Museum On Main Street

End of Event Party for Water/Ways.

September 26, 2016 Education, Events (Education), Volunteering 2 Comments

End of Event Party, for the High Springs Historical Society, Smithsonian Institute, Water/Ways. The party began with a Happy Hour but the event continued as a Happy Event, even past the allotted time, thanks to […]

Paint by the Numbers Mural Now Complete

August 23, 2016 Miscellaneous, Events (Education), Presentations (speaking, PowerPoint, forums), Volunteering Leave a Comment

A huge mural of a map of the extent of the Santa Fe River now has come to life on a wall in downtown High Springs. On the east wall of the Adventure Outpost building, […]

Jill Lingard and Paddle Florida

August 23, 2016 Events (Education), Presentations (speaking, PowerPoint, forums) Leave a Comment

As communications coordinator for Paddle Florida, Jill Lingard of Gainesville is the spokesperson for this very active group which travels Florida’s byways and waterways by kayak and canoe. Jill is also president of the Florida […]

“Troglobites, the Animals Below,” a Water/Ways Presentation

August 10, 2016 Miscellaneous, Education, Events (Education), Volunteering 2 Comments

Our amazing planet, which we currently are so bent on destroying, harbors life in the most surprising places, and allows that life to adapt to conditions we would find intolerable. Tom Morris gave us a […]

Water/Ways Stacie Greco – “Water Conservation/Springs Protection

August 3, 2016 Conservation, Events (Education), Presentations (speaking, PowerPoint, forums), Volunteering Leave a Comment

Pausing only one short day, the Water/Ways series continued this evening, August 3, 2016, with the presentation by Stacie Greco, Water Conservation Coordinator for the Alachua County Environmental Protection Department. Her topic was ways to […]

Water/Ways Speaker Series Begins

August 3, 2016 Education, Events (Education), Volunteering Leave a Comment

The Water/Ways speaker series started last night, Aug. 2, 2016, with the first presentation of “Florida’s Fossil Treasures” by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. The presentation was designed for those with little or no knowledge of […]

Florida’s Fossils First Up on Water/Ways Speaker Series Tues. Aug. 2

July 24, 2016 Education, Events (Education), Miscellaneous, Presentations (speaking, PowerPoint, forums), Volunteering Leave a Comment

Florida has a superb fossil record which provides a window into our past like no other state in our nation. Fossils are our connection to mysterious, past worlds populated by strange and wonderful creatures, […]

Great Exhibit at Water/Ways High Springs Museum

July 22, 2016 Education, Events (Education), Volunteering Leave a Comment

Our community has a great opportunity to view, learn and teach about our water and how we relate to it. If you have not seen the Museum on Main Street Smithsonian display in High Springs, […]

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