Floral City Heritage Museum & Country Store are

OPEN

Hours of Operation are Fridays and Saturdays from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Interested in a private tour?  Contact Museum Director Tom Ritchie for information.

Admission is Free

 

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Current Museum Exhibits

• NEW! George Higgins, Floral City's Master Builder
• The Duval-Metz House
• The Florida Cattle Industry
• Worksaving Devices of Yesteryear

The Floral City Heritage Museum is fortunate to have some of Mr. Higgins' personal hand tools on display, such as a cross-cut saw and a rip saw.  Stop by the museum to see these connections to the past!
	George Higgins arrived in Floral City sometime around 1890.  He is responsible for many of the most important buildings in Floral City, several of which still stand today.
	The most well-known of these structures is the Higgins-Zimmerman House, a Folk Victorian structure built in the early 1890s.  Higgins lived there for about 10 years, then sold it to Capt. WC Zimmerman.

Other Items of Interest:

• The Floral City Heritage Council Museum Projects Team is led by the Museum Director, Tom Ritchie.
• A canoe recovered in Floral City area waters is on display in a custom-built case.
• The team is constantly reviewing the items kindly loaned to the Heritage Museum for more exhibits and organizing historical documents related to council activities.

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Local Cemeteries

• List of Citrus County Owned and Maintained Cemeteries 
• The Florida Public Archaeology Network maintains an inventory of historic cemeteries statewide.
• Recovering and Preserving African American Cemeteries

We are also looking for the stories behind the stones at the Floral City cemeteries (public and private). A list of the Citrus County cemeteries is linked to the FCHC website. We are collecting any stories you may know of people named on the stones in our local cemeteries. Send them to us so we can add them to our information.

Local cemeteries

 

The Frazier/Williams Cemetery (or the Floral City Community Cemetery) on Great Oaks Blvd is a famous entry in the Black History Trail as the oldest African American Cemetery in Florida. 

Floral City Heritage Council partners with Inverness Heritage Council on the care and upkeep of the Dampier Cemetery where Marie Duval is buried.

Floral City has more than 17 cemeteries that have been identified but not yet cataloged. The Hills of Rest Cemetery is right on the edge of town.

What's Going On:

MUSEUM STORE
Serving a special niche in the county, the Museum's “Country Store” offers items relating directly to Floral City, Citrus County. Other items seldom found at the modern chain stores can be found here: feather dusters, wooden-handled corn brooms, glass wasp catchers, antique tin signs, wooden toys and hand fans.