New Smyrna Museum of History, Local history museum in New Smyrna Beach, United States

The New Smyrna Museum of History occupies a 1923 building at 120 Sams Avenue in the New Smyrna Beach Historic District. Its exhibits trace the city's past through objects and photographs, and the structure itself once served as the local post office before housing the offices of New Smyrna Beach Utilities.

The building was constructed in 1923 as a post office and later converted into a museum run by the Southeast Volusia Historical Society. This transformation has preserved the region's past and made it available to the public.

The museum displays the connections between the settlement patterns of Native Americans and colonial groups who shaped the city's early growth. Visitors can see how these communities influenced the way the area developed.

The museum stands at 120 Sams Avenue, inside the New Smyrna Beach Historic District, so the surrounding streets can be covered on foot from the entrance. The building is the former 1923 post office, later the utilities office, and it opened as a museum in 2003.

The building served as New Smyrna Beach's post office from 1923 and later housed the administrative office of New Smyrna Beach Utilities. The city transferred it to the Southeast Volusia Historical Society in 2002, and the museum opened there in 2003. Look for the address at 120 Sams Avenue, inside the New Smyrna Beach Historic District.