2025-2026 Season Guide
2025-2026 Season Guide Get ready for a season where history comes alive! The 2025-2026 Season Guide from the Historical Society of Palm Beach County is filled with events that celebrate our community’s rich heritage. Leading the way is our featured exhibition, Sunshine Cinema: Florida in Film, exploring the state’s starring role on the silver screen. […]
Stories of Rescue
Stories of Rescue On the Museum’s First Floor Visit This Exhibit This exhibition supports the School District of Palm Beach County’s Holocaust education aims while serving as a resource for the wider community, offering historical context, personal testimony, and interactive materials that encourage empathy and critical thinking. Narrative panel text and imagery explain the political […]
Endless Summer: Palm Beach Resort Wear
Endless Summer:Palm Beach Resort Wear Endless Summer: Palm Beach Resort Wear November 9, 2023 – May 25, 2024 Richard & Pat Johnson Palm Beach County History Museum This season the Richard and Pat Johnson Palm Beach County History Museum will present its first-ever Grand Exhibition. Endless Summer will explore the impact Palm Beach made on […]
More Than a Game: Champions in the midst of Desegregation
Back to all More Than A Game: Champions in the Midst of Desegregation Through February 26 Richard & Pat Johnson Palm Beach County History Museum Meet the 1968 Maroon Devils and their basketball coach, Floyd Andrews, from Roosevelt, the all-Black high school in West Palm Beach until 1970. Taught not to use racism as an […]
Archive Month
October Proclaimed Palm Beach County Archive Month in Honor of Historical Society of Palm Beach County
The Storm of ‘28
Back to all The Storm of ‘28 Through December 31, 2021 On September 16, 1928, a storm equal to a Category 4 hurricane struck Palm Beach County from Boca Raton to Jupiter. At least 3,000 people died, most of them in the Glades, becoming the second worst natural disaster in US history in terms of […]
Native Americans in Palm Beach County
The DuBois house on top of the Jeaga shell mound in DuBois Park, Jupiter. Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County Florida’s unique history began long before it earned its Spanish-based name. By the end of the last ice age, or about 12,000 years ago, the first people were already living in the area we […]
Palm Beach County History-Introduction
West Palm Beach 1900 Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County West Palm Beach 2002 Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County History is the study of change over time. Many things influence change, such as geography, weather, natural resources, and people. The story of how those changes affected humans and the area around them […]
Special Districts and Consolidation Government
There are two additional forms of local governments: the special district, and a consolidation of city and county governments. The first form provides specific needs and is separate from the county government. The other eliminates duplication of some services, thereby centralizing the government. SPECIAL DISTRICTS Special districts provide a specialized service to a specific geographical […]
County and Municipal Governments
Florida has sixty-seven county governments and 408 municipal governments. These local governments help the state government run Florida more efficiently. Each county has a county seat, where the center of county government is located. For instance, the county seat for Palm Beach County is West Palm Beach. Many counties operate under a charter, which is […]