Many smaller museums in the region tell the interesting stories of particular communities.

• Coastal Heritage Museum in Crystal River (532 Citrus Ave.; 352-795-1755) is located in the old City Hall, a 1939 Mission-style building constructed by the WPA, and exhibits photos and memorabilia telling the history of the community. Inverness' magnificently restored 1912 Courthouse houses county archives and displays of county history. It's also home to the Citrus County Historical Society.
• Hernando Historical Museum in Brooksville (601 Museum Court; 352-799-0129) is located in the 1856 May-Stringer House and exhibits more than 10,000 objects of local history.
• Zephyrhills Depot Museum (39110 South Ave.; 813-783-1685) is in the relocated and restored 1927 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad station and exhibits items interpreting the history of the community and local railroading.
• West Pasco Historical Society Museum and Library (6431 Circle Blvd.; 727-847-0680), in New Port Richey's downtown historic area, is in the 1913 Silvere Springs schoolhouse, relocated to its present site. Memorabilia and exhibits tell the story of the community.
• Tarpon Springs Historical Society Museum (160 Tarpon Ave.; 727-938-3711) in the old Gulf Coast Railway depot on the line that connected northern Pinellas County with St. Petersburg contains exhibits and memorabilia of community history.
• The Tarpon Springs Cultural Center (101 S. Pinellas Ave.; 727-942-5605) also features exhibits of community history.
• Spongeorama (510 Dodecanese Blvd., Tarpon Springs) is a vintage 50s Florida roadside museum that tells about the history of sponges and the sponge industry in Tarpon Springs.
• The Palm Harbor Historical Museum (204 Curlew Rd.; 727-781-4670) is in the 1915 home of an early resident of Palm Harbor who settled here in the 1880s. The museum's exhibits trace the history of the communities of Palm Harbor, Crystal Beach, Ozona and Curlew from the late 1800s to the present.

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