The treacherous waters of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and Florida Keys were a flurry of treasure-laden Spanish Galleons, dreaded Pirates, merchant ships and more as the New World made its riches known to all who sailed her waters from 1500 to the early 1900s.

Get to grips with the Age of Sail with tickets to the Sails to Rails Museum at Flagler Station in Key West, where sail remained part of the industrial fabric until its last ship was built in 1939. Journey through an interactive timeline of Key West's history and see how America literally sailed into the era of Henry Flagler’s Overseas Railway.

Located in the historic Key West Bight, Sails and Rails at Flagler Station has something for everyone, from state-of-the-art exhibits to unique artifacts and the world's only to-scale model of Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas.