Assembled over five decades, Kislak collections feature art works, artifacts, books, manuscripts, maps and historic documents related to exploration and the early history and cultures of the Americas, especially Florida, the Caribbean and Mesoamerica.

Foundation holdings include significant original documents and books and manuscripts by historic figures from the great age of discovery to contemporary exploration of the polar regions.

The Kislak collection of indigenous cultures of the Americas reflects more than 25 centuries, primarily in Mesoamerica, the northern center of high civilization centered in Mexico and Guatemala. The collection includes objects extending from the early Olmecs of Mexico (1800 B.C.) to the Aztecs, conquered by Cortés in 1521, and the Maya, the most sophisticated indigenous culture, whose classic period flourished from A.D. 200 to 900. Many of these objects are displayed in the Kislak Foundation's gallery in Miami Lakes, Florida.