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Past Pop Up Museums
***limited quantities available

Each Pop Up Museum includes:

  • 8 individual 33" x 72" free-standing exhibit panels and stands

  • Exhibit packed in one box measuring 39 x 19 x 10 inches and weighing 70 pounds

  • Approximately three weeks of display time per host reservation

    • Shipping dates can be adjusted with advance notice

  • Prepaid FedEx Ground shipping labels and pickup 

  • Companion activities for all ages

  • Links to digital content 

Please Note:

  • Shipping and handling costs for previous editions of the Pop Up Museums are $150 per set

  • Monroe County schools may choose to pick up the Pop Up Museum directly from the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West, Florida

  • Reservations are not final until we have confirmed availability and received the shipping and handling fee

Florida's Hidden History
See how science helps archaeologists discover, record, investigate, and understand history!
When Spain Came to Florida
Take a deep dive into the roots of Florida's colonial heritage during the Age of Sail! Explore when, why, and how the Old World Spanish Empire influenced our state as we know it today.
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The Bermuda Triangle
The Caribbean, with its unpredictable weather, dangerous currents, and hidden reefs has been the site of many unexplained ship and plane disappearances over the centuries. The mysterious "Bermuda Triangle” captured the attention of audiences across the world. But was it fact or fantasy? Use your critical thinking skills to investigate this media mystery for yourself!
Overcoming Outbreaks! 
This Pop Up Museum explores different infectious diseases that have impacted Florida in the past, including bubonic plague, smallpox, yellow fever, tuberculosis, pig cholera, and more.
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Florida: Shaped by Hurricanes 
This Pop Up Museum explores how hurricanes form and how they have changed the course of history in Florida.
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While the World Waited: Florida & the Cuban Missile Crisis
This Pop Up Museum provides an overview of the events leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis with a focus on how Florida's proximity to Cuba played a unique role in the Cold War.
Connections: Florida & Cuba
Explore the unique connections between Florida and Cuba over the course of the past 500 years.
The Science of Shipwrecks 

This Pop Up Museum reveals how underwater archaeology integrates the arts and sciences to reveal and research pieces of Florida's history long lost on the ocean floor.

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Flashpoint: Comprise, Conflict and the Making of the Civil War
This exhibit shares the story of the last illegal slave ships captured by the US Navy and brought into Key West, Florida, at the brink of the Civil War in 1860.
Spanish Colonialism 

This Pop Up Museum explores how and why Old World Europeans changed the New World into the place we live today.

This project is sponsored in part by the

Department of State, Division of Historical Resources, and the State of Florida.

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2024 by Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society

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