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It features a dry landscape garden and a permanent exhibit on the history of the Yamato Colony in Boca Raton, and a hands-on exhibit, "Japan Through the Eyes of a Child". The main museum building houses three exhibits, a 225-seat theater, a tea house, classrooms, a research library, a store, and the Cornell Cafe. [ 2 ]
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As a result, many of the settlers returned to Japan or moved elsewhere in the United States. The remnants of the colony were dispossessed after the entry of the United States into World War II, when their land was purchased to create a U.S. Army Air Corps training base (now the site of Florida Atlantic University and the Boca Raton Airport). [2]
Explore the Boca Raton Museum of Art’s latest photographic exhibition, “Myths, Secrets, Lies, and Truths.” The show includes this piece, “Sugar Baby,” by Liesa Cole.
The Gumbo Limbo Environmental Complex, commonly known as the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, is a nature center operated by the city of Boca Raton, Florida, in conjunction with the Gumbo Limbo Coastal Stewards (Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Inc.) and the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District, and located at 1801 N. Ocean Blvd. in Boca Raton.
Boca Raton ranked 50th and Palm Beach Gardens 91st in a list of 'best suburb in the nation with a city feel.' Venice (11th) was best in Florida.
Boca Raton, seen from the International Space Station. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 29.1 sq mi (75.4 km 2), of which 27.2 sq mi (70.4 km 2) of this is land and 1.9 sq mi (5.0 km 2) of it (6.63%) is water. Boca Raton is a "principal city" (as defined by the Census Bureau) of the Miami metropolitan area.
The Boca Raton Museum of Art is a Blue Star museum, meaning it offers free admission to active duty military and their families between Memorial Day and Labor Day. [6] The museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. A newsletter titled "Muse" is published bi-annually and is available for download on the museum's website. [7]