Front Desk
Welcome to FloridaRAMA! Cooler than a museum, smarter than a theme park & weirder than a carnival, FloridaRAMA is an art experience that celebrates all things Florida in collaboration with over 85 artists.
FloridaRAMA has several storylines, games and interactions inside for you to explore.
Here’s how to engage them:
Look for the glowing QR codes in each area. Once you click a QR code, you have 5 options to choose from. There are __ QR codes inside the experience. Here is a map of where to find them.
- 🎶: Video Guide: a video tour of the area you are in.
- 🔍: FloridaRAMA Clues & Games: provides clues about FloridaRAMA mysteries and secrets and indicates games and interactions not to miss.
- 🌴Florida & FloridaRAMA Facts: Facts & trivia about FloridaRAMA and the Sunshine State
- 🎨Artist/Art Info: Information about the artworks and artists on view in the area.
- 💲Shop Art: Indicates the art and collectables available for purchase featured in each area.
Bingo: You can play free FloridaRAMA bingo here. It’s a great way to dive deeper into the experience and maximize your fun. Click the boxes you complete to play. Get Bingo and we will email you a BOGO return ticket good for your next visit.
🔍 FloridaRAMA Clues & Games
- Welcome to the FloridaRAMA Experience!
- There is no right or wrong way to experience FloridaRAMA. You can travel in any direction and view the installations in any order.
- Nothing inside FloridaRAMA is random. Everything is where it is for a reason. It all ties together. There are also several games and mysteries to explore.
- The Mermaid Star Motel has a dedicated team of employees in pink vests available to answer questions, provide clues, and give directions.
- To further deepen your understanding of our mysteries and receive valuable clues, consider gamifying your experience by adding on a scavenger hunt. Ask a team member for our current game menu.
- Know before you go
- The Mermaid Star Motel is a classic midcentury roadside motel located near the Intersnake 275 S, which is also known as Python Alley.
- Merpeople are an ancient earthbound civilization that traces its heritage back thousands of years in Florida. The Merpeople are keepers of the water, meaning they protect all of Florida’s waters and they can communicate with the natural world, including the elements and animals. Descendants of the Merpeople have assimilated and married into the human world.
- The Interest is a mega corporate conglomerate with not so nice plans for Florida. They control a bunch of other companies operating in all sectors, especially development, infrastructure, tourism and the government. Their aims and practices are highly questionable.
🌴 Florida & FloridaRAMA Facts
- FloridaRAMA opened in 2021, and we’re consistently adding new art and activations so you always have something new to see.
- Our pink vested staff are available to provide you with more information and clues. Don’t hesitate to engage them!
- Florida was first inhabited by Paleo-Indians as early as 14,000 years ago. Extraterrestrials and mystical beasts and beings preceded human inhabitants.
- The first European explorer to arrive in Florida was Spain’s Juan Ponce de León in 1513. He called the peninsula La Pascua Florida in recognition of the verdant landscape. It is legend that Ponce de León was looking for the Fountain of Youth, which he may have found in Florida. At FloridaRAMA we call this magic spring the Fountain of Life or FOL.
- Florida became the twenty-seventh state in the United States on March 3, 1845.
🎨 Artist / Art Info
FloridaRAMA has collaborated with 80+ artists to create our immersive world celebrating weird, wacky and wonderful Florida. As you explore the experience, each QR code will tell you more about the art and artists featured in that area.
🛒 Shop
FloridaRAMA is the perfect place to start your art collection or buy a unique souvenir or gift. Here you’ll learn the items in each area that are for sale in our gift shop (The Tourist Trap) and online shop. FloridaRAMA also offers gift cards, gift boxes & gift memberships so you can share the FloridaRAMA experience with your friends and family.
