Florida, Deland
The historic Deland Memorial Hospital, dating from the early 1920s, today serves as a museum complete with eight galleries and exhibits, including a reconstructed operating room and apothecary.Currently a museum housing eight galleries and exhibits, The DeLand Memorial Hospital was originally...
Florida, Destin
The museum chronicles Destin's history as a fishing village, and features a Penn Reel once owned by Ernest Hemingway.This community museum invokes Destin's history as a fishing village. It features award winning examples of fish caught in Destin displayed on a 100 feet of wall space depicting...
Florida, St. Augustine
The nine houses in the Dow Museum of Historic Homes, dating from 1790 to 1910, are accompanied by five exhibit galleries that elaborate on the history of the area.The nine houses in the Dow Museum of Historic Homes, dating from 1790 to 1910, are accompanied by five exhibit galleries that...
Florida, Miami
The home of one of Miami's first black physicians has been restored as an educational center on the grounds of Booker T. Washington High School.Dr. William Chapman, one of Miami's first black physicians, was known for his educational programs on communicable diseases. Built during Miami's Land...
Florida, Newberry
The plantation complex consists of eighteen buildings, including the house in which the Dudley family resided complete with the original furniture.
Farming has always been central to life in Florida, and the Dudley Farm bears witness to the complex lifestyles that evolved around it. Living...
Florida, Dunedin
This extensive Florida history museum includes a living history 1890s baseball league.The museum contains approximately 2,000 artifacts, 2,500 photographs and a library containing 200 volumes of local and Florida History. Included in the museum collection is a CD computer program of the Dunedin...
Florida, Fort Lauderdale
The delightfully extravagant interior offers a wide array of peculiar objects: visitors will marvel at the ceiling murals, fish sculptures, antique china, and turn-of-the-century carousel animals.The American artist Frederic Clay Bartlett used the Bonnet House as his winter residence. A number...
Florida, Cocoa
This museum hosts a wide array of exhibits and dioramas addressing everything from pre-history, including the excavation of 7,000-year-old skeletons, to humanity's ascent past the atmosphere.Colorful dioramas depicting the area from the days of woolly mammoths and saber tooth cats to the modem...
Florida, Flagler Beach
Visitors can tour the sugar mill ruins and learn about the plantation's history at the interpretive center.Visitors can tour the sugar mill ruins and learn about the plantation's history at the interpretive center.
In 1836, the Second Seminole War swept away the prosperous Bulow Plantation...
Florida, Carrabelle
Located in Carrabelle, Florida, the museum's role is to preserve the heritage of the men who trained at the this camp during WWII.Carrabelle was the focal point of social life around the camp when it was open during WWII, and today continues its role as the preserver of the amphibious soldier's...
Florida, St. Augustine
The last standing 17th-century fort in the U.S., the monument has a complex cultural history beginning with Native Americans and running through Spanish, French, and English colonial domination.Begun in 1672, the Castillo de San Marcos is the last 17th century fort left in the United States....
Florida, Port St. Joe
As one of the many projects that the Works Project Administration embarked upon, this building commemorates Florida's first constitutional convention.This building was constructed by the Works Project Administration in 1937 at a cost of $73,000 to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the...
Florida, Port Charlotte
A museum dedicated to the history of the Charlotte area whose collection ranges from the pre-Columbian to the post-WWII.Charlotte County Historical Center, located at Bayshore Live Oak Park on beautiful Charlotte Harbor. Our mission is to offer a variety of programs and services to educate the...
Florida, Sanibel
This historical village has ben restored with pioneer buildings.
Sanibel Historical Village and Museum was founded in 1982 as a tribute to the early pioneers on Sanibel Island. Each building has been restored to its original state. Volunteer docents guide visitors through this mystical...
Florida, Naples
Surrounding the museum, historic gardens, restored cottages, a swamp buggy, and a logging locomotive bring period appeal to this county site.Journey back over 10,000 years of Southwest Florida’s unique past at the Collier County Museum. Learn about mastodons and fierce saber cats, Calusa...
Florida, St. Augustine
The only living history museum in St. Augustine looks back to the city's legacy of colonial Spanish rule.As St. Augustine's sole living history museum, the Colonial Spanish Quarter offers a rare glimpse of the city under Spanish rule. Reenactors fill a number of occupations common in 1740, from...
Florida, Port St. Joe
This museum is dedicated to Florida's first constitutional convention in then-boomtown Port St. Joe.A boomtown founded in 1835, St. Joseph competed with Apalachicola as a trading port on the Gulf Coast of Florida. The original settlement lasted only nine years, but during its short life the city...
Florida, Homestead
A garden of carved stone, baffling in its construction, is the work of the reclusive Ed Leedskalnin.A garden of carved stone, baffling in its construction, is the work of the reclusive Ed Leedskalnin.
The grounds of Coral Castle consist of 1,100 tons of stones found in the forms of walls,...
Florida, Crystal River
The park served important ceremonial purposes for Native Americans in the pre-Columbian era.A focal point of pre-Columbian Native American ceremony and commerce, the Crystal River Archaeological State Park may have served up to 7,500 Indian visitors annually for 1,600 years before the first...
Florida, Bushnell
One of the bloodiest battles of the Second Seminole War was fought in this location.
The site of an 1835 massacre in which Seminole Indian warriors attacked and killed 105 of 108 U.S. soldiers, the Dade Battlefield Historic State Park offers visitors a chance to stand on the hallowed...
Florida, Bradenton
The monument commemorates the spot where Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto supposedly landed in 1539.The Monument marks the supposed spot where Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto landed in 1539. Nearby Camp Utiza, a living history site, recreates de Soto first setting foot, as well as a village...
Florida, DeBary
Originally a European wine merchant's winter residence and hunting grounds, New Yorker Frederick deBary transformed the site into an oasis of entertainment and leisure in the 1870s.Visitors to Debary Hall will learn about the nineteenth-century tourism that overtook Florida, the period's...
Florida, Deerfield Beach
The society offers tours of a historic school, house, and cottage.The Deerfield Beach area saw significant development and growth in the wake of World War I. The city's Historical Society offers tours of three of the period's most prominent landmarks: the 1920 Old Deerfield School, the 1923...
Florida, Dry Tortugas
One of the largest of America's 19th century coastal forts, Fort Jefferson is one of the central features of the seven "Dry Tortugas Islands" in the Gulf of Mexico.The construction of the fort began in 1846 and was planned and supervised by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The labor...
Florida, Big Cypress Indian Reservation
The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum on Big Cypress Reservation explores the history of the Seminole Indian tribe in southwest Florida.
Artifacts and exhibits attest to their historical legacy, while a living history Indian village at the end of a scenic nature trail vividly displays the culture of...
Florida, Eglin Air Force Base
At this museum, visitors can experience everything from aviation warfare armament from the early days of World War I to today's high tech planes and bombs.
The Air Force Armament Museum on Eglin Air Force Base brings the history of U.S. air combat to the present-day military tourist. As...
Florida, Miami
The 1918 worldwide influenza outbreak compelled Miami officials to construct this, the city's first hospital.The first city hospital, which opened at the time of the influenza epidemic of 1918, is Miami's oldest surviving hospital building. It was designed by August C. Geiger, who is best known...
Florida, Winter Park
In 1961, the Albin Polasek Foundation was founded by the sculptor and his wife, and at that time, the residence, galleries, chapel and gardens were opened to the public as a museum.The former home of sculptor Albin Polasek is now a museum and sculpture garden. The Albin Polasek Foundation runs...
Florida, Tallahassee
This state park, located in the heart of Tallahassee, is a place where visitors can enjoy scenic gardens, lakes, and hiking trails.These beautiful ornamental gardens were first planted in 1923 by Alfred B. and Louise Maclay after they purchased the property for their winter home. A masterpiece...
Florida, Fernandina Beach
Housed in the historic Nassau County jail, the Amelia Island Museum of History showcases the island’s 4,000 years of Florida history.Eight flags have flown over the shores of tiny Amelia Island since the French landed here in 1562. The Amelia Island Museum of History's numerous permanent...
Florida, Apalachicola
This maritime museum celebrates Apalachicola history through active sailing, boat building and restoration and educational programs.The Apalachicola Maritime Museum features the "Heritage of Apalachicola," a replica of a 1930s ketch named the "Mobjack." Inside the newly...
Florida, Miami
This league preserves the Miami Beach Architectural Historic District from potential hazards.MDPL provides cultural and educational programs to Miami-Dade County residents, surrounding counties, citizens of Florida and to national and international visitors and tourists. Our programs are...
Florida, Milton
An early industrial operation of remarkable size, the mill was lost to history until researchers discovered its archaeological remains.The Arcadia Mill Archaeological Site in Milton bears witness to America's 19th century industrial rise and offers a glimpse into how the nation dealt with its...
Florida, Pensacola
Located near Fort Barrancas and Fort Pickens, the museum focuses on archaeological finds dating mostly from the Spanish colonial period.Besides functioning as an archaeological research facility, the Archaeology Institute at the University of West Florida offers a large exhibit space open to the...
Florida, Key West
There are 28 first edition Audubon works in the house, while the gardens offer a lush one-acre view of tropical foliage.Famed ornithologist John James Audubon spent much productive time during his 1832 visit to the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas in this house. He left the Keys with 18 new...
Florida, Baker
This museum merges local and living history, cataloguing pioneer artifacts and genealogical records.The Baker Block Museum specializes in local history. It has exhibits on a range of topics, from pioneer homelife to local military patriots, as well as a robust collection of historical documents...
Florida, Miami
The distinctive vernacular architecture that prevailed in Miami at the end of the 19th century is wonderfully preserved in Commodore Ralph Munroe's former home.The distinctive vernacular architecture that prevailed in Miami at the end of the 19th century is wonderfully preserved in Commodore...
Florida, Miami
Developed over a period of more than 40 years, the residential buildings in this district reflect Miami's growth from a pioneer settlement to a significant metropolitan area.Comprised of four distinct subdivisions, Bayside mirrors the diversity and taste of its early, fashionable residents....
Florida, Jacksonville Beach
The rise of Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railroad is documented extensively in this Jacksonville Beach historical museum.19th-century oil tycoon and transportation pioneer Henry Flagler's era-defining Florida East Coast Railroad finds a proper tribute in the Beaches Museum and History...
Florida, Miami
The 1920s, a decade of extravagance and luxury in American history, saw the construction of the resplendent apartment buildings that now comprise the historic district.Built at the height of the Land Boom in 1925, these Mediterranean Revival style apartment buildings are impressive reminders of...
Florida, Miami
In the era of segregation, these buildings functioned as the center of African-American executive and judicial authority in Miami.In September 1944, Miami's first five black police officers were sworn in and given the responsibility of patrolling the Central Negro District, which included today'...
Florida, Boca Raton
The society explores the history of this southeast Florida city and manages two neraby historic structures.For visitors looking for a comprehensive experience of Boca Raton's history, nothing will benefit them more than a stop at the Boca Raton Historical Society's offices. The Society's docents...
Florida, Lake Wales
Edward Bok, the late-19th-century periodical pioneer, commissioned the architect Frederick Law Olmstead to construct these gardens.In 1921, Edward W. Bok was spending the winter months in the residential mountain lake community located adjacent to the highest hill of Florida's Lake Wales Ridge,...
Florida, Bonita Springs
The Bonita Springs Historical Society offers walking tours of the town as well as historical exhibits at the Liles Hotel.The Bonita Springs Historical Society was formed in 1984 by a small and dedicated group of individuals who shared an interest in discovering and preserving the unique heritage...
Florida, Port Orange
Interpretive signs recount the history of this famous 16th century sugar mill and of the pioneers who braved the harsh New World conditions in an effort to make a living refining sugar cane.
The Dunlawton Sugar Mill Botanical Gardens features original sugar mill equipment, such as a sugar...
Florida, Miami
This Mediterranean Revival style building is one of the few remaining landmarks from the prosperous commercial fishing industry that was once centered along the Miami River.Advertisements described the building as the “South's Most Beautiful Fish Market” when it opened as Miller's...
Florida, Plant City
Seeking to preserve the local history of Plant City and East Hillsborough, the society operates the Pioneer Heritage Museum and the Quintilla Geer Brutton Archives Center.The offices of the Society are located on the second floor of the 1914 Plant City High School, a National Register Historic...
Florida, Stuart
This regional history museum features an extensive collection of antique automobiles.
The Elliott Museum, currently undergoing reconstruction, houses an extensive collection of automobiles, including the historic 1902 Stanley Steamer and a 1904 Indian Motorcycle. Visitors will also be able...
Florida, Key West
Author Ernest Hemingway finished "A Farewell to Arms" in this Key West house.Ernest Hemingway finished the final draft of his masterpiece, "A Farewell to Arms," and composed the short stories "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" and "The Short Happy Life of Francis...
Florida, Flagler Beach
Among the many exhibits at the museum are dinosaur bones from the massive creatures that roamed the Florida landscape before the time of humans.Flagler Beach Historical Museum explores the history of the region form the Stone Age to the Space Age. Displays begin with ancient dinosaur bones and...