Cedar Key Historical Society — Attraction in Cedar Key

At only $3 a person what a wonderful way to spend an afternoon after lunch. Cedar Key has much in the way of Civil War history. John Muir traveled to Cedar Key on his thousand mile walk. One of the locals made some incredible models of ships, fishing boats, sponge boats, the railroad through Cedar Key and the lighthouse. Cedar pencils and whisk brooms were huge industries in Cedar Key. The Eagle Pencil Cedar Mill and Eberhard Fabor pencil mill and the Standard Manufacturing whisk broom company were once large producers of manufacturing products. We will have to visit the Historical Society again. For a small place like Cedar Key they sure have lots of interesting history. The docent was knowledgeable and very helpful. I bought several books, pencils, mints and postcards for myself and gifts for friends. Heck it is for a good cause, I liked the books and the trinkets will make...

This is a small (2 buildings) museum of the history of Cedar Key and surrounding area. I give it 4 stars only because many of the displays and citations need to be revamped. Many are faded or are in need of editing. The docent was very knowledgeable and answered all of our questions. When she wasn't sure of a couple questions we asked she took some time, made a phone call and got back to us while we perused the displays. I did enjoy my visit! My wife and I are museum geeks and we like to read everything.

We spent about 3 hours there. They have the usual things for sale: books, trinkets, etc.. There are restrooms at the museum. It is located very near to anything else you'd want to do...

Cedar Key, Florida Historical Society was established in 1977 by a group of citizens dedicated to preserving the long and rich history of Cedar Key. Our time here was educational as the area progressed and changed over time to what it is today. Depictions of yesteryear, are inside a few dioramas some incredible models of ships, fishing boats, sponge boats, the railroad through Cedar Key and the lighthouse. Another display shows that Cedar pencils and whisk brooms were huge industries in Cedar Key. We learned so much that we did not know previously. I would recommend this to be your first stop, as we looked at every thing differently after the knowledge of...