Welcome to Heritage Village!
Your home for Pinellas County History.

 

Map with Driving Directions

The mission of Heritage Village is to inspire exploration of Pinellas County's story by designing unique programs and exhibits, facilitating research, and collecting and preserving local history.

 

Heritage Village
11909 125th Street N.
Largo, FL 33774
(727) 582-2123

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Free Admission! Donations are welcome and support Heritage Village operations.

 

Heritage Village is free and open to the public. Donations to our Friends group, the Pinellas County Historical Society (PCHS), are always welcome. For more information on how to support PCHS and Heritage Village, visit their website.

 

For more information on Pinellas County's COVID Guidelines, please refer to the FAQs.

 

What Do You Want To Do?

• Access the park map and audio tour

   

• Donate an item to Heritage Village

 

• Schedule a research appointment

 

• View the Events Calendar

 

• School and Adult Groups are welcome beginning September 1st! Visits are free but do require registration. Visit Group Visits for details.

 

Upcoming Programs

Farm City Day
Saturday, November 13

11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

The Pinellas County Farm Bureau will sponsor a Farm City Day Celebration at Pinellas County's Heritage Village. This is the kickoff event for Farm City Week, celebrated nationally each year during the week leading up to Thanksgiving. It was created to educate citizens about agriculture and to enhance links between rural and urban dwellers. Hands on activities will be available!

 

McKay Creek Boat Shop Exhibit
Sunday, November 21

1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Save the date! Heritage Village is excited to announce the grand opening of the newly created McKay Creek Boat Shop exhibit. This exhibit explores the life and times of local boat builder Clark Mills as well as the importance of pram sailing in the community. Join us on Sunday, November 21 from 1-4pm as we open the exhibit to the public. We'll feature live music from the Kitchen Boys featuring banjo player, Tim Roont and fiddler, Peter White. Come HUNGRY, we'll feature food trucks onsite with plenty of tasty delights!

 

Santa Saturdays
Saturdays, December 4, 11, and 18

10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Capture a memorable moment with Santa while experiencing an "old fashioned holiday" at Heritage Village - take a "selfie" with Santa or a picture of the entire family. Santa will be waiting to hear from you on the front porch of the McMullen-Coachman Log Cabin, Pinellas County's oldest existing structure! The park will include antique and classic cars "dressed up" for the holidays, a holiday scavenger hunt, and sweet treats such as steamy hot chocolate, gourmet coffees, and other goodies. This event is sponsored by the Friends of Heritage Village (Pinellas County Historical Society) and the Pinellas Model A Restorers Club.

 

ROC Day
Saturday, January 8, 2022

10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Join the spinners of Pinellas Weavers Guild to celebrate Roc Day as part of your New Year's celebrations. The annual event is held at the McMullen House (also known as the Fiber Arts House). Guild members demonstrate fiber crafts including weaving and spinning, answer questions about fiber crafts, and share stories. Plan to do mini-classes and demonstrations, tell funny holiday stories, recruit potential new spinners and weavers, and generally have a fun time. There will also be vendors selling fiber and spinning equipment, and a fiber exhibit by our members. Roc Day, also known as St. Distaff's Day, is the traditional time for women to put away their holiday baking pans and get back to fiber. The name comes from the distaff used in spinning linen, also called a roc, which was the medieval symbol of women's work.

 

Historic House Concert Series
Every first Saturday at the McMullen Coachman Log Cabin

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Join Heritage Village and Radio St. Pete, Sunshine 96.7FM for our Historic House Concert Series! Every first Saturday of the month from noon to 1pm, we feature a live, local musicians from the porch of our 1852 McMullen-Coachman Log Cabin. Enjoy a FREE show during the beautiful fall Florida weather while grabbing a snack or some lunch at the featured food truck onsite. Can't make it in person, These live events are also available to our Heritage Village audience on Facebook Live as well as recorded and re-broadcast on 96.7FM! There's so many ways to enjoy this new series!

 

Speaking of History
Every second Saturday

2:00 p.m.

Join us every second Saturday of the month at 2pm for our Speaking of History Series in partnership with the Florida Humanities. This series highlight historic and cultural presentations that focus on Florida. Join us on November, 13 at 2pm in the Heritage Village Pinellas Room or on Zoom for our next presenter, Art Levy. For more than a decade, journalist Art has traveled the state, interviewing prominent Floridians for a Florida Trend magazine feature called "Icon". The resulting interviews have been compiled in a University Press of Florida book titled, "Made in Florida: Artists, Celebrities, Activists, Educators, and Other Icons in the Sunshine State."

 

Author Talk Series
Varies days/times

Join Heritage Village Operations Manager, Monica Drake, for a chat with local Authors about their newly released books! This series is in partnership with local publishing company, St. Petersburg Press.

 

Upcoming Authors/Books:

• November 19: Peter Kageyama, For the Love of Cities: Revisited
• December 3: Joshua Ginsberg, Tampa Bay Scavenger: The Ultimate Search for Tampa Bay's Hidden Treasures
• February 18: Tom Gribbin, The Last Florida Boy
• March 18: Melanie Bowman & Meredith Gaunce, Traveling St. Pete: A Girl's Guide
• April 15: Midge Trubey, Rock doesn't Roll on an Empty Stomach

 

Want To Help?

• Learn about volunteer and internship opportunities

 

• Become a Member of the Pinellas County Historical Society

 

• Make a one-time donation to the Pinellas County Historical Society

 

Stretch your legs and imagination as you explore Heritage Village in new and fun ways during your visit!

• Park Plant Quest
• Circle of the Senses Discovery Walk

 

 

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