St. Augustine, Florida — tours, research & programs
Museum tours, heritage walks, lectures and reading-room appointments in the oldest city in the continental United States. Choose the era you would like to step into; our staff take it from there.
St. Augustine has flown the flags of Spain, Britain and the United States. The society keeps what those centuries left behind — records, photographs, objects and the buildings themselves — and opens all of it to researchers, schools and visitors.
The founding of the city, its earliest parish records, and the land grants that still shape the street plan.
Twenty years under the British crown, when St. Augustine served as the capital of East Florida.
Spain's return, the rebuilding of the town, and the surveys and deeds that document every lot.
Florida becomes American territory and then a state: census rolls, newspapers and the war years.
New hotels, new streets and a photographic record of a small town turning into a winter resort.
Records, photographs and research files from every era are available to visitors and to researchers.
See what you can bookEverything the society runs is bookable: tours and walks led by our guides, research time in the reading room, evening lectures, and sessions built for classrooms.
A guided walk through the society's rooms and the objects on display, told with the documents that back the story up.
On foot through the old streets, from the plaza outward, with four centuries of building and rebuilding pointed out block by block.
A table in the reading room, the society's documents requested on your behalf, and staff on hand to help you follow a family, a house or a street.
Evenings of research and storytelling from the people who work in the collections, with time for questions afterwards.
Sessions built for classes, arranged around objects students can examine closely and questions they can ask out loud.
A research appointment puts you at a table with the paper trail of a city that has belonged to Spain, Britain and the United States. Bring a question — a family, a house, a street, a year — and we will help you follow it.
Send us the shape of your visit — which program, which date, how many of you — and our staff will confirm it by email.
Every request is read by a member of staff. You will hear back with a confirmed time, and with any collection material pulled and waiting for you when you arrive.
Book a museum tour, reserve a table in the reading room, or walk the old streets with a guide.