FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL MUSEUM

The Florida Agricultural Museum is a statewide museum operated by a private non-profit board that is a direct support organization to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The Museum’s mission is to "preserve Florida’s agricultural past, interpret the agricultural issues of yesterday, today and tomorrow, and educate the public about these issues through enjoyable experiences." Located on approximately 300 acres of land in north Flagler County, near the intersection of U.S. Highway 1 and Interstate 95 (map at http://www.flaglercounty.org/legislative/Florida%20Agricultural%20Museum.pdf). The museum is surrounded by forest and agricultural lands and the beautiful Pellicer Creek corridor of approximately 2,000 acres of public land.

THE MUSEUM'S MASTER PLAN

The board of trustees are in the process of developing the new museum site as described in the museum's master plan. This new site will provide easy access by major roads and the space needed to construct the state's largest living history museum. The museum will house and display artifacts collected from all across Florida. These artifacts consist of 19th century farm machinery, turpentine and forestry tools, historic saddles, wagons, and a variety of machines. The museum's collection reflects all aspects and industries in Florida agriculture. It will house a reference library and archives of original documents and photographs. The museum also owns herds of endangered cracker cattle and horses, the remnants of Spanish herds first introduced to Florida more than 400 years ago. These and other farm animals will be an important part of the new museum.

The Florida Agricultural Museum will be an active museum, filled with the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of Florida agriculture. Outdoor exhibits will recreate five different historic time periods. These recreated historical settings will be brought to life as a living museum. A recently initiated Museum Lecture Series begun on May 31 of this year featured a lecture on "The Impact of the War of 1812 on Rural Life in North Florida" followed by a June presentation on "the Archaeology of Mary Musgrove’s Plantation Site: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms on the Colonial Georgia Frontier."

Visitors will encounter each time period filled with the buildings, tools, people and animals that make it work. Children and adults will have opportunities to help with farm chores and to learn what life was like by participating in a variety of activities and special events.

Florida Agricultural Museum
1850 Princess Place Road
Palm Coast, Florida  32137
Ph: (386) 446-7630
Fax: (386) 446-7631
Bruce Piatek - Executive Director

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