Florence Indian Mound and Museum — Attraction in Florence

This is a small but beautiful museum and a really cool piece of Native American history. Some of the language used in the museum is a little out dated. For example most modern archaeologists don't say "prehistoric and historic" anymore, we say "pre colonialism, colonial, and post colonial", see the Society for American Archaeology style guide for more suggestions about appropriate language. "Corn" and "maize" are the same thing. Also, the "Solutrian hypothesis" as a way North America was peopled is not actually a real thing, it's considered pseudoarchaeology nowadays. But I'm just picky as a millennial archaeologist. Again, really cool place! I should have filled out a suggestion form but was feeling lazy, but I'll definitely visit...

This museum was redesigned few years ago and looks amazing. It's small but gives an in-depth look at local indigenous life around the time the mound was constructed. The mound itself was gifted to the City of Florence in 1945; unfortunately, the encircling wall has been destroyed. The mound and museum are located in an industrial part of town and you can get a good look at the surrounding industrial area from the top of the mound, which you ARE allowed to walk up and walk on top of. The volunteers inside are very knowledgeable and can give you a really good idea of the history of the mound, its preservation, and...

It's a weird spot for a mound to be now. Great spot when it was first created. Now it sits in an industrial area. The building is much nicer than the mound. However, the display area inside is small and contains conflicting information. Three different time periods on when bows were introduced. So you wonder how much more information isn't correct. The mound itself isn't much of you've visited others. The whole point is to see how connected to the sky and spirits that the top of the mound is, but when all you see are industrial buildings the...