Historic Site Visit Program

The Historic Site Visit Program is one of the most exciting programs offered for Middle and High School students at The Historical Museum of Southern Florida. Students and teachers visit the Museum and one of several historic sites armed with cameras, notebooks, colored sketch pencils, and a determination to collect documentation data. These sites include:

• The Barnacle
• Cape Florida Lighthouse
• The Everglades
• Lummus Park
• Matheson Hammock
• Miami City Cemetery
• Miami-Dade County Courthouse
• Virginia Key Beach

They then put it together all their work and created a historically relevant hard-cover journal. We have taken a few select pages from several of the books and placed them here for all to see. Books were chosen by our educators according to historical insight, organization, writing, and artistic appeal.

2007-2008 Journal Selections

1. Citrus Grove Middle School, the Everglades, April 2008
2. Citrus Grove Middle School, Cape Florida, May 2008
3. Citrus Grove Middle School, the Barnacle, May 2008
4. Cope South High, Virginia Key, September 2008
5. Felix Varela High, Cape Florida, May 2008
6. Leisure City Middle School, the Everglades, September 2008
7. Miami Carol City Senior High, Cape Florida, April 2008
8. Miami Edison Middle School, Everglades, May 2008
9. Miami Edison Middle School, Barnacle, May 2008
10. Miami Senior High School, Everglades, April 2008
11. Norland Middle School, Everglades, May 2008
12. Norland Middle School, Virginia Key, September 2008
13. North Miami Beach Senior High, the Everglades, May 2008
14. North Miami Middle School, the Barnacle, May 2008
15. North Miami Middle School, Matheson Hammock, September 2008
16. North Miami Middle School, Virginia Key, September 2008
17. North Miami Middle School, the Barnacle, September 2008
18. North Miami Middle School, Lummus Park, May 2008
19. North Miami Senior High School, Matheson Hammock, April 2008
20. Parkway Middle School, Virginia Key, September 2008
21. Robert Morgan Ed Center, Virginia Key, September 2008

2008-2009 Journal Selections

1. Campbell Drive Middle School, Everglades, February 2009
2. Campbell Drive Middle School, Virginia Key, December 2008
3. Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School, Everglades, December 2008
4. Richmond Heights Middle School, Everglades, November 2008
5. Rockway Middle School, Cape Florida, January 2009
6. South Miami K-8 Center, Barnacle, December 2008
7. Turner Tech Senior High School, Everglades, December 2008
8. Westland-Hialeah Senior High School, Everglades, January 2009
9. Westview Middle School, Everglades, November 2008
10. Westview Middle School, Virginia Key, November 2008

The Historic Site Visit Program is funded by The Children’s Trust. The Trust is a dedicated source of revenue established by voter referendum to improve the lives of children and families in Miami-Dade County. With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.