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Resource Type: Florida History

Nine arrowhead points set in a circle to show the variety of color, stone and shape.

Online Guide

Bullen Projectile Point Type Gallery

A searchable reference tool of over 620 projectile points dating from the Paleoindian period to the Contact Period in Florida.
Black and white photo of a sinking ship.

Online Exhibit

Down Like Lead

400 Years of Florida Shipwrecks - The water surrounding Florida is a graveyard for thousands of ships.
Illustration of a dirt walled fort with buildings in the common area

Online Exhibit

Fort Mose

Colonial America’s Black Fortress of Freedom - More than 250 years ago, enslaved Africans found freedom among the Spanish living at St. Augustine.
red and blue beads

Collection Feature

Historical Period (1492-1850) Artifact Gallery

From medallions and beads to vessel adornos and bottle fragments, browse a selection from our Historical Archaeology collection.
shards of colorful ceramic Delftware and Majolica Plates

Collection Feature

Historical Period (1492-1850) Ceramic Types Gallery

Browse our collections of historic period archaeological ceramics representing hundreds of different ceramic types.
basket

Collection Feature

Seminole Basket Collection

The Seminole and Miccosukee basket collection consists of 38 baskets made from a variety of materials.
collection of Seminole dolls with brightly colored clothing photographed in a group on a black background

Collection Feature

Seminole Doll Collection

The Seminole and Miccosukee doll collection is comprised of over 300 dolls covering nearly 70 years of history.
Artist depiction of first thanksgiving in St. Augustine Florida.

Online Exhibit

St. Augustine: America’s Ancient City

Discover the first colony's history through archaeology, history and the stories of people who lived there.
Pileated Woodpecker searching for worms in a pine tree.

Video Story

The Woodpecker Story: An Indigenous Parable

Archaeologist William Marquardt tells the Seminole parable of the woodpecker as a trickster featuring the Calusa woodpecker painting.
Sunset over the River of Grass

Online Exhibit

Women of the Everglades

In the early 1900s, three influential Florida women, inspired by three different causes, laid the foundation for Everglades conservation.

Contact Info

Florida Museum of Natural History
Gainesville, FL 32611
352-392-1721 (Research) or
352-846-2000 (Exhibits)

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