In Time Present meets past at Powell Hall, the Florida Museum of Natural History's Education and Exhibition Center. Stroll through a replica of a north Florida limestone cave containing small sinkholes, stalactites, and other geological features and see inhabitants including a family of opossums, a diamondback rattlesnake, a barn owl, a raccoon, crickets, blind cave crayfish, and southeastern bats. The museum is home to more than 10 million specimens. The Museum's artisans, technicians and educators distill Florida's rich environment and cultural diversity. Always using the most recently available information, the department designs exhibits, plans classes, organizes special programs, and prepares educational materials that reach visitors from across the state and nation.
Museum docents learn the particulars of exhibits and lead guided tours through the exhibition halls.
The natural history and culture of Florida and the Caribbean are presented through the department's production of model programs, exhibits, and educational materials.