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The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is the official state art museum of Florida, located in Sarasota, Florida. It was established in 1927 as the legacy of Mable Burton Ringling and John Ringling for the people of Florida. Florida State University assumed governance of the museum in 2000.The institution offers 21 galleries of European paintings as well as Cypriot antiquities and Asian, American, and contemporary art. The museum's art collection currently consists of more than 10,000 objects that include a variety of paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, photographs, and decorative arts from ancient through contemporary periods and from around the world. The most celebrated items in the museum are 16th–20th-century European paintings, including a world-renowned collection of Peter Paul Rubens paintings. Other artists represented include Benjamin West, Marcel Duchamp, Mark Kostabi, Diego Velázquez, Paolo Veronese, Rosa Bonheur, Gianlorenzo Bernini, Giuliano Finelli, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Frans Hals, Nicolas Poussin, Joseph Wright of Derby, Thomas Gainsborough, Eugène Boudin, and Benedetto Pagni. In all, more than 150,000 square feet (14,000 m2) have been added to the campus, which includes the art museum, circus museum, and Ca' d'Zan, the Ringlings' mansion, which has been restored, along with the historic Asolo Theater. New additions to the campus include the McKay Visitor's Pavilion, the Kotler-Coville Glass Pavilion exhibiting studio glass art, the Johnson-Blalock Education Building housing The Ringling Art Library and Cuneo Conservation Lab, the Tibbals Learning Center complete with a miniature circus, the Searing Wing, a 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m2) gallery for special exhibitions attached to the art museum, the Chao Center for Asian Art, and the Monda Gallery for Contemporary Art.

The Asolo Repertory Theatre or Asolo Rep (AKA: Asolo Theatre Company, Inc.) is a professional theater in Sarasota, Florida. It is the largest Equity theatre in Florida, and the largest Repertory theatre in the Southeastern United States. Asolo Rep is a resident regional theatre company which also invites in guest artists. It works in conjunction with Florida State University's MFA Acting program, the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training. It is currently housed in the Florida State University Center for the Performing Arts, which is a multi-theater complex, located on the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art property. The 2008–2009 season marked Asolo Rep's 50th anniversary.

The Jane Bancroft Library is an academic library serving New College of Florida (NCF). The library is currently located on the New College campus along US 41 Tamiami Trail right next door to the Ringling Museum. In addition to serving NCF, this facility also serves the community by allowing modest borrowing privileges and Wi-Fi usage on a restricted basis.

The Caples–Ringling Estates Historic District (also known as the John Ringling Estate, the Charles Ringling Estate, and the Ralph Caples Estate) is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on December 15, 1982) located in Sarasota, Florida. The district is bounded by the Sarasota Bay, US 41, Parkview and North Shore Avenue. It contains 18 historic buildings and 5 structures.

The Sarasota Classic Car Museum is located at 5500 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, Florida, United States. It houses about 100 vintage cars of all types in a 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m2) facility with constantly rotating collection. The museum displays rare cars and ones owned by famous people.The museum has an Italian Car Collection which includes cars from Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, and Rivolta.

New College of Florida is a public liberal arts college in Sarasota, Florida. It was founded in 1960 as a private institution known simply as New College, spent several years merged into the University of South Florida, and in 2001 became an autonomous college, the eleventh independent school of the State University System of Florida as the honors college for the state system. Upon achieving independence, the school adopted its current name: New College of Florida. As an honors college, the college is distinguished by its unusual "contract system", in which students are given written evaluations instead of grades and agree to semester-long contracts in which a certain number of classes must be passed. For example, in a "three out of five" contract, a student who failed two classes would face no penalty, although one who failed three classes would risk losing all credits for the entire semester. The system was devised to encourage academic experimentation and foster curiosity about disparate topics outside one's usual course of study. New College students are required to complete an undergraduate thesis project and baccalaureate exam, during which the student presents and defends their project to a committee of professors. New College has been cited as having the highest percentage of students receiving a Fulbright scholarship of any college or university in the United States.New College has the smallest student population in the State University System of Florida with 659 students (2021).

The Frank and Matilda Binz House is a historic two-story Mediterranean Revival home located in Sarasota, Florida. Built in 1926 for Frank Binz, it is located at 5050 Bay Shore Road. On August 5, 1994, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Cà d'Zan () is a Mediterranean revival residence in Sarasota, Florida, adjacent to Sarasota Bay. Cà d'Zan was built in the mid-1920s as the winter retreat of the American circus mogul, entrepreneur, and art collector John Ringling and his wife Mable Burton Ringling. The name Cà d'Zan means "House of John" in the Venetian language, in Italian it would be "Casa di Giovanni". Built in 1926 by Owen Burns, Cà d'Zan is a large Mediterranean revival residence that features an eclectic array of architectural styles including Venetian Gothic, Italian Renaissance, Moorish, and Spanish-inspired elements drawn from different historic periods. Mable and John Ringling had visited Venice and the Venetian Gothic influence in the house is prominently seen in a variety of architectural elements in the decorative program, such as windows with Gothic arches and terra cotta ornament replicating Gothic tracery.

The Bryson-Crane House is a historic U.S. home in Sarasota, Florida. It is located at 5050 Brywill Circle. On June 1, 2005, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The house was built in 1925, designed as a Spanish bungalow by the same architect who created Ca d’Zan for the circus magnate, John Ringling. It was originally the residence of Walter Bryson, the developer – partner of John Ringling in creating the Sapphire Shores neighborhood. The street name “Brywill” is a combination of his name and that of the realtor for the project, Wilson. Bryson's sister-in-law lived across Mecca in the other Spanish bungalow, and the families designed facing entrances across the street from one another. Both were later converted to face Brywill Circle. Bryson returned to Jacksonville by 1930, and the property was purchased by Harvey Crane, who acquired adjoining lots to create the larger property we know today. Following their move to a retirement home in 1946, several families resided here, including two main families: the Huddleston's and the Hancock's. We have wonderful article about Lucille Huddleston, sharing arecipe for lemon pie that given to her by Bess Truman. The Hancock's raised two daughters here. Original history on the property assumed that the larger, two bedroom tower at the northeast corner of the home was added by Crane when the additional land was acquired, but in 2016 the repair of an interior door in the tower section unearthed newspaper sheets used to pad a door-mounted mirror. Although no date was visible, a clue was found in a review of a new book that was printed in 1928, thus pre-dating the Crane renovations. As such, the bedroom tower was likely included in the original 1925 construction design. By the late 1990s, Everette Hancock was a 94 year old widower, living in the house with his son. Deciding to marry his deceased wife's sister in Tennessee “because she’s a good cook”, he listed the house for sale. The property was in poor condition and was renovated completely in 2001, a process that was quite painstaking in order to preserve the original historic elements of the property. Following significant historical research and a rigorous application process, the home was eventually added to the historic register of Sarasota and was then listed on the National Historic Register.

The Thomas House is a historic home in Sarasota, Florida. It is located at 5030 Bay Shore Road. On July 1, 1994, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

The Corrigan House (also known as Nagirroc, which is Corrigan spelled backwards) is a historic home in Sarasota, Florida. It is located at 463 Sapphire Drive. On May 26, 1994, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

The University of South Florida Sarasota–Manatee (also known as USFSM or USF Sarasota-Manatee) is a branch campus of the University of South Florida in Sarasota, Florida. USFSM was established in 1975 as a regional campus of the University of South Florida and gained separate accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate and master's degrees in June 2011. It was consolidated with the other two USF campuses (Tampa and St. Petersburg) as of July 1, 2020.USFSM offers more than 40 bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and certificate programs in four colleges: Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Science and Math, Business, and Hospitality and Tourism Leadership. Day, evening, weekend and online classes serve more than 4,500 students annually.