Welcome to the Key West Maritime Historical Society

Who we are: The Key West Maritime Historical Society is an all-volunteer, non-profit educational and cultural society. We are dedicated to the study and preservation of the rich maritime heritage of Key West and the Florida Keys. We organized as a Florida not-for-profit corporation in 1981. Since 1985 the IRS has granted us 501(c)(3) status.

What we do: The Society sponsors free public lectures, field trips, special events and interpretive projects to increase public awareness and appreciation of maritime history. We also publish the quarterly Florida Keys Sea Heritage Journal. That periodical is mailed directly to our members (and back issues can be seen here on our Journal Archive page). The Journal has been published for over seventeen years, and contains many articles and illustrations not available elsewhere. It is a tremendous aid in learning why the Keys are such a special place.

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Mark Your Calendar for the KWMHS Annual Meeting on Monday, April 16 at 6:30 p.m.at the Eco-Discovery Center.

The meeting will feature special guests remembering the life of Ed Little, former president of the Society.

Special Media: Hear the lecture delivered by Corey Malcolm on April 20, 2011 on the slave trade in Key West

Produced and published by Jeffery Aldritch

This website is sponsored in part by the Florida Keys Council of the Arts www.keysarts.com, and was developed in partnership with Cooke Communications www.keysnews.com. Follow these links for additional sources of cultural information