Online Exhibitions

Black Freedom 1700-1865
Black Freedom in Florida 1700-1865 examines ways in which Florida functioned as a unique haven for freedom-seeking African Americans.

At The Crossroads: Afro-Cuban Orisha Arts in Miami
Over the past forty years, Miami has emerged as one of the major centers of the Afro-Cuban Orisha religion and its array of traditional arts.

Caribbean Collage: Archival Collections and the Construction of History
Discover a wide range of stories related to Caribbean people through rare manuscripts, books, maps, prints and photographs.

Coral Gables :The City Beautiful
Discover the heritage and beauty of Miami’s Master Suburb.

The Everglades: Exploitation & Conservation
Why and how did people change the Everglades?

Florida Folklife: Traditional Arts in Contemporary Communities
Handmade objects and their makers from throughout Florida.

The Florida Home: Modern Living, 1945-1965
Experience the residential architecture and family life of the post-war boom.

Illustrating Cuba’s Flora and Fauna
View antique prints depicting the birds, animals and plants of Cuba.

Interama: Miami and the Pan-American Dream
Before Epcot there was Interama—see the fair that never was.

Port Royal
From the ‘wickedest city on earth’ to a thriving commercial centre of the New World, Port Royal, Jamaica, has been the subject of much popular interest.

South American Music in Miami
Explore the sights and sounds of Colombian, Venezuelan, and Peruvian traditional music in the Miami area.

The Spanish Colonization of Florida
Rare books, maps, prints and artifacts spanning three hundred years of Spanish exploration, settlement and loss of Florida.

Visions of the Caribbean
Maps, Prints and Photographs from the Collection of the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, 1500s-1900.