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.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

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 ...

The Mound House

Florida Native American Heritage Trail

The oldest standing structure on Fort Myers Beach sits on the crest of a Calusa shell mound overlooking Estero Bay. Walk inside the mound to view interspersed layers of shell and earth used to construct the ...

Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthplace

In 1929, this modest frame vernacular house was the home of Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. and his wife Alberta Williams King. At this time Reverend King was serving as associate minister of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in support of ...

Historical Museum of Southern Florida

The Historical Museum of Southern Florida tells the stories of people in south Florida and the Caribbean from 12,000 years ago through the present. The Tropical Dreams: First Arrivals exhibit features information and artifacts about southern Florida's first inhabitants and ...

The Oldest House Museum Complex

Managed by the St. Augustine Historical Society, the site features the oldest surviving Spanish colonial dwelling in Florida, the National Historic Landmark Gonzalez-Alvarez House. Occupied since the 1600s, the present house dates to the early 1700s. There are five other ...

The Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens

The Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens, located in Winter Park, is the former home of the Czech-American artist, Albin Polasek (1879-1965). The museum consists of the house, chapel, gallery, and gardens.

Albin Polasek bought the property in 1949 and ...

Bauer Brothers-St. Michael's Cemetery

Kaspar and Dora Bauer immigrated to the United States in 1853 from Bavaria. They settled in Pensacola a few years later and established a retail grocery enterprise on Baylen Street where the Escambia County Courthouse currently stands.

The Bauer's had three ...

Jarmulovsky's Bank Building and the Jewish Daily Forward

Erected in 1895, this building was the tallest structure on the Lower East Side at the time. Founded by Sender Jarmulovsky who, literally, went from rags to riches (he began his "career" on Hester Street, selling rags from a pushcart), ...

Immigrants to the Lower East Side

Although now known primarily for the influence of Jewish immigrants, the Lower East side has been home to American's from numerous areas of the world.