KEY WEST BY WHEELCHAIR -- 7

KEY WEST BY WHEELCHAIR

The unassuming museum boasts examples of items recovered: silver plates with detailed scenes crafted by Incan artists, bejeweled sabers, gold coins, ornate necklaces.

The displays are accompanied by written narratives that provide historical and social context.

Though the museum has an accessible entrance and decent aisle width throughout the galleries, some of the items can only be seen from a standing position.

A display that invites visitors to lift a solid gold bar inside a Plexiglas box is about chest-height to an average adult.

Also, the elevator to the second floor must be operated by a museum guard. Upon our arrival to the upper floor, the guard tells Steve to come back downstairs to get her when we wish to depart: not a feasible arrangement for unaccompanied visitors with disabilities.

Still, the museum is intriguing and well worth a visit.

For lunch we go to B.O.'s Fish Wagon. Located about a block from the Historic Seaport Harbor Walk, the ramshackle corrugated metal structure with vintage license plate decor isn't much to look at.

And the flatware and utensils are of the plastic and paper variety.

But the food is first-rate: grilled fish and fried oyster sandwiches.