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The 82.5-acre beachfront park re-opened in early 2008 after undergoing a multimillion-dollar campaign to restore the pristine shoreline and the historic buildings, and plan a 32,000-square-foot museum/cultural center.
2005 (October) A full list of capital construction projects begin to prepare for beach re-opening highlighted by the Board of Trustees’ selection of Lord Cultural Resources and Management, a respected museum design team, to design the museum/cultural center on Historic Virginia Key Beach Park.
Although only accessible by boat from a downtown dock on the Miami River, “Virginia Beach, a Dade County Park for the exclusive use of Negroes,” was opened on August 1, 1945. Virginia Key Beach quickly became a cherished getaway, social gathering place, and even a sacred site for religious services.
Enjoy the only replenished, mile-long shoreline within the City of Miami. Ride on the closest antique carousel to sparkling blue seas. Take a mini-wetland excursion on the famous ‘Biscayne Virginia Rickenbacker Central’. Revel in stunning, un-obstructive views of the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay.
Virginia Key Beach Park is an environmental and historic landmark located on a barrier island. Its earliest recorded history is of an 1838 skirmish during the Second Seminole War in which three Seminoles were killed on this site.
Virgina Key Beach Park is considered historic because in 1945 it was designated a "colored" only beach. This was done to appease the African American GI's who had just come back from saving the world from the Germans only to find that they could not even use the beach in their home country.
August 1st is the official Historic Virginia Key Beach Park Day. Located in beautiful Biscayne Bay, less than a mile from the shores of Downtown Miami, it’s easily one of the area’s most scenic beaches – a hidden retreat full of nature and sweeping views of the bay and the Atlantic.
