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Museum Tower (Miami)
Encyclopedia
The Museum Tower is a thirty story skyscraper
in the Government Center district of Downtown
Miami, Florida
, United States
. As its name implies, the building is situated across the street from the Miami Art Museum
(MAM) and HistoryMiami
(former Historical Museum of Southern Florida), which are both part of the Miami Cultural Plaza. The visibility of Museum Tower from I-95
provides it a valuable location.
The building is 377 feet (115 m) tall, and excluding the restaurant at its lobby, the Top Hat Deli Café, the Museum Tower is used completely as class A office space.
Bank of America
and AT&T
(formerly BellSouth
) are Museum Tower's principal tenants.
Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...
in the Government Center district of Downtown
Downtown Miami
Downtown Miami is an urban residential neighborhood, and the central business district of Miami, Miami-Dade County, and South Florida in the United States...
Miami, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. As its name implies, the building is situated across the street from the Miami Art Museum
Miami Art Museum
The Miami Art Museum is an art museum located in Downtown Miami, Florida, in the United States. It was founded in 1984 as the Center for the Fine Arts, and in 1996 became the Miami Art Museum...
(MAM) and HistoryMiami
Historical Museum of Southern Florida
HistoryMiami formerly known as the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, is a museum located in Miami, Florida, USA, specializing in the history of southeastern Florida, including Greater Miami, the Floria Keys, and the Everglades...
(former Historical Museum of Southern Florida), which are both part of the Miami Cultural Plaza. The visibility of Museum Tower from I-95
Interstate 95 in Florida
Interstate 95 is the main Interstate Highway on the east coast of the United States; it serves the Atlantic coast of Florida. It begins at a partial interchange with U.S. Highway 1 just south of downtown Miami, and heads north past Daytona Beach and Jacksonville to the Georgia state line at the St...
provides it a valuable location.
The building is 377 feet (115 m) tall, and excluding the restaurant at its lobby, the Top Hat Deli Café, the Museum Tower is used completely as class A office space.
Bank of America
Bank of America
Bank of America Corporation, an American multinational banking and financial services corporation, is the second largest bank holding company in the United States by assets, and the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by market capitalization. The bank is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina...
and AT&T
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
(formerly BellSouth
BellSouth
BellSouth Corporation is an American telecommunications holding company based in Atlanta, Georgia. BellSouth was one of the seven original Regional Bell Operating Companies after the U.S...
) are Museum Tower's principal tenants.