The Florida Attractions Association, founded in 1949, is a trade association representing 90+ family-oriented attractions including astronaut, historical, cultural, military and scientific museums; botanical gardens; castles; collections of the unique and different; dinner entertainments; dolphin and marine parks; exhibitions of alligators, lions, monkeys, parrots, butterflies and manatees; Indian villages; musical entertainment complexes; sightseeing trains, cruises and boat tours; state parks; theme parks; towers; water parks; and zoological parks.