Jacksonville is the largest city in Florida and is centered on the banks of the St. Johns River north of Miami. The Jacksonville Beaches communities are adjacent to the Atlantic coast.
The Native American Timucua people originally inhabited the area. In 1564, the French established a colony of Fort Caroline, one of the earliest European settlements in the continental United States.
Then under British rule, a settlement grew at the narrow point in the river where cattle crossed. A town was established at the site in 1822, a year after the United States gained Florida from Spain.
After Andrew Jackson, the town was named for the first military governor of the Florida Territory and seventh President of the United States.
Harbor improvements since the late 19th century have made Jacksonville a major deep-water port making the Port of Jacksonville Florida’s third largest seaport.
Jacksonville’s military bases and the nearby Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay form the United States’ third-largest military presence.
The Jacksonville economy includes services industries such as banking, insurance, healthcare, and logistics. Tourism is important to the Jacksonville area, particularly tourism related to golf.
P-3C Orion aircraft of Patrol Squadron 45 in-flight over Jacksonville, Florida
Museums in Jacksonville, Florida
- Museum of Science & History – MOSH
- Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
- Ritz Theatre & Museum
- Karpeles Manuscript Library
- Kingsley Plantation
- Jacksonville Maritime Heritage
- Jacksonville Fire Museum
- Alexander Brest Museum
- Mussallem Galleries
Trout River, Jacksonville, Florida
Museums in Jacksonville, Florida
- City: Jacksonville
- State: Florida
- Country: United States
- Founded: 1822
- Incorporated: 1832
- Named for: Andrew Jackson
- Population: 1.5 million – Metro
Museums in Jacksonville, Florida – Map
Museums in Jacksonville, Florida – Virtual Tour
Museums in Jacksonville, Florida – Virtual Tour
Museums in Jacksonville, Florida – Virtual Tour
Top 100 Museums in the United States
- Top 100 Museums in the United States
Museums in Jacksonville, Florida
New York Museums – Virtual Tours
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art or MET
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- Intrepid, Sea, Air & Space Museum
- Neue Galerie New York
- The Cloisters
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- American Museum of Natural History
- Museum of the City of New York
- New-York Historical Society
- Frick Collection
- Met Breuer
- Rubin Museum of Art
- Brooklyn Museum
Museums in Jacksonville, Florida
Washington, D.C. Museums – Virtual Tours
- National Gallery of Art
- National Museum of American History
- National Air and Space Museum
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- National Museum of Natural History
- National Portrait Gallery
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- The Phillips Collection
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- International Spy Museum
Museums in Jacksonville, Florida
Top 100 Museums in the United States
- Top 100 Museums in the United States
Museums in Jacksonville, Florida
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