It is the best-preserved example of the Martello style of military architecture in the country.

• Recent and past history of Key West and the Keys Exhibits of early settlement, sponging and fishing, Cuban influence, military involvement, writers and other characters and even Robert the haunted doll line the corridors of the old battery, itself an artifact of mid-19th Century history.
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  Great video about the Robert The Doll

• Mario Sanchez's Key West Three galleries of the museum are dedicated to displaying the work of Mario Sanchez whose detailed depictions of life in Key West during the early 20th Century have made him one of the country's most sought after folk artists. Sanchez creations mostly are reliefs carved into wood panels and then brightly colored. They reflect street scenes, places and people from his past in amazingly accurate detail and with a profound sense of humor. Signed and unsigned lithographic prints are available in the museum store.
• Stanley Papio, the dynamic junkman A former roustabout, wrestler and welder during the early to mid-20th century, Stanley Papio created a series of constructions welded together from scrap metal from junk autos, appliances, beds and other discarded iron and steel. These sculptures, which often represented actual people, animals or objects, were painted and displayed in his yard in the upper Keys. The pieces in the collection, most of which are housed in the Fort East Martello's citadel, are recognized as culturally important American artworks.