Richard and Pat Johnson Palm Beach County History Museum

The museum's exhibits and collection cover local history, with a permanent collection of millions of objects and images that span over 12,000 years of Palm Beach County and Florida history.

[1] The museum offers multiple exhibits, ranging from online collections to in-person displays, including both its permanent People and Places galleries as well as temporary special exhibits that open each fall, located in the Courtroom Gallery on the third floor of the 1916 courthouse.

The museum is housed in a 1916 courthouse building, at 300 North Dixie Highway.

[4] After the onset of World War II, additions were constructed to protect the original building, which by 1972, had enclosed the entire courthouse.

Restoration did not begin until a couple years later in 2004, in which the wraparound structure that encased the original building was removed, along with several other additions.