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Floral City Heritage Council

Real Old Florida

Small Town

 

 

Along the Avenue

Next Tree Committee Meeting

March 27 at 9 am in the Museum

 

Annual Heritage Days Events

Heritage Days 2020

Friday, December 4, 2020

5:30 - 9 pm

Saturday, December 5, 2020

10 am - 4 pm

Museum Director - Bill Metcalfe   

                                       

   Assistant Director - Frank Peters

Museum Store Manager - Marcia Beasley   

     

   Museum Volunteer Coordinator - Sandy Cross

 

Operating the Temperature Controls

Museum News

March 17, 2020: Health Emergency Notice!

The county late Monday afternoon released a lengthy list of program closings or postponements. They include county libraries, which will be open only to drop off or pick up materials. There will be no browsing and public computer use is suspended, the county release states. (Citrus County Chronicle, March 17, 2020: Shutting Down: Counties, cities, schools cancel programs, close buildings)

Floral City Heritage Museum will be CLOSED until further notice

Thursdays, 10-Noon

All Museum Project Workdays are cancelled until further notice

Saturday, March 21, 2020

Scheduled Open House at Duval House cancelled 

Museum Projects 2020:

  • Jan-March New Exhibit on Duval House completed.
  • Develop new exhibits - Suggested Topics include The Floral City Firehouse, Black History in Floral City, Avenue of Oaks, Local Schools, E-Nini-Hassee
  • Organize and Inventory our exhibits, maps, photos, and files
  • Clean and maintain Museum, kitchen, and storage areas 

Times to Remember

Summer at the Museum

In June, the Director and Museum volunteers had a great time with approximately 20 students in cooperation with the Floral City Branch of the Citrus County Library System daytime summer program. The hands-on experiential activities in which the children engaged were specifically designed to build background knowledge with first through fifth grade students.

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Items of Note (2019)

  • April 2019, Floral City Heritage Council Museum Projects Team is led by new  Museum Director, Bill Metcalfe.
  • The first Museum Project was to build a new display case for the canoe recovered in Floral City area waters.
  • The rooms behind the Museum exhibits were cleaned and organized, and some cleared storage areas have been designated as office space.
  • Thanks to the assistance of Brent Zaniewski, the Museum now has a phone and WiFi for guests and museum volunteers to stay connected.
  • A team is currently working on a next exhibit on the Duval-Metz house.
  • The team is also reviewing all the items kindly loaned to the Heritage Museum for more exhibits and organizing historical documents related to council activities.
  • The Museum has a new television in the media/meeting room to show the videos.
  • The museum updated the climate control systems.

Reviews of Our Current Exhibit

Coming Soon:

MUSEUM STORE PAGE / SHOPPING CART
Serving a special niche in the county, the Museum's “Country Store” offers items relating directly to Floral City, Citrus County and other items seldom found at the modern chain stores. We have feather dusters, wooden-handled corn brooms, glass wasp catchers, antique tin signs, wooden toys and hand fans.