Online Exhibits
Artist-Naturalists in Florida
Learn about the travels, art, and science of adventuresome naturalists who visited Florida during the 18th and 19th centuries. Includes John James Audubon, William Bartram, Mark Catesby, Martin Johnson Heade, Titian Ramsay Peale and Thomas Say, as well as commentary on natural history and early tourism in Florida.
Aucilla River Prehistory Project
The Aucilla River Prehistory Project is an archaeological/paleontological project excavating a particularly rich series of deposits that yield ancient large animal remains in association with Paleoindian artifacts. Most of the excavations occur underwater in the Aucilla River.
Down Like Lead
This exhibit highlights 14 Florida Shipwrecks from 1559 to 1942, ranging from Spanish trading vessels and paddle wheel steamers to 20th century battleships. Major shipping lanes between Europe, Africa and the Americas passed Florida, and its waters became a final resting place for many ships.
Expedition Florida
The Expedition Florida Project includes a public television documentary series, film shorts called Wild Files, a series of public radio audio adventures and a web site. The site features more than a dozen Wild Files movies about North Central Florida wildlife, archaeology, paleontology, recreational sites and historical figures.
Florida Wildflowers & Butterflies
This site highlights the 50 most common native wildflowers and butterflies in Florida. See if your favorite wildflowers are good candidates for your garden, what kinds of butterflies they attract and how much water and sun they need; or find your favorite butterflies and discover how to attract them.
Fossil Horses in Cyberspace
Learn about paleontology and evolution by exploring the rich fossil record of horses. Discover what's in a name, tales told by toes, stratigraphy, geological time scales and amazing facts about many types of fossil horses.
Images of the Maya
This exhibit illustrates regional variations of garment styles and traces the influence of Classic Maya, Aztec and Spanish cultures on the textile styles of different localities. Intricately woven and embroidered garments from Chiapas are exhibited with Jeffrey J. Foxx's award-winning photographs. Together these provide a rich visual portrayal of the daily and ceremonial life of the Maya of Mexico.
South Florida Aquatic Environments
Take an in-depth tour through three imperiled south Florida ecosystems - the Everglades, Florida Bay, and Florida Keys. Human impacts and conservation issues, as well as the role of museum collections in providing a historical taxonomic and distribution database are included. Test your knowledge with interactive games and learn how you can help preserve these unique habitats.
St. Augustine: America's Ancient City
Much of St. Augustine's history has been uncovered through archaeology in the homesites of its colonial residents, and a great deal of what we know about their often difficult daily lives comes directly from the excavated objects that people made, used, lost and discarded over the centuries. Meet some of those people and trace life and society in Spanish St. Augustine through their artifactual "words from the earth".