Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida
Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida is a history museum in Valparaiso, Florida, Okaloosa County, Florida. The museum's permanent collection includes flint spear points, stone tools from Paleo-Archaic hunters, pottery shards from the Woodland Period, a black iron wash pot, crosscut saws, turpentine collection cups, a porcelain pitcher, lumber mill tokens, and old school desks. The museum's collection also covers the area's fishing history, includes a heritage mural, and hosts the Crestview Train Depot.
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The museum offers their Heritage Alive monthly classes on how to make like the local pioneers use to do in order to teach history in a hands-on manner. These classes include the following:
Class | Instructor |
Pine Needle Basketry | Joe Stoy |
Seat Weaving | Phil Richter |
Basket Weaving | Janet Faubel |
Loom Weaving | Sandy Sutton |
Mosaics | Kathleen Nehus |
Soap Making | Walter Roof |
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