Vizcaya’s digital collections

Museum Objects

Industrialist James Deering collected and carefully displayed a collection comprised of more than 3600 paintings, sculptures, furniture, textiles, silver, ceramics from ancient Rome, Medieval Europe, Renaissance Italy, Asia, and 19th-century France.

Archival Items

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Archives is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing access to information about the planning, construction, and furnishing of Vizcaya’s Main House, Gardens, and Village. Our holdings include over 3,000 historic architectural drawings, 3,000 historic photographs, and 24,000 pieces of correspondence.

Finding Aids

Finding aids are tools that contain detailed and specific information about an archival collection. They are a way for a researcher to determine which collections will provide them with information to further their research. For additional information, please contact us at archives@vizcaya.org.

The 1926 Hurricane Photograph Collection

The Construction Photograph Albums Collection

The Estate Correspondence Collection

The Frank Geisler Photograph Collection

The Charles Goetze Scrapbook Collection

The Mattie Edwards Hewitt Photograph Collection

The Ella Holgersohn Photograph Collection

The Abby Deering Howe Photograph Collection

The Faye Lucille Jones Collection

The Muriel Winston Kaminer Collection

The David Joseph MacLean Photograph Collection

The Marion Deering McCormick Photograph Collection

The Frank Landon McGinnis 1922 Diary Collection

The Fred L. Starbuck Photograph Collection

The William Dunn Sturrock Collection