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| Explore Town Hall Museum with Johnny Brown, Addison Mizner's pet monkey! The museum hunt uses Johnny Brown's pictures with matching numbers as clues throughout Town Hall. Kids learn their own local history, examine the architecture, and discover the home of the town's first fire engine, Old Betsy. |  | |
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| Scout Tours |
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History Patch for Boy Scouts
The Boca Express Train Museum is the location of this historic site visit. The 1930 FEC Train Depot and its two 1947 streamliner cars are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Boca Express Train Museum is also home to a 1940s Baldwin Steam Locomotive and Seaboard Caboose. Scouts will discover their connection of their own local history with mid-twentieth century train travel as well as the importance of historic preservation.
Minimum: 7
Leaders/Chaperones: 1 per 5 scouts
Time Length: 45 minutes
Offered: Weekday afternoons
Cost: $ 3.00 per scout / $5.00 per adult over the 1 per 5 scout ratio
Local Lore Badge for Girl Scouts
Boca Raton's 1927 Old Town Hall is the center of this historic adventure. Exploration of this National Registered landmark as well as the Historical Society's exhibits and collections will complete several of the local lore activities. The unique experience will also demonstrate how today's technology is helping to preserve the past.
Minimum: 7
Leaders/Chaperones: 1 per 5 scouts
Time Length: 1.5 hours
Offered: Weekday afternoons
Cost: $ 5.00 per scout / $5.00 per adult over the 1 per 5 scout ratio
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Boca Express Train Museum
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 A great experience for the whole family! The Boca Express Train Museum is home to the Boca Raton 1930 FEC train depot, two 1947 Seaboard Air Line streamliner rail cars, a Baldwin steam locative, and a Seaboard red caboose. A guided tour of the streamliner rail cars provide a notalgic look back to the glamorous days of train travel for parents and grandparents and introduce children to the excitement of train travel. A must for train lovers! For more information visit Boca Express Train Museum under Tours.
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| Frank's Tweets
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Looking for a family activity to do together at home or on the road? Frank's Tweets is a fun, educational way to learn about early Boca Raton history. Pioneer Frank Chesebro (FC) will begin to tweet from his 1911 journal on September 6, 2011. Signup for Frank's Tweets on Twitter.com/BocaHistory to receive his journal entries. For followup questions and activities, log onto BRHS's Facebook page at Facebook/pages/BocaRatonHistoricalSociety&Museum and click on the Notes page. For more information about Frank's Tweets, go to or click our education/frank'stweets webpage.
For more information or bookings on any of these activities or events, contact:
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Director of Education
Boca Raton Historical Society
71 North Federal Highway
Boca Raton, Florida 33432
561-395-6766 x 107 or education@bocahistory.org
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