Welcome the Carrabelle History Museum

We opened in April of 2009, and since then, residents of the community have generously shared their pictures, genealogy, memories, household and work items to build our collection. Our first artifact was the medical bag of beloved midwife Tillie Miller, donated by Rita Brown Millender and John Brown. From then Carrabelle History Museum has grown to house thousands of items in its collections. Gratefully, we still receive wonderful local artifacts.

The museum is located in the Old Carrabelle City Hall, built by local mason Marvin Justiss in 1933 during the Depression as a work program to employ locals. The museum has exhibits rooms to display collections, a large entry hall for special displays, and a workroom/office for the volunteers to process the incoming artifacts. We have several displays that highlight Local Heroes; the Steamship Tarpon, which was key to building our community in the early 1900's; and Carrabelle's "First People", indigenous people who lived here thousands of years ago.

Upcoming Event


CARRABELLE CULTURE CRAWL
SATURDAY, MARCH 16

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SPECIAL EXHIBIT

Saturday, March 16 - Saturday, April 27
Tate’s Hell, the Legend, Tate's Hell, the Place

Dwarf Cypress Forest in Tate's Hell. Credit: Florida Forest Service

Dwarf Cypress Forest in Tate's Hell. Credit: Florida Forest Service

This exhibit will explore the many facets of the legend of Tate’s Hell, the misadventures and fate of Cebe Tate, and how Tate's Hell State Forest got its name. Wildlife and landscape photos taken in Tate’s Hell by John Spohrer and Jon Johnson will be on display. The exhibit will also include the song, The Ballad of Tate’s Hell by Will McLean and performed by Frank Lindamood, and the FSU Department of Communications’ 1983 short film, “A Tale of Tate’s Hell”.


"In the folk region, people are wedded to the land, and the land holds memories. The people themselves possess identity and ancestry, through continuous occupation of the same soil. Local events can flower into legend and ballad and proverb, and village ways can harden into custom."  ---Richard M. Corson in American Folklore


Sponsored by C-Quarters Marina and Shaun Donahoe Realty. Funding in part by the Franklin County Tourist Development Council.

Frog in a Pitcher Plant in Tate's Hell. Credit: Jon Johnson

Frog in a Pitcher Plant in Tate's Hell. Credit: Jon Johnson

Deer in Tate's Hell. Credit: Jon Johnson

Deer in Tate's Hell. Credit: Jon Johnson

MUSEUM INFORMATION


 

ADDRESS: 106 SE Ave B, Carrabelle, FL 32322
PHONE: (850) 697-2141
EMAIL: carrabellehistorymuseum@gmail.com
Wednesday & Sunday: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thursday, Friday, Saturday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Visit us in the heart of downtown. The Museum is one block south of US 98. Turn south on Marine Street and left (east) at the first corner, 3rd building on your left.  CHM is within walking distance to the Carrabelle Visitors Center.

 

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Funded in part by Franklin County Tourist Development Council