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Soul Voices of Frenchtown
Soul Voices of Frenchtown
Located in the heart of Tallahassee is a community with history and culture stretching back over a hundred years. The…
435 N Macomb StTallahassee FL 32301
Florida A&M University
Florida A&M University
Established in 1887, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) remains the only historically black university in Florida's 12 member state…
1700 Lee Hall Dr.Tallahassee FL 32307
(850) 599-3000
Florida Capitol Complex
Florida Capitol Complex
The Capitol Complex comprises the 22- story new Capitol building, the House of Representative and Senate Chambers, the Historic Capitol…
400 South Monroe StreetTallahassee FL 32301
(850) 488-6167
Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery
When a 1936 ordinance prevented the sale of burial plots to blacks in the Old City Cemetery, J.R.D. Laster, Tallahassee’s…
1601 Old Bainbridge Rd.Tallahassee FL 32303
FSU Institute on WWII and the Human Experience
FSU Institute on WWII and the Human Experience
A part of the FSU Department of History, The Institute on World War II and the Human Experience has a…
113 Collegiate LoopTallahassee FL 32306
Camp Gordon Johnston WWII Museum
Camp Gordon Johnston WWII Museum
Once an operating training facility – it served as an amphibious training base for nearly 30,000 soldiers between 1941 and…
1873 Hwy 98 WestCarrabelle FL 32322
(850)697-8575
Mission San Luis
Mission San Luis
Enjoy Tallahassees only National Historic Landmark as you explore 64-acres of the former western most capital of Spanish Florida. Interpreters…
2100 West Tennessee St.Tallahassee FL 32304
(850) 245-6406
Lynching Historical Marker at Cascades Park
Lynching Historical Marker at Cascades Park
A historical marker in remembrance of Ernest Ponder, Richard Hawkins, Mick Morris, and Pierce Taylor, Black victims of racial terror…
798 S. Meridian StreetTallahassee FL
22nd Floor of Capitol Observatory and Gallery
22nd Floor of Capitol Observatory and Gallery
Enjoy panoramic views of Tallahassee and the surrounding landscape from the 22nd floor observatory which also includes a gallery displaying…
400 South Monroe StreetTallahassee FL 32399
(850) 488-6167
Bellevue Plantation at Tallahassee Museum
Bellevue Plantation at Tallahassee Museum
Catherine Murat, born a Virginian, moved to Florida with her parents where she met and married a Frenchman, Achille Murat. …
3945 Museum DriveTallahassee FL 32310
(850) 575-8684
