Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and Museum

Florida Spanish Colonial Heritage Trail

The museum tells the story of the history of the Jupiter Inlet and the influence of Spain and the Caribbean from exhibits on the shipwreck of the San Miguel de Archangel (wrecked while returning to Spain ...

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 ...

South Florida Museum

This museum houses the famous Montague Tallant Collection, one of the premier collections of Florida aboriginal artifacts from 1,700 years ago through European contact in the 1500s. The Archaic Man display contains artifacts and exhibit panels about people who lived ...

De Soto National Memorial

This National Park site commemorates the 1539-1542 expedition of Hernando de Soto, the Spanish conquistador who explored the southern part of North America in a journey that covered 4,000 miles from Florida to Texas. De Soto National Memorial provides a ...

Calusa Heritage Trail, Randell Research Center at Pineland

The Calusa Heritage Trail is an interpreted path that leads visitors through the mounds, canals, and other features of the archaeological site at Pineland. Signs provide information about the Calusa, their environment, and the people who have lived at Pineland ...

Tomoka State Park, Nocoroco

Within the park is the Nocoroco Site, a Timucuan village reported by Spanish explorers in the early 1600s. The site is represented by a black earth and oyster shell midden. Artifacts recovered from the once-extensive midden indicate that the site ...

DeLeon Springs State Park

Native Americans visited and used these springs as long ago as 6,000 years. Legend and folklore claim Juan Ponce de Leon sought and discovered the mythical Fountain of Youth at DeLeon Springs, though no historical record or archaeological evidence supports ...

Halifax Historical Museum

The history of the greater Daytona Beach area is presented in numerous display cases containing thousands of artifacts and memorabilia organized by theme.

The Native American exhibits contain artifacts and replicas dating back from 3,000 B.C. through Spanish contact.

The Spanish ...

St. Lucie County Historical Museum

The museum houses exhibits on the Ais, who lived in the the Fort Pierce area at the time of Spanish exploration, include artifacts from the period and reproductions of sketches made at the time of European contact. The museum also ...

Urca de Lima Underwater Archaeological Preserve

The Urca de Lima Underwater Archaeological Preserve, at the site of one of the fabled Spanish plate flota (fleet) wrecks that sank during a hurricane in 1715 off present-day Fort Pierce, was opened to the public in September 1987. It ...