[1] The park opened in 1976 on the site of several slips served by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad.
In March 2009, Museum Park was set to host the Langerado Music Festival, a large three-day festival that was held at the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation every Spring since 2003, but was canceled due to poor ticket sales.
[5] The Miami Science Barge is a floating marine laboratory and education platform docked in the park.
[7][8] Racing events were held on a temporary circuit at Bicentennial Park from 1983 to 1995 involving IMSA, Trans-Am Series, and CART, and again for FIA Formula E in 2015.
[9] The fastest official race lap records at Bicentennial Park (Miami) are listed as: