Lightner Museum
A Gilded Age collection housed in the former Alcazar Hotel. Meals are served in the café created from the hotel’s former indoor swimming pool.
The Alcazar Hotel was built by Flagler in 1888, and at the time it had the largest indoor swimming pool in the United States. Otto Lightner, a Chicago publisher, converted it into a museum displaying Victorian furniture, glass art, mechanical musical instruments and a variety of collections. The former pool floor now houses Café Alcazar. Tickets cost about $17. The museum is in the historic core of the old town, alongside Flagler College and City Hall across the street.
Opening hours
09:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Casa Monica Hotel
- Villa Zorayda Museum
- Flagler College (Hotel Ponce de Leon)
- Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine
- Plaza de la Constitución
- Ximenez-Fatio House Museum
- Memorial Presbyterian Church
- St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum