Historical Museum of Southern Florida

Exhibits

Online Exhibitions

Explore different aspects of this unique tropical region through exhibitions on southern Florida and the Caribbean.

Exhibitions at the Museum

Tropical Dreams: A People’s History of South Florida
Experience 10,000 years of South Florida history through the museum’s storyline exhibition, Tropical Dreams.

The South Florida Frontier
Now - January 22, 2006

Mapping the South Florida Frontier
Now - September 2005

The Spanish Colonization of Florida
Now - September 15, 2005

Traveling Exhibitions

The Florida Home: Modern Living, 1945-1965
Museum of Florida History (Tallahassee)
Now - January 2, 2006

Online Exhibits
 

Visions of the Caribbean
Maps and prints, 1500s-1900

Calypso: A World Music
Photographs and Illustrations of the International History of Calypso, 1930-1970

South American Music in Miami
Explore the sights and sounds of Colombian, Venezuelan, and Peruvian traditional music in the Miami area.

Illustrating Cuba’s Flora and Fauna
View antique prints depicting the birds, animals and plants of Cuba.

The Everglades: Exploitation and Conservation
Why and how did people changed the Everglades?

Florida Folklife : Traditional Arts in Contemporary Communities
Handmade objects and their makers from throughout Florida.

At the Crossroads: Afro-Cuban Orisha Arts in Miami
Over the past forty years, Miami has emerged as one of the major centers of the Afro-Cuban Orisha religion and its array of traditional arts.

Coral Gables : The City Beautiful
Discover the heritage and beauty of Miami’s Master Suburb.