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The '''Pensacola Historical Society''' is an non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting [[Pensacola]] history. The Society's current executive director is [[Robyn A. Mainor]].
The Society was founded on [[February 14]], [[1933]], with twenty-one members meeting at [[T. T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum|City Hall]]. At the next meeting, held on [[March 2]] of the same year, in the [[Shangtung Room]] of the [[San Carlos Hotel]], the Society's charter and by-laws were ratified. On [[March 25]] the Society was incorporated as a non-profit educational organization.
In [[1938]], The Society opened a museum in the [[Dorothy Walton house]], located at 137 West [[Romana Street]], which had been purchased and then donated for use as a museum by [[T. T. Wentworth]]. Unfortunately, the number of visitors to the museum and volunteers to staff it declined during World War II, and the museum closed on [[May 5]], [[1944]]. The displays and artifacts were moved to Wentworth's home in Ensley, next to which he eventually built a [[T. T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum|museum]] of his own, which opened in [[1957]]. The Society itself also fell into inactivity during the war.
The Pensacola Historical Society was reorganized in [[1952]]. Initially, meetings were held in the Chamber of Commerce offices, but members including [[Leila Abercrombie]] quickly began working to obtain a space in which the Society could meet and reopen a musuem. After the library relocated from [[Old Christ Church]], the [[City of Pensacola]] allowed the Society to use the church, and they opened a new museum there on [[August 15]], [[1960]].
In [[1991]], having outgrown the confines of Old Christ Church, the Society moved its Resource Library to the [[Beacon Building]] on [[Church Street]], and the museum to the [[Arbona Building]] on [[Zaragoza Street]].
==Pensacola Historical Museum==
The Pensacola Historical Museum is currently located in the [[Arbona Building]] at 115 East [[Zaragosa Street]]. The first floor contains rotating exhibits, as well as the museum shop, while the second floor features the museum's permanent exhibit gallery.
The Museum is open Tuesday-Saturday from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, and can be reached via telephone at (850) 433-1559. The Museum is closed on Sundays and Mondays.
==Resource Center==
The Society's Resource Center houses their collections and research library, and is accessible to Society members free of charge, and to the general public for a nominal fee. The Resource Center is currently located in the [[Beacon Building]] (which the Society has renamed the Norman Simons Building) at 110 [[Church Street]].
The Resource Center is open Tuesday-Thursday from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, and on Saturdays from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM, and can be reached via telephone at (850) 434-5455. The Resource Center is closed Sundays, Mondays, and Fridays.
[[Category:Cultural organizations]] [[Category:Heritage organizations]]
The Society was founded on [[February 14]], [[1933]], with twenty-one members meeting at [[T. T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum|City Hall]]. At the next meeting, held on [[March 2]] of the same year, in the [[Shangtung Room]] of the [[San Carlos Hotel]], the Society's charter and by-laws were ratified. On [[March 25]] the Society was incorporated as a non-profit educational organization.
In [[1938]], The Society opened a museum in the [[Dorothy Walton house]], located at 137 West [[Romana Street]], which had been purchased and then donated for use as a museum by [[T. T. Wentworth]]. Unfortunately, the number of visitors to the museum and volunteers to staff it declined during World War II, and the museum closed on [[May 5]], [[1944]]. The displays and artifacts were moved to Wentworth's home in Ensley, next to which he eventually built a [[T. T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum|museum]] of his own, which opened in [[1957]]. The Society itself also fell into inactivity during the war.
The Pensacola Historical Society was reorganized in [[1952]]. Initially, meetings were held in the Chamber of Commerce offices, but members including [[Leila Abercrombie]] quickly began working to obtain a space in which the Society could meet and reopen a musuem. After the library relocated from [[Old Christ Church]], the [[City of Pensacola]] allowed the Society to use the church, and they opened a new museum there on [[August 15]], [[1960]].
In [[1991]], having outgrown the confines of Old Christ Church, the Society moved its Resource Library to the [[Beacon Building]] on [[Church Street]], and the museum to the [[Arbona Building]] on [[Zaragoza Street]].
==Pensacola Historical Museum==
The Pensacola Historical Museum is currently located in the [[Arbona Building]] at 115 East [[Zaragosa Street]]. The first floor contains rotating exhibits, as well as the museum shop, while the second floor features the museum's permanent exhibit gallery.
The Museum is open Tuesday-Saturday from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, and can be reached via telephone at (850) 433-1559. The Museum is closed on Sundays and Mondays.
==Resource Center==
The Society's Resource Center houses their collections and research library, and is accessible to Society members free of charge, and to the general public for a nominal fee. The Resource Center is currently located in the [[Beacon Building]] (which the Society has renamed the Norman Simons Building) at 110 [[Church Street]].
The Resource Center is open Tuesday-Thursday from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, and on Saturdays from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM, and can be reached via telephone at (850) 434-5455. The Resource Center is closed Sundays, Mondays, and Fridays.
[[Category:Cultural organizations]] [[Category:Heritage organizations]]