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Indian Temple Mound Museum
This museum was founded in 1961 by William and Yulee Lazarus. It is owned and operated by the City
of Fort Walton Beach and was the first municipally owned museum in Florida. It is located adjacent to a prehistoric temple
mound of the Mississippian cultural tradition. The mound is a National Historic Landmark.
The museum houses a collection
of over 4,000 objects of stone, bone, shell and clay made by prehistoric Indians as well as collections from the early explorers
and settlers in the area.The exhibits interpret the lives of people living in this part of Florida during the past 12,000
years. Artifacts from the Paleolithic, Archaic, Woodland and Mississippian time periods highlight the exhibits.
A
research library is open to the public during museum hours. A gift shop offers goods that reflect on the collections
of the museum, with books, jewelry, music CD's, children's items and many other unique treasures.
Winter Hours
of Sept - May: M-F 12:00 - 4:30 pm Sat 10:00 am - 4:30 pm Summer Hours of June - August: M-Sat
10:00 am - 4:30 pm
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