Museum sights in Tallahassee
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Museum of Florida History
Housed in a stark and off-putting modern building with no charm, the Museum of Florida History is filled with wonderful exhibits, tackling everything from Florida’s Paleo-Indians, who inhabited these parts beginning at the end of the Ice Age, to Civil War times, Spanish shipwrecks in the Atlantic and the rise of ‘Tin-Can Tourism,’ when the middle-class traveler began hitting Florida in droves – driving south, camping out and eating dinner out of tin cans. You’ll see a 1925 Model T, a 1911 Baker electric car, a reconstructed citrus packing house of the 1920s and the star attraction: a North American mastodon skeleton.
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Black Archives Research Center & Museum
Housed in Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, the Black Archives Research Center & Museum is a forerunner in research on African American influence on US history and culture. The center and museum holds one of the country's largest collections of African American and African artifacts as well as a huge collection of papers, photographs, paintings and documents pertaining to Black American life.
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Tallahassee Automobile Museum
Autos ranging from the oldest known surviving US car, the 1894 Duryea, through to the Batmobiles featured in the Batman films are on show at the Tallahassee Automobile Museum. The 1948 Tucker Torpedo, one of only 51 made, is a treat, as is the collection of boat motors (hey, this is Florida), dating back to 1908.
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Tallahassee Museum of History & Natural Science
A working 1880s farmhouse and 52-acre natural habitat zoo with Florida panthers and black bears make the Tallahassee Museum of History & Natural Science another winner with kids. Allow a few hours to check out the nature trails and exhibits, including the birds of prey aviary and reptile house.
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Florida Historic Capitol
To learn about the people and events that shaped Florida, head to the museum in the Florida Historic Capitol, a grand, columned building with an art-glass dome and candy-striped awnings.
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Mary Brogan Museum of Art & Science
The kid-friendly Mary Brogan Museum of Art & Science, which has diverse collections ranging from folk art to hands-on science exhibits.
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