North Brevard Historical Museum

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North Brevard Historical Museum
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Location within Florida
Established1989
Location301 South Washington Avenue
Titusville, Florida
Coordinates 28°36′45″N80°48′27″W / 28.612548°N 80.807464°W / 28.612548; -80.807464
TypeHistory
Website Official site

The North Brevard Historical Museum is located at 301 South Washington Avenue, Titusville, Florida.

The museum opened when a local businessman, Glenn Patch, offered his commercial building to be used in October 1988. In December 1995, Patch then donated the museum building and the adjoining building to The Historical Society of North Brevard. Patch recognized the "value of an historical society to the community." [1]

The museum houses historical artifacts, including historic postcards, photographs, clothing from as early as the 1870s, and a Seminole Indian display. [2]

Notes

  1. http://www.nbbd.com/godo/history/1997/index.html. North Brevard Business Directory. North Brevard History - Titusville, Florida: The Museum as it was in 1997. Retrieved on April 20, 2020.
  2. Florida Today. The Fact Book: Your Guide to Brevard County (Melbourne, Florida: Florida Today, February 28, 2004), p. 119.


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