The Network
What is FAAHPN, aka “The Network”?
The Florida African American Heritage Preservation Network (FAAHPN) is a professional association organized in 2001 by the John Gilmore Riley Center Museum (Tallahassee).
FAAHPN serves as an informational and technical assistance resource in response to a growing interest in preserving Florida’s African American culture, that of the African Diaspora and that of other related ethnically diverse historic resources globally.
The Blanchard House Museum is a member of the Florida African American Heritage Preservation Network.
Find out more, the Network’s webpage is: http://faahpn.com/about-faahpn/
The Florida African American Heritage Preservation Network (FAAHPN) is a professional association organized in 2001 by the John Gilmore Riley Center Museum (Tallahassee).
FAAHPN serves as an informational and technical assistance resource in response to a growing interest in preserving Florida’s African American culture, that of the African Diaspora and that of other related ethnically diverse historic resources globally.
The Blanchard House Museum is a member of the Florida African American Heritage Preservation Network.
Find out more, the Network’s webpage is: http://faahpn.com/about-faahpn/
African American Museum of the Arts
325 S. Clara Avenue, Deland, FL 32721
Director: Mary Allen
www.africanmuseumdeland.org
The African American Research Library and Cultural Center
2650 Sistrunk Blvd, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
954-625-2800
Director: Elaina Norlin
http://www.broward.org/Library/LocationsHours/Branches/Pages/AA.aspx
American Beach
Deliver to 5400 Ocean Blvd, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
(904) 261-0175
Director: Marsha Dean Phelts
www.historicamericanbeach.com
ASH Gallery
438 W. Georgia Street, Tallahassee, FL
850-224-1775
Director: Annie S. Harris
Bing Rooming House
205 South Allen Street, Plant City, FL 33563
(813) 757-6760
www.plantcitybinghouse.com
Black Archives, History & Research Foundation of South Florida
5400 NW 22 Avenue, Bldg C, Ste 101, Miami, FL 33142
305-636-2390
Director: Tim Barber
www.theblackarchives.org
Black Heritage Museum
312 N. Duss Street, New Smyrna Beach, FL
386-478-1934
Directors: Mary and Jimmy Harrell
echotourism.com/cultural/blkheritage.htm
Black History & Art Museum
1112 E. Scott SE, Tampa FL
(813) 728-4676
Blanchard House Museum
406 Martin Luther King Blvd., Punta Gorda, FL 33951
941-575-7518
Director: Martha Bireda
www.charlotteharbortravel.com
Bradenton Family Heritage House Museum
5840 26th Street West (Manatee Community College), Bradenton, FL
941-752-5319
Carter G. Woodson African-American Museum
2240 9th Ave South, St Petersburg, FL
(727) 893-7894
Director: Terri Scott
www.woodsonmuseum.org
Carver Hill Museum
895 McClelland St., Crestview, FL
(850) 682-4003
Director: Samuel Allen
Clara & Eartha M.M. White Mission
613 W Ashley St., Jacksonville, FL 32202
904-354-4162
Director: Jucoby Pittman
www.clarawhitemission.org
Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center
837 SE 7th Ave., Gainesville, FL
352-376-9956
Director: Donna Isaacs
www.cce.ufl.edu/cottonclub
Family Heritage House
5840 26th Street West , Bradenton, FL
941-752-5319
www.familyheritagehouse.com
Florida A&M University Carrie Meek/James Eaton Sr. Regional Black Archive and Museum
Florida A&M University – Tallahassee, FL 32307
(850) 599-3020
www.famu.edu/BlackArchives
Fred Hearns Tours
Tampa, FL
813-866-5205
fhearns@netzero.net
Gladys Milton Memorial Library
Flowerview, FL
850-834-5383
Glover School
5104 Horton Road – Plant City, Florida
Director: Gwendolyn Thomas
www.historicgloverschool.com
Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Cultural Center
2180 Freedom Avenue, Mims, FL
321-264-6595
www.harryharriettemoore.org
Indian Mound Lodge
Ft. Walton Beach FL
850-244-1154
J.D. Thomas Cultural Complex
519 Palmetto Avenue, Sanford, FL 32771
407-408-9291
Jami Thomas
Jerkins Community Center
1201 MLK Blvd, Perry, FL 32348
813-964-1062
L. B. Brown House Museum
470 Second Ave., Bartow, FL 33830
863-534-0100
Director: Clifton Lewis
www.lbbrown.com
Lee County Black History Society
1936 Henderson Ave., Ft Myers, FL
(239) 332-8778 or (239) 332-2880
Director: Nina Rogers
www.leecountyblackhistory.com
Little Zion Schoolhouse
3185 Little Zion Rd., Sneads, FL
(850) 592-2368
Lyric Theater
819 Northwest 2nd Ave
(305) 636-2390
Moseley House Museum
11 Taylor Street, Eatonville, FL 32751
(850) 575-2522
www.zphibfl.org/Moseley.htm
Old Dillard School Museum
1009 NW 4th Street, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33311
754-322-8828
Director: Derek Davis
www.browardschools.com
Old Lincoln High School Memory Room
438 West Brevard Street, Tallahassee, FL
850-891-6552 or 4180
Palm Coast African American Cultural Society
4422 N. US Hwy 1, Palm Coast, Fl.
(386) 447-7030
Director: Betty Barbero
www.africanamericanculturalcenterpalmcoast.org
Pinellas African American Museum
1101 N Marshall St., Clearwater, FL
206-424-0494
Director: Sandra Rooks
pinellascountyaahistoryrmuseum.shutterfly.com/
Pleasant City Family Reunion Committee
2117 N. Dixie Hwy, West Palm Beach, FL 33402
561-832-9799
Director: Eviree Jimerson Clark
Renaissance Park and Tradition Bearers Festivals
Marianna, FL
850-482-7497
Director: Danny Sylvester
Rhoda L. Martin Cultural Heritage Center
376 4th Street South, Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250
(904) 241-6923
Director: Jacquelyn Meadows
www.rhodalmartinculturalheritagecenter.com
Riley House and Museum
419 E. Jefferson St., Tallahassee, FL 32301
(850) 681-7881
Director: Althemese Barnes
www.rileymuseum.org
Ritz Theater and Museum
829 N. Davis Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202
(904) 632-5555 ext. 224
Director: Carol J. Alexander
www.ritzjacksonville.com
Road Ready Tours
301 N. Tampa 33637
813-964-1062
Sherry Dupree, Rosewood Foundation
1825 NW 22nd Terrace, Gainesville, FL 32605
321-264-6595
sherry.dupree@sfcollege.edu
Spady Museum
170 NW 5th Ave., Delray Beach, FL
(561) 279-8883
Director: Daisy Fulton
www.spadymuseum.com
Virgina Key Beach Park Trust
3861 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL
305-960-4600
www.virginiakeybeachpark.net
Walter Smith Library
Tampa, FL
813-254-0605
www.wlslibrary.org
Wells’ Built Museum of African American History & Culture
4511 West South Street, Orlando, FL
407-245-7535
Director: Geraldine Thompson
www.pastinc.org
The Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of Arts and Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community Inc. (PEC)
227 East Kennedy Boulevard, Eatonville, FL
(407) 647-3307
Director: N.Y. Nitheri
www.zorafestival.com
