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Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida is a history museum in Valparaiso, Florida, Okaloosa County, Florida. The museum's permanent collection includes flint spear points, stone tools from Paleo-Archaic hunters, pottery shards from the Woodland Period, a black iron wash pot, crosscut saws, turpentine collection cups, a porcelain pitcher, lumber mill tokens, and old school desks. The museum's collection also covers the area's fishing history, includes a heritage mural, and hosts the Crestview Train Depot

The museum offers their Heritage Alive monthly classes on how to make like the local pioneers use to do in order to teach history in a hands on manner. These classes include the following:

Class Instructor
Pine Needle Basketry Joe Stoy
Seat Weaving Phil Richter
Basket Weaving Carol Dickson
Loom Weaving Sandy Sutton
Mosaics Kathleen Nehus
Watercolor Carol Dickson
Blacksmithing Master Craftsman Dave Sandlin or Billy Hay
Timber Framing Master Craftsman Dave Sandlin
Woodturning Journeyman Christopher Sandlin
Make a Musical Instrument Master Craftsman Dave Sandlin
Soap Making Walter Roof
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