The South Florida Archaeology and Ethnography collections at the Florida Museum of Natural History were established in 1983. The collections and associated research tradition represent the broad continuum of Indigenous groups in Florida, from precontact times to the present, and tell the ancestral stories of the 13 most southern Florida counties.

The collections are geared toward supporting the stewardship and public appreciation of the state’s cultural heritage and natural history, with an emphasis on the exploration of human-environmental interactions and history of maritime lifeways in an interdisciplinary framework.

Map of counties included in South Florida Archaeology holdings.

Acknowledgments

Research and collections are generously supported by the Knight Endowment, Reynolds Ethnographic Endowment, and the Reeves Seminole Research Endowment.

Support the Collections

To support archaeological research, public education, Museum exhibitions, publications and related reasonable and necessary expenses please donate to the Endowment for South Florida Archaeology.

To support research, curation and enhancement of the Florida Ethnographic Collection at the Florida Museum please donate to the Anne D. Reynolds and Charles L. Reynolds Jr. Ethnographic Endowment