294-0209
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Ranked #38 of 83 attractions in Key West
Type: Museums
Description: The only Sea Turtle museum in the world.
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New York
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed April 16, 2013 via mobile

Take a walk over and check this out. It's very interesting and the man there (Rick) is very knowledgeable and helpful. Definately worth a look.

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McDonough, Georgia
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed April 6, 2013

Loved this. One of my husbands favorite moments in his life. We stumbled across this museum after eating at Schooners for breakfast (which was fabulous by the way). The gentleman working in the museum was so nice, funny and musical. My husband was admiring his instruments and the man asked him if he wanted to play. Me and my girls... More

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Cocoa Beach,Florida
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed February 16, 2013

We stumbled on this museum by accident, but it was a great find. It goes through the history of green turtle fishing and processing done in the Keys till about 50 years ago. The docent was very informative and even sang a couple of songs. I would recommend it. It takes about thirty minutes to look at everything and it... More

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Washington DC
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed January 28, 2013

Has passed by many times but never gone in. Turns out "kraals" means a pen and they used to keep green turtles in pens waiting to be made into soup (no more of course since our ancestors enjoyed too much soup and the turtles are now endangered!). Lots of history on the turtle trade and some archeological artifacts.

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed January 24, 2013 via mobile

Me and my friend where eating at turtle kraals resterant. We walked over found it was free. Was very interesting.

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Palmyra
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed January 23, 2013

Not much here but it's free. And the person there was engaging, even when I wasn't that interested. A few good things to look at. If you have questions, ask. Worth a walk over.

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed December 21, 2012

learned a lot from the guy in there. He was great. Exhibits were wonderful old photos, sad cans of endangered meat. All very interesting...

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Columbia, Missouri
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed December 19, 2012

Great spot to walk through and see the history and the staff is very cool. The man working actually sang a song he made up on the spot for me being a Vietnam Vet.

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Brandon, Florida, United States
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed December 2, 2012

If you're going over to charterboat row, this is a quick little insightful interesting sidetrip. 10 to 20 minutes no charge but you'll learn a lot come away a better person.

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed July 11, 2012 via mobile

This tiny museum is just the type of diversion that I miss. It's small, but absolutely free and has a deep story to share. My wife and I found this place on our walk down the boardwalk and I, being a trained biologist and hobby turtle enthusiast insisted that we entered, and I am glad we did. There was much... More

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