Meek/Eaton Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum

The center was officially founded in 1976, by noted historian and pioneering archivist and curator, the late Dr. James N. Eaton, Sr. It opened to the public in 1977 in FAMU’s historic Carnegie Library. Built in 1907, Carnegie Library is ...

The Cade Museum

The Cade Museum for Creativity + Invention is named for Dr. James Robert Cade, a professor of renal (kidney) medicine at the University of Florida and the lead inventor of the sports drink Gatorade.

Although he is most widely remembered ...

The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum

More than thirty-five exhibits display world-wide shells, with special focus on Southwest Florida shells. Acclaimed video Mollusks in Action is shown five times daily. Store offers books and shell-motif gift items. Daily programming and demonstrations. See website for details.

The Baker Museum

The Baker Museum, the visual arts commitment of the Artis—Naples campus, includes a three-story, 30,000 square foot museum with 15 galleries, glass dome conservatory and resource room. Special features include the Museum’s entrance gates, designed by renowned metal artist Albert ...

Aerospace Discovery at the Florida Air Museum at Sun 'n Fun

Florida’s Official Aviation Museum and Education Center showcases aviation. Collections include historic factory and kit-built aircraft. A featured exhibit highlights artifacts from the estate of aviation pioneer Howard Hughes.

Bijou Theatre (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)

Built in 1903, Nashville’s Bijou Theater quickly emerged as one of the South’s leading African American theaters. The theatre offered performances sponsored by its namesake Bijou Amusement Company. The theater originally operated under the direction of Milton Starr, a white ...

The Ryman Auditorium

Now revered in country music circles, the Ryman Auditorium first began life as the Union Gospel Tabernacle in 1888. The Union Gospel Tabernacle was renamed the Ryman Auditorium in honor of Thomas Green Ryman, a riverboat captain, follower and philanthropist ...

The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain

Kennesaw Mountain was the site of a critical battle in the Union’s campaign for Atlanta during the Civil War. After the Union penetrated Confederate lines at Chattanooga, the Confederates retreated to Atlanta. General William T. Sherman outflanked Confederate General Joseph ...

Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian

Constructed in 1937 by Mary Cabot Wheelwright, the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian is significant for the role it has played in assembling, preserving and studying the artifacts and recordings of the Navajo religion. Mary Cabot Wheelwright (1878 ...

The Richard M. Nixon Birthplace

Richard Nixon’s term as the 37th president of the United States was a roller-coaster ride of success and failure, of triumph and defeat. Born into modest circumstances in this small frame house, he won election as president in 1968 ...