---
node: spot_miami_wynwood_walls
type: spot
slug: wynwood_walls
destination: dest_miami
title: "Wynwood Walls"
lead: "Wynwood Walls is an outdoor museum of commissioned murals in a former warehouse district, started in 2009 by a developer who treated blank industrial walls as canvases. The surrounding streets are covered in work that is free to walk past."
published: 2026-08-12
updated: 2026-08-12
image_file: spot_miami_wynwood_walls.jpg
image_source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:April_7,_2015_-_Wynwood_Miami_-_07.jpg"
image_author: "osseous"
image_license: "CC BY 2.0"
---

## Overview

Tony Goldman bought up warehouses and invited international street artists to paint them, which turned a district of light manufacturing into a gallery quarter within a decade — and then into an expensive one, which is the usual second act. The walled enclosure charges admission and holds the commissioned pieces; everything outside it is uncommissioned, changes constantly and is arguably the more interesting half. Galleries, breweries and studios fill the buildings between.

## Highlights

Walk the free streets first and decide afterwards whether the paid enclosure adds anything for you. Second Saturday each month is the art walk, when galleries open late. Go in daylight: this is a district to look at, and there is nothing to see after dark.