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Dunedin History Museum

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As the museum is built in a former railroad depot, the museum's collection includes railroad materials. These materials include pictures and information on the Florida railroad, railroad equipment, telegraph material, and original material from the Dunedin Railroad station. This collection highlights
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The permanent collection features many items focused on local history. These items include antique clothing, household tools, and utensils, all used by pioneer families of Dunedin during the late 1800s and 1900s. The collection focused on city history features original materials from the Dunedin Post
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The museum underwent an expansive renovation and remodel from 2017 to 2018 which included new exhibits and a new entryway. Director Vinnie Luisi and curator David Knupp worked with fabricators to create a modern and interactive museum experience that explores Dunedin's history through mixed media
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The Dunedin Museum offers History Kits from prior exhibits for schools to borrow. These kits contain photographs, artifacts, and curriculum materials. Their outreach programs feature lectures and living history programs for competition in the classroom at an educator's request. Additionally, a
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All ADA requirements have been completed at the museum by the City of Dunedin. The museum focuses on providing accessibility for many different community segments, including minorities and people with special needs, to learn about Dunedin and Florida history and enjoy what the museum offers.
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in the 1990s. The museum contains more than 2,000 artifacts, 2,500 photographs, and a library of books that convey a great deal of information on Dunedin's past. The museum provides special programming for schools and summer camps as well as a rotating special exhibit gallery.
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The library is located on the second floor of the museum's building. The library provides patrons and other community members with over 200 volumes of cultural and historical information about Dunedin, Pinellas County, and Florida.
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Other permanent portions of the museum's collection focus on regional topics on Dunedin, including its multicultural origins, pioneering families, Meade Hospital, sports history, industries, and natural habitats.
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The Dunedin History Museum is host to the Dunedin Times Historical Archive. The museum has a complete collection of the Dunedin Times from 1924 to 1966, the year that the paper stopped being reliably printed.
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in February 2022 which examined Florida's food history along with related cultural, economic, and historical issues. The exhibit will run until 2023.
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featured an in-depth history of pirate history as well as modern day pirate myths that are pervasive in pop culture.
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Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the Tampa Bay Hurricane, the museum opened the exhibit
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Teachers Guidebook on Dunedin History is also available for elementary schools upon request.
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Dunedin History Museum has close-knit involvement with the community, especially with the
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Office, the first Dunedin band, and several other major companies from the Dunedin area.
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the evolution of the railroad companies, which flourished locally and state-wide.
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It is also partnered with the San Jose Catholic Church and local K-12 schools.
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in 1924. The former rail line that serviced the depot, originally built by the
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that looked at the last one hundred years of hurricane history in Florida.
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in 1888 and last used for a series of special excursion trips from nearby
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and back on March 8, 1987, was converted into a section of the
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Separating fact from fiction, Dunedin's pirate exhibit,
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Railway stations in the United States opened in 1924
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local history museum
Dunedin
Florida
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Orange Belt Railway
Tarpon Springs
Pinellas Trail

Dunedin Public Library
Armed Forces History Museum
icon
Trains portal
Florida portal
St. Petersburg station (Amtrak)
Tarpon Springs Depot
"Letter from the Director"
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Luisi 2010
"ActivePaper Archive"
"4 Aug 2017, P3 - Tampa Bay Times at Newspapers.com"
Dunedin History Museum opens new tattoo exhibit!




"Dunedin History Museum | Dunedin, FL"
"Victorious: Dunedin, Pinellas County and World War II"
the original
"Dunedin Historical Museum exhibit helps patrons understand local life at end of WWII"

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