Old Courthouse Heritage Museum

"Florida Pirates" Temporary Historical Exhibit
2023-05-06 10:00 - 2023-07-29 16:00 (America/New_York) | Old Courthouse Heritage Museum, 1 Courthouse Square, Inverness, FL, 34450, United States
Did you ever wonder if pirates really buried their treasure and if there’s any nearby? What about local shipwrecks or ghost stories? Do you know the names and facts about the real pirates that wreaked havoc on the Caribbean Sea? This Summer, be our guest at The Old Courthouse Heritage Museum to learn all about them! This temporary and locally made exhibit will be on display from Saturday, May 6th through Saturday, July 29th.

Free Coffee and Conversations on Charting the Land of Flowers: 500 Years of Florida Maps
2023-07-27 19:00 - 20:30
Free Coffee and Conversations lecture open to the community with light refreshments. Please RSVP by calling (352) 341-6428 or signing up online at https://cccourthouse.org/…/coffee-and-conversations…/

From the earliest depiction of Florida on the 1511 Martyr Map to a 21st-century view of Florida from space, this presentation shows the dramatic changes that have occurred in Sunshine State over the past 500 years through historic maps. Rodney Kite-Powell is the Director of the Touchton Map Library at the Tampa Bay History Center. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Florida and a Master of Arts from the University of South Florida, both in U.S. history. He wrote and lectured on state and local history and is the author of three books: History of Davis Islands: David P. Davis, and the Story of a Landmark Tampa Neighborhood and Tampa Bay’s Waterfront: Its History and Development.

This Florida Talks program is a partnership between Florida Humanities and The Old Courthouse Heritage Museum. Funding for this program was provided by Florida Humanities and sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State,
Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
