Beaches Museum

Mark Blalock

The Boy scout of America troop 37 had a hamburger and hotdogs cook out fund raiser. It was good. The Museum has a lot of beaches history. About the beaches.

Bruce Barber

This place is a gem!

David Ryan

A hidden gem which locals and tourists should definitely check out. Do you know what Jacksonville Beach originally name was before Pablo Beach. You guessed it Ruby Beach. This museum is free and donations are welcome.

Julian Garcia

This is an exciting little museum that is divided into various buildings and is a truly underrated tourist attraction. The main building is painted Flagler yellow, which is the color named after the Florida railroad tycoon, Henry Flagler. At the entrance of the main building, you will se the Visit Jacksonville® Museum Passport, in which you win a certain prize from 6 Jax-based museums that give you a stamp on each page of the passport. After that, you walk into a big room, which has a small theater, containing a 15-minute movie about the history of the Jax Beaches and why they are the way they are in the modern era. Here, I’ve learned that the first inhabitants of NE Florida was an American Indian Tribe known as the Timucuans, who settled on that land 25,000 years ago. Before the Interstate Highway System, traveling from central Florida or Georgia was really difficult and it took about 5 hours to get there. When the movie ended, I went on this really cool self-guided tour, in which I need 2 hours to read and memorize, because I’m such a history buff! Nonetheless, the artifacts on display and the boards with facts about the beaches and the history of Mayport are very fascinating and interesting to read more about! After the exhibit ends, you go outside to the other buildings and the tour is guided by a lady who tells all the facts about the smaller buildings on the site of the Beaches Museum. In each buildings, she would ask questions to the little children to see if they know about how trains work and why they were vital sources of transportation 200 years ago. The tour guide was quite friendly and would ask us if we had any questions about the places that she guided us through. In the garden of each house, there are a bunch of beautiful tall plants that make the place look like heaven on earth! I loved how in one of the buildings, there is a model railroad with a black train several coaches long which goes on forever! (Until you turn it off, of course) To explore this museum, I recommend a maximum duration of 4 hours if you want to thoroughly read everything and memorize it if you want to become a local historian! Admission at this place is absolutely free! You can’t got to Jacksonville Beach and not visit this great museum! You NEED to see it for yourself!