{"id":301226,"date":"2026-06-09T12:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/301226\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T12:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:36:12","slug":"miami-museums-commemorate-the-world-cup-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/301226\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami museums commemorate the World Cup 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cExtreme Sports: Beyond Human Limits\u201d at Frost Science delves into the wide world of sports from a scientific perspective.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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No matter where you go in Miami, everyone seems to have the World Cup<\/a> on their mind. With Miami serving as one of the host cities, it\u2019s no surprise that our creative community has chosen to commemorate the occasion artistically. Even if you don\u2019t have tickets to one of the matches, you\u2019ll want to check out notable museum<\/a> shows, exhibitions, and other events that blend artistry on the canvas and on the soccer field throughout the tournament.<\/p>\n

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Hank Willis Thomas\/Jack Shainman Gallery, New York photo<\/p>\n

\u201cGet in the Game\u201d and Game Time at PAMM<\/p>\n

By far the biggest World Cup-adjacent art experience in Miami this summer, \u201cGet in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture\u201d is traveling from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art with more than 100 works exploring the intersection of culture and competition. The selections go well beyond soccer, with dozens of sports from baseball to tennis to figure skating and Formula 1 represented. Centerpieces include Hank Willis Thomas\u2019 full-scale replica of Picasso\u2019s \u201cGuernica\u201d made from sports jerseys, and drawings by famed illustrator LeRoy Neiman of the Don Shula-era Miami Dolphins, exclusive to the Miami version of the show.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The art on the walls is only the start. PAMM is also hosting Game Time, a multi-part conference designed to supplement and enhance the exhibition. The first session in March featured conversations with artists, journalists, curators, and athletes including Miami Herald reporter Isaiah Smalls, writer Hanif Abdurraqib, and pro wrestler Lee Moriarty. Session two on Friday, June 26, contains even more athletic star power in the form of Olympic gold medalist Tommie Smith, famed for his Black Power protest at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games. P\u00e9rez Art Museum Miami, 1103 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 305-375-3000; pamm.org<\/a>. Tickets cost $18 for adults and $14 for students with ID, seniors age 62 and over, and youth ages seven to 18. Admission is free for active U.S. military and veterans with ID, healthcare professionals and first responders with ID, children 6 and under, Florida educators with ID, and visitors with disabilities and their caregivers.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnidad: The World\u2019s Game\u201d at FIFA Museum<\/p>\n

The global governing body for world soccer has opened a branch of its museum in Miami, taking over two floors of the Freedom Tower with a thematic exhibition centered on the World Cup. \u201cUnidad: The World\u2019s Game\u201d is heavier on artifacts than artistry, with displays of memorabilia, trophies, and other objects from every official FIFA Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s World Cup. Many of the displays focus on the global nature of the game, from a web of global soccer balls, both makeshift and official, to a wall of jerseys from every member country from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. There\u2019s also a documentary wall and an interactive trivia game that\u2019s surprisingly hard \u2014 like, \u201cyou\u2019d better know when Vanuatu played their first regulation match\u201d hard. FIFA Museum at the Freedom Tower, 600 Biscayne Blvd. Miami; fifamuseum.com<\/a>. Access is included with Freedom Tower tickets, which cost $18 for general admission; $14 for seniors over 62; $12 for youth ages 7 to 18 and students with ID. Admission is free for children under six, Miami-Dade College students and employees with ID, active U.S. military and veterans with ID, and visitors with disabilities and their caregivers.<\/p>\n

\"photo\u201cExtreme Sports\u201d explores the psychology and physics behind some of the most daring and dangerous athletic endeavors.<\/p>\n

\u201cExtreme Sports: Beyond Human Limits\u201d at Frost Science<\/p>\n

Frost Science\u2019s latest temporary exhibition delves into the wide world of sports \u2014 including soccer \u2014 from a scientific perspective. \u201cExtreme Sports\u201d explores the psychology and physics behind some of the most daring and dangerous athletic endeavors, from skydiving and snowboarding to mountain biking and rock climbing, investigating the chemical rewards that drive athletes forward. Interactive sections let visitors try out a slackline and climb on rock walls while personality quizzes allow you to investigate whether or not you have the psychological profile of an extreme athlete. Soccer fans will find plenty to like here too, with World Cup-themed displays focusing on the physics of a perfect goal and a simulation game letting wannabe Messis and Maradonas try to score one themselves. Frost Science, 1101 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 305-434-9600; frostscience.org<\/a>. Tickets cost $29.95 to $34.95 for adults; and $24.95 to $26.95 for youths ages 4 to 11. Admission is free for children under 3.<\/p>\n

\u201cZidane: A 21st Century Portrait\u201d at The Bass<\/p>\n

Zinedine Zidane\u2019s illustrious career may be overshadowed by the headbutting incident at the 2006 World Cup final that shook the world, but between leading the French to victory at their home World Cup in 1998 and very successful stints as both player and coach for Real Madrid, the man from Marseille remains a living legend of the Beautiful Game. Concurrently with the World Cup, Miami Beach\u2019s Bass Museum is celebrating this icon of football by staging Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno\u2019s experimental documentary \u201cZidane: A 21st Century Portrait\u201d through the day of the final on July 19. Rather than focus on Zidane\u2019s achievements or life, the directors filmed the player in real time over the course of a single La Liga match against Villarreal in 2005 using 17 synchronized cameras. The result is a two-channel film \u2014 soundtracked by post-rock band Mogwai \u2014 that captures the essence of an extraordinary player, defining him not by achievements or life story, but by what he does on the field. The Bass Museum of Art, 2100 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; 305-673-7530;\u00a0 thebass.org<\/a>. Admission costs $15 for adults and $8 for seniors, students, and youth. Admission is free for children six and under, Miami Beach and Surfside residents, City of Miami Beach employees, military and veterans, SNAP EBT cardholders, and visitors with disabilities and their caregivers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"photoArtist Lili Cantero designed a \u201cSoccer Ball Art Trail\u201d to commemorate the World Cup.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s Wyn\u201d in Wynwood<\/p>\n

Wynwood\u2019s Business Improvement District is launching a series of art initiatives to ensure the infamously touristy \u201carts district\u201d is packed to the gills throughout the World Cup. For six weeks, the \u201cLet\u2019s Wyn\u201d program will install a series of soccer-themed art activations throughout the neighborhood. The centerpiece is an interactive scavenger hunt called Wynwood to the World, in which visitors search the area for 48 badges, one for each team in the cup. Once the tournament reaches the round of 16, the remaining countries will be added to a 10-foot sculpture called \u201cThe World Ball,\u201d to be installed on NW Second Ave. If that isn\u2019t enough, there will also be a \u201cSoccer Ball Art Trail\u201d with custom balls designed by artist Lili Cantero themed around the last 10 World Cup tournaments, as well as watch parties, youth soccer clinics, and other events running throughout June and July. There\u2019s another incentive to all this: Joining Let\u2019s Wyn and finding the badges will let participants enter to win various prizes, from a custom ball designed by Cantero to tickets to the Bronze Medal Match at Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday, July 18. letswyn.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cReefline\u2019s Big Goals\u201d by PlayLab, Inc.<\/p>\n

Can you play soccer underwater? Miami Beach\u2019s Reefline may be a submerged sculpture park, but even they\u2019re getting into the World Cup spirit with a soccer-themed art installation on the shoreline. \u201cBig Goals\u201d is a large-scale art installation centered on two very big soccer goals set within a relatively small playing field, designed by PlayLab, Inc. and produced by artists Jessica Trosman and Emiliano Miliyo. The artists recruited a team of weavers from Argentina to hand-crochet the nets from reclaimed textiles. Designed to call attention to environmental and ecological concerns, the installation will be activated with a series of weekend events that invite participants to collect plastic waste along the beach starting Sunday, June 14. The installation closes on Sunday, June 28. Reefline, Miami Beach; thereefline.org<\/a>. Admission is free.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cExtreme Sports: Beyond Human Limits\u201d at Frost Science delves into the wide world of sports from a scientific…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[684,123,125,124,4779,2062],"class_list":["post-301226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-events","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-museums","tag-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}