The Dade City Heritage and Cultural Museum has unveiled its redesigned website and logo.
The museum is dedicated to preserving history, offering education, and promoting public interest and awareness regarding Dade City.
Located at 14206 U.S. 98 Bypass, the museum is housed in a former Atlantic Coastline Train Depot. The depot has been preserved and was reopened as a tourist destination in 2008.
In July 1994, it became the first site in Pasco County to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places, as the tracks that run closest to the depot were the first to reach Dade City in 1887.
Through efforts from the city and local residents, the depot was transformed into the Dade City Heritage and Cultural Museum in 2018, where it now houses artifacts, photographs, documents and records of historic places and longtime residents of Dade City.
The museum consists of a main exhibition space, a model train room and a Community Archive and Reading Room. It is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit.
The museum is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and offers tours and periodical events, such as Monuments by Moonlight: a 90-minute walking tour through nearby Dade City Cemetery. The museum also is available for event rental.
Local screen printing and embroidery business, FloriCoastal Print in Dade City, designed the museum’s new logo.
For more information or to support the museum through donations, visit DadeCityHeritageMuseum.org.
Published August 17, 2022
