This year was very exiting.
We had approximately 7500 visitors to the festival, the best attendance yet.  Hopefully, now we can fund the Museum Express for two years!  Thank you everyone for making this event the best ever.

Images of this year's event...

 For the past ten years, the Friends of the Collier County Museum have been taking visitors back in time to 1565, 1776, 1898 and a dozen different destinations in Southwest Florida's exciting past. At the OLD FLORIDA FESTIVAL held each November, history literally comes alive as costumed interpreters, historical reenactors, period vendors, craft workers and folk musicians gather at the Museum for two full days to recreate 400 years of everyday life on the Florida frontier. This is highly imaginative and creative program is the Museum's oldest and best known cultural event and offers an enjoyable, shared learning experience for families, school children and visitors of all ages and interests.



 October 1998 -  Swamp Buggys-"Now and Then".

Take a look at this years Swamp Buggy Showcase. Featuring old time original "restored" Buggies all the way up to today's high performance racing buggy. These are definitely a unique form of transportation.



 September 1998 Spanish American War

 To commemorate the lOOth Anniversary of the Spanish-American War the Collier County Museum announces the opening of a special exhibit, One Correspondent's War.