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Museum of Miami, formerly known as HistoryMiami Museum, is a museum located in Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. Museum of Museum is the largest museum for history, culture, and community in the State of Florida. Museum of Miami houses four permanent galleries and up to three traveling exhibits, Archives and Research Center, the South Florida Folklife Center, the Education Center, and City Tours program.
Founded as the Historical Museum of Southern Florida in 1940, Museum of Miami is the oldest continuously running cultural institution in South Florida, and is a Smithsonian affiliate. It was accredited by the American Alliance of Museums in 1979.
The Society opened its first museum in 1962. After moving twice, the museum has been located in the Miami-Dade Cultural Center since 1984. The Society and Museum were renamed in HistoryMiami in 2010. In 2014 the museum more than doubled its space when took over the space formerly occupied by the Miami Art Museum in the cultural center. The museum operates a non-circulating library, conducts city tours, and has educated more than 500,000 students in the area's rich history. In 2026, the Museum rebranded to Museum of Miami.
Museum of Miami programs include exhibitions, city tours, education, research, collections and publications on the importance of the past in shaping Miami's future.
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