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Marco Island Historical Museum

Marco Island, Florida

Archaeology, Culture, History, Historic House

Long famous for its Key Marco Cat - one of the most remarkable and influential discoveries in North American archaeology- the new Marco Island Historical Museum will explore Southwest Florida's Calusa Indians and bring this vanished civilization to life with informative displays and an exciting recreated village scene. Temporary and traveling exhibits trace the settlement of this subtropical island paradise from its early pioneer roots as a fishing village, pineapple plantation and clam cannery, through its explosive growth and development in the 1960s by the Miami-based Deltona Corporation.

Marion County Museum of History and Archaeology

Ocala, Florida

Archaeology, Culture, History, Historic House, Library

Marion County Museum showing 12,000 years of history.

MEL FISHER MARITIME HERITAGE SOCIETY and MUSEUM

Key West, Florida

Anthropology, Archaeology, Children's, General, History, Historical Society, Library, Military, Nature Centers, Science

The Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society operates a two thousand square foot conservation laboratory that specializes in conserving underwater archaeological artifacts. This means all the artifacts that are either recovered from our archaeological expeditions or are donated are conserved on premises.

Mound House:

Fort Myers Beach, Florida

Archaeology, History, Historic House

An underground archaeological exhibit -Stories Beneath Our Feet is now open. The historic home on the property is under restoration to ca. 1921.

Museum of the Islands

Pine Island Center, Florida

Archaeology, History, Natural History

Dedicated to preserving Pine Island's past for the future. The past includes fossils, pre-Columbian artifacts, the Calusa Indians, the arrival of the Spanish, the early fishermen, settlers, development and history of the islands in our immediate area.

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens – Historic Spanish Point Campus

Osprey, Florida

Archaeology, Botanical Garden, Culture, History, Historic House, Natural History, Nature Centers, Park

Historic Spanish Point is a 30 acre historic, archaeological, and environmental museum located on Little Sarasota Bay. Discover 5,000 years of history while enjoying the surrounding natural beauty.

McLarty Treasure Museum

Vero Beach, Florida

Archaeology, History

Information on - History of 1715 Spanish Plate Fleet

Mission San Luis

Tallahassee, Florida

Archaeology, History

Archaeological Site and Living History Museum. Mission San Luis transports visitors to a community where Apalachee Indians and Spaniards were drawn together by religion, military and economic purposes. Today visitors to San Luis discover a re-created colonial town including a Franciscan church, friary, Hispanic village, Apalachee council house and a fort, Castillo de San Luis. A new visitor center houses a catering hall seating 250, theatre, classrooms, and a gift shop.

Museum of Seminole County History

Sanford, Florida

Archaeology, Cemetery, General, History, Historical Society

To preserve the history of Seminole County Florida through displays, maps, artifacts, documents and memorabilia and to educate the public through exhibits, special events, lectures and activities.