Faces of the Museum

Parka

In the Arctic, people made water-repellent coats or parkas from sea mammal intestines. Most museum examples are stiff and flattened…
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two Projectile Points showing the size difference. One is small red triangle with a long sharp point, the other is many times larger, one end squared off the other end sharpened to a point

Florida Projectile Points

Projectile points vary in size, shape and function, from small true “arrowheads” to larger points used as spears. In the…
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close up of two dolls dress in bright clothing

Seminole Dolls

Seminole dolls portray clothing and hairstyles worn by traditional Seminole men and women, with cotton “patchwork” cloth wrapped around palmetto…
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Leisey Shell Pit Specimens

In the early 1980s, amateur paleontologists discovered fossils at a commercial shell pit near Tampa. Public volunteers aided museum staff…
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Ancient Great White Shark

Sharks have skeletons made of cartilage, which rarely preserves in the fossil record. Gordon Hubbell has perhaps the world’s largest…
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Komodo Dragon

The Komodo Dragon grows up to 10 feet long – the world’s largest living lizard. In the late 1960s, research…
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Alligator Snapping Turtle

The massive Alligator Snapping Turtle is the largest freshwater turtle in North America. Recent research in the Museum’s collection recognized…
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