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HistoryMiami Museum, formerly known as the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, is a museum located in Miami, Florida, United States. Founded in 1940, HistoryMiami Museum is the largest history museum in the State of Florida. HistoryMiami houses four permanent galleries and up to three traveling exhibits, Archives and Research Center, the South Florida Folklife Center, the Education Center, and City Tours program. Each February, HistoryMiami also hosts the annual Miami International Map Fair, the largest map fair in the Western Hemisphere.
Formerly known as the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, HistoryMiami is the second oldest cultural institution in South Florida, and is a Smithsonian affiliate. Accredited by the American Association of Museums (AAM) in 1979, the Museum of HistoryMiami joins the elite twenty-four percent of history museums nationwide to receive this honor.
in 2015, HistoryMiami celebrated its 75th anniversary. The Museum has been exhibiting for fifty three years, publishing for seventy-four years, operating a non-circulating library for fifty-three, conducting city tours for forty five years, and educating more than 500,000 students in the area’s rich history for thirty-three. Connecting the rich past and ever-evolving future of the region and its diverse inhabitants, this museum is a must see.
HistoryMiami Museum programs include exhibitions, city tours, education, research, collections and publications on the importance of the past in shaping Miami's future. HistoryMiami's Museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, as it has been since 1979. In 2010 the museum announced HistoryMiami as its new brand name.