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Salvador Dalí Museum, designed by architect Yann Weymouth
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It's all too easy to overuse the adjective 'surreal' when discussing Florida. In the
case of the Salvador Dalí Museum, surreal is exactly right. Dalí has no connection
to Florida whatsoever; this magnificent collection of 96 oil paintings and an over-
whelming slew of ephemera landed in St Petersburg (
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) almost by
chance. But then, all sorts of cultural offerings are flowering across 'St Pete,' from
fine dining to live music to excellent art museums. Here is proof the Gulf Coast
can be as cerebral as it is relaxing.
