Constitution Convention Museum State Park, State park and historical museum in Port St. Joe, Florida.
Constitution Convention Museum State Park covers 14 acres just outside Port St. Joe, off US 98, at 200 Allen Memorial Way. Its museum holds examples of 19th-century life in the former town of St. Joseph, founded in 1835 and gone by 1844, and a reproduction of the original convention hall with life-sized figures and audio presentations of the state's first Constitutional Convention.
The museum documents the 1838 convention when 56 territorial delegates gathered to draft Florida's first constitution. This assembly was a crucial step toward statehood, which was achieved in 1845.
The museum's name comes from St. Joseph's role as the meeting place of Florida's first constitutional convention, held from December 3, 1838, to January 11, 1839. Inside, a reproduction of the convention hall holds life-sized audio-animated figures of delegates Robert Reid, William P. Duval, David Y. Levy and Thomas L. Baltzell debating the draft constitution.
The park lies just outside Port St. Joe, off US 98, at 200 Allen Memorial Way, on 14 acres. The museum holds the exhibits and the reproduced convention hall with the audio-animated delegates, so plan to spend the time indoors. The grounds are level and easy to walk.
The museum houses life-sized animated figures that recreate the convention discussions. These interactive displays help visitors understand the political debates of that era.
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