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71 North Federal Highway
Boca Raton, 33432 United States Get Directions

The BRHS was founded in 1972 as a private, non-profit member organization and is headquartered in Historic Town Hall, built in 1927 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The BRHS owns and operates The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum, which opened in November 2021 after extensive building upgrades and the installation of its History Alive! exhibits. The mission and purpose of the Boca Raton Historical Society is to collect, preserve, and present information and artifacts relevant to the past and evolving history of Boca Raton and to maintain a visible role in education and advocacy of historic preservation in our community.

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Town Hall Talk “Boca Raton Army Air Field and the BRAAF Fire Department”

The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum 71 North Federal Highway, Boca Raton, United States

“Boca Raton Army Air Field and the BRAAF Fire Department”. Speaker: Thomas R. Wood Thomas R. Wood, CFO, FIFireE, and retired Chief of the Boca Raton Fire Department, has spent years researching the Boca Raton Army Air Field and its Fire Department. Wood will share information about the many incidents the BRAAF Fire Department handled including […]

$10

Town Hall Talks ‘Small Town Big Secrets’

The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum 71 North Federal Highway, Boca Raton, United States

“Small Town Big Secrets” - Speaker: Sally J. Ling Sally Ling, “Florida’s History Detective,” is an author, speaker, and historian specializing in Florida history. She was a longtime journalist and has penned seventeen fiction and nonfiction books. She has appeared in several feature-length TV documentaries included “The Secret Weapon That Won World War II.” Join us […]

$10

Town Hall Talks

The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum 71 North Federal Highway, Boca Raton, United States

“Florida During WWII” - Speaker: Eliot Kleinberg Elio Kleinberg is a native Floridian. longtime Palm Beach Post reporter, and creator of the “Post Time” weekly history column and “Florida Time” which appeared in papers statewide. He has published over a dozen books relating to Florida including “Weird Florida,” and “War in Paradise .” In this talk, […]

$10

Free Fun Saturday

The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum 71 North Federal Highway, Boca Raton, United States

Free Fun Saturday - From 10 am to 4 pm on the first Saturday of each month, The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum (SBRHM) offers a fun, informative, and often craft-based activity for youngsters at 2 pm—and the regular admission is waived for all visitors.

Town Hall Talks

The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum 71 North Federal Highway, Boca Raton, United States

“My Personal History of the Personal Computer” - Speaker: Dr. Dave Bradley Dave Bradley (“Dr. Dave”) is a retired IBM engineer who was part of the original design team for the IBM PC personal computer, the ancestor of all “PC” style computers, manufactured right here in Boca Raton, Florida. His claim to fame is writing the […]

$10

Summer Sips & Sounds the 1920s

The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum 71 North Federal Highway, Boca Raton, United States

Florida in the 1920s was like the Klondike Gold Rush — but the gold was in the sands of Florida’s beaches. People from all over the country rushed to invest in the most iconic of the boom-era projects — Addison Mizner’s “Boca Raton.” Cocktail and Hors d'oeuvres Reception is from 6:00 - 6:30. Then enjoy […]

$40