Miami History Museum, Miami, Florida, USA
The museum safeguards and shares Miami stories to foster learning, inspire a sense of area, and cultivate an engaged community. 566
Miami History Museum: 101 W Flagler St, Miami, Florida, USA
Date Picture Taken: November 2022
One of the museum’s permanent exhibitions, Tropical Dreams: A People’s History of South Florida, covers 12,000 years of history and examines the development of the region and its people against key historic events, including early Native American settlement, the Spanish Exploration period, and World War II up to the present.
Prehistoric artifacts
Jumping to 1500s
Spanish ruled in Florida
What happened to the Indians?
The Floridian Indians are called Creeks (Seminoles). They migrated to Florida when the whites occupied their lands in the north.
The Indians were removed from Florida to the Oklahoma area.
The Civil War
History through photography
Homestead Act – giving lands to any American citizens.
Pioneer Life
The railroad comes to Miami
The Royal Plam Hotel
Agriculture in South Florida
Draining the Everglades to make the land for agriculture. Because of this, only the southmost land of Florida remains as Everglades.
After the railroad, more people came to Miami and made it a city
The US war with Spanish Cuba
The Boom Era of Rolling Twenties in Florida
Florida Land Boom
Boom Time Architecture
Boom Time Tourism
Art Deco Style
In the 1930s, the tourist industry lifted South Florida out of the Depression.
African American Life in a Segregated Society
World War II
Population Growth
Cuban Raft
Community Life
The museum has a second building
Historical objects collected by the museum
The public library is on the same plaza as the museum.
