The Historical Society of Martin County at Elliot Museum

The museum is home to the Willoughby Collection, one of the largest collections of late 19th and early 20th century Seminole artifacts.

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Tarpon Bay Explorers at Darling National Wildlife Refuge

Tarpon Bay Explorers present Sanibel's ancient history through naturalist guided and self-guided kayak tours on Commodore Creek, a trail used by the ancient Calusas. The Shell Mound Trail has views of a 2,000-year-old shell mound covered with subtropical vegetation.

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Museum of the Islands

Museum exhibits present the history of the Ten Thousand Islands along the southwest coast of Florida.

A mural and period artifacts provide an interpretation of the powerful Calusa culture that inhabited the islands 2,000 years ago. An extensive shell collection ...

Fort Center, Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area

Used as a location for a small fort during the Second and Third Seminole War, archaeological remains at Fort Center consist of mounds, ponds, circular ditches, and linear embankments built about 2,000 years ago.

At the site, bundles of human ...

Billie Swamp Safari, Big Cypress Reservation

Billie Swamp Safari offers firsthand experience of the wildlife and environment of the everglades.

Overnight guests sleep in a native-style chickee hut. There are also day and evening swamp tours, and campfire stories about the history and legends of the ...

Fort Foster, Hillsborough River State Park

Fort Foster State Historic Site is part of Hillsborough River State Park, though located on the East Side of US 301 from the park. Fort Foster is a reconstructed fort from the Second Seminole War. The original fort was built ...

Science Center of Pinellas County

The Science Center of Pinellas County offers a variety of displays and exhibits on science and history, including a 16th-century Indian village, which features recreated aboriginal style dwellings, mounds and an archaeological excavation brought to life through living history demonstrations.

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Safety Harbor Museum of Regional History

With artifacts from the nearby Safety Harbor archaeological site, dioramas and displays tell the story of Florida's first people and the arrival of Spanish explorers in the 16th century.

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Safety Harbor Mound, Philippe Park

Within the boundaries of Philippe Park and jutting out over Old Tampa Bay is the National Historic Landmark Safety Harbor site, which includes a large temple mound.

The site was a ceremonial center for nearly 500 years, beginning about 1,000 ...

Battle of Okeechobee Historic Marker

A historic plaque marks the location of the Okeechobee Battlefield, a site designated as a National Historic Landmark. In late December 1837, Colonel Zachary Taylor met Seminoles who were led by chiefs Coacooche (Wild Cat), Halpatter (Alligator) and Abiaka (Sam ...