Historical Museum of Southern Florida

Location & Contact:

12450 SW 152nd Street
Miami, FL 33177
305-253-0063

Description:

The Historical Museum of Southern Floridas mission is to tell the stories of South Florida and the Caribbean. The museum promotes understanding of the past in order to inform the present and create a better quality of life. History: Research, education and collection began with the founding of the Historical Association of Southern Florida in 1940 and nonprofit incorporation in 1941. During the 1960s, the creation of permanent staff positions saw the development of collections policies and increased education, exhibition and outreach programs in line with its mission. The association opened the Historical Museum of Southern Florida in 1962, its first museum. Ten years later the Historical Museum moved to a larger facility and expanded its educational programs. In 1976, the Miami-Dade County Commission invited the museum to be a major tenant in the planned Miami-Dade Cultural Center in downtown Miami, funded by a $40 million Decade of Progress Bond Issue. In 1984, the Historical Museum of Southern Florida moved into its third home, an imposing, Spanish fortress-like structure, itself a reflection of the South Florida and Caribbean history it would hold.

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