The Legacy : South Florida Museum.
The Legacy: South Florida Museum is an account of the origins, founding, and development in twentieth-century Florida of a people's museum about archeology, Spanish exploration, manatees, and space. As a museum founded in the immediate post-World War II era, with its origins in the prehistoric...
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Lanham :
Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group,
2010.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter One. Early Years: Places and People; Chapter Two. Montague Tallant and the Future Museum; Chapter Three. De Soto and Museum Origins; Chapter Four. The Manatee County Museum; Chapter Five. Founding and Opening the South Florida Museum; Chapter Six. The Museum's First Year; Chapter Seven. 1949: "Baby" at the Museum; Chapter Eight. "The Little Museum Just Ran on Its Own . . ."; Chapter Nine. New Facilities for the South Florida Museum; Chapter Ten. Museum's Progress and Dedication of New Facilities; Chapter Eleven. The Museum Opens.