Amelia Island Museum of History

The tiny Amelia Island Museum of History (233 S. 3rd St., 904/261-7378, www.ameliamuseum.org [1], 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Mon.–Sat., 1–4 p.m. Sun., $7 adults, $4 students and military) is situated in the old downtown jail. The museum displays artifacts from the last five centuries of the island’s past, from the Timucuan Indians and the Spanish colonists to the Civil War and the island’s role as a safe haven for escaped slaves.