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The museum was chartered as the state's official natural history museum by the Florida Legislature in 1917. Formerly known as the Florida State Museum, the name was changed in 1988 to more accurately reflect the museum's mission and help avoid confusion with Florida State University, which is located in Tallahassee.
Florida Panhandle: 52 acres, open-air museum, nature discovery center, 1880s period farm, Florida wildlife on outdoor and indoor display Tree Hill Nature Center: Jacksonville: Duval: Greater Jacksonville: 50 acres, features a Florida natural history museum, butterfly and hummingbird gardens, and native animals Tropical Audubon Society: Miami ...
Also known as the Museum of City Fire of 1901 and the Catherine Street Fire Museum Jacksonville University Life Sciences Museum: Jacksonville: Duval Northeast Natural history Part of Jacksonville University, includes shells, fossils, bird mounts, bones, animal skins Jewish Museum of Florida: Miami Beach: Miami-Dade Southeast Ethnic-Jewish
Akito Y. Kawahara is an American and Japanese entomologist, scientist, and advocate of nature education, and the son of the modern conceptual artist On Kawara.. Kawahara is a Professor and Curator at the University of Florida and lead researcher at the Florida Museum of Natural History's McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity. [1]
City Coordinates American Orchid Society Visitors Center and Botanical Garden ... Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens: Jacksonville ... Miami, Florida 25.6695° N, 80. ...
In 2003, the museum underwent the Museum Assessment Program by the American Alliance of Museums, and in 2004, the Conservation Assessment Program by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. In 2006, the museum received a $240,000 Cultural Endowment Matching Grant from the Florida's Division of Cultural Affairs.
The Brevard Museum of History & Natural Science is located at 2201 Michigan Avenue, Cocoa, Florida near Eastern Florida State College and the Johnnie Johnson Nature Trails. The Johnnie Johnson hiking trails are open 7 days a week so hikers can follow the trails to the Eastern Florida State College Planetarium and Travis Park. [ 2 ]
The Gardens feature preserved collections of epiphytes, feature more than 20,000 living plants including 5,500 orchids, 3,500 bromeliads and 1,600 other plants. The living collection is accompanied by an herbarium, with dried and preserved specimens of tropical flora; the world's second-largest spirit collection consisting of vials of mostly orchid flowers in preservative fluids; and a library.