Preserve Our Rich Heritage

The Florida Keys History & Discovery Center guards what cannot be replaced.
We are the only comprehensive history center in the Upper Keys. We preserve the railroad workers’ sacrifice, the hurricane survivors’ resilience, the coral reefs’ wonder, and the everyday heroes who shaped these extraordinary islands.
Without us, these stories die.
Without YOU, we cannot continue.
Support FKHDC
Choose Your Impact:
$50 • Bring Keys history to life for one child
Sponsor hands-on discovery with touchable artifacts coral fragments, treasure coins, pieces of the railroad that still inspire wonder
$150 • Preserve one historic photograph forever
Digitally save a railroad worker’s face, a survivor’s story, a reef before climate change protecting irreplaceable memory
$200 • Send one disadvantaged child to summer camp
A week of marine science, living history, and connection to place they’ll carry for life
$1,000 • Guard a major exhibit for one year
Maintain maritime heritage, First Nations stories, hurricane history keeping our past accurate and alive
$2,500+ • Become a Heritage Guardian
Protect irreplaceable collections, develop new exhibits, expand programs transforming how generations discover Keys heritage






