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Crestview History Museum & Historic Preservation Board

Name: Crestview History Museum & Historic Preservation Board
Address: 198 South Wilson Street, Crestview, FL, 32536, US
Telephone: +18503985459

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08/08/2026

We're setting up for our Summer Sundaes at the Museum today! It runs 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with make-your-own sundaes with lots of yummy toppings! And it's free! Come by the Crestview History Museum and enjoy a sweet treat with your history!

08/04/2026

When it comes to beating the Northwest Florida summer heat, a refreshing ice cream sundae sure hits the spot. Between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, the Crestview History Museum has just the treat you need!
The museum’s family friendly Second Saturday opening, “Summer Sundaes at the Museum,” features several flavors of yummy ice cream with lots of delicious toppings. Enjoy your sundae as you discover exhibits about Crestview’s colorful past.
Check out exhibits including our recently completed “Takin’ Care of Crestview Business” display about the city’s commercial history. Or explore displays about the railroads that created Crestview, or about the Bush family who once called the Bush House their home.
Learn about the city’s relationship under Sister Cities International with Noirmoutier, France. In a very unusual display, examine personal first aid supplies, government brochures, and a 64-year-old jar of Peter Pan peanut butter, all found in a family Cold War-era fallout shelter right outside of Crestview.
Perhaps the most relevant display is a swees new exhibit in the Bush House dining room of ice cream memorabilia from years past, presented by Historic Preservation Board member and museum volunteer Wanda and Mark Hulion from their personal collection. From vintage ice cream scoops to ornate parfait glasses, dozens of ice cream-themed artifacts await in this temporary exhibit.
Summer Sundaes at the Museum is a great opportunity to explore your city’s history while you and your family chill out with make-it-yourself ice cream sundaes! There’s no cost — though donations to the museum are welcome — for the history lessons or the ice cream.

SUMMER SUNDAES AT THE MUSEUM
WHAT: Make-‘em-yourself ice cream sundaes at the Crestview History Museum
WHEN: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 8. Ice cream available while supplies last.
WHERE: Crestview History Museum at the Bush House, 198 South Wilson St.
HOW MUCH: No cost
WHO: Presented by the Crestview Historic Preservation Board, a 501(c)3 community non-profit
INFO: Contact the history museum, 850.398.5459, [email protected]

07/07/2026

This Saturday, the Crestview History Museum is the place where you can watch fencing demos, flip crêpes, sample éclairs, and learn about the city’s relationship with Noirmoutier, all in the air conditioned comfort of a century-old historic residence and its museum.
On Saturday, July 11, the swords — and crêpes — will fly at the museum, located in the historic Bush House at 198 South Wilson St. as the tricolore flutters overhead. And it’s free!
The occasion is the celebration of France’s National Day, better known in the U.S. as Bastille Day. As a tactical maneuver, the June 14, 1779, storming of the Bastille prison fortress in Paris was something of a flop.
Revolutionaries expecting to liberate the fortresses’ prisoners found only seven inmates, but nonetheless, the siege quickly became a lasting and endearing symbol of the abolition of the monarchy and the founding of the French Republic. The holiday continues to stir hearts throughout France.
At the Bastille Day Celebration, visitors can meet members of the Sister City Program, learn about the city’s 31-year-old relationship under Sister Cities International with Noirmoutier-en-l’Île, and view a museum display about the congenial island community off the west coast of France.
Members of Unity Fencing Academy will demonstrate the time-honored sport of sword fighting and explain its elegant moves. Visitors may try on the protective gear and take a few practice thrusts, just like the renowned Three Musketeers of Alexandre Dumas’s famous 1844 novel.
In the kitchen, samples of various French foods will be served, while the Sister City Program’s favorite chef, Mary Richard, will demonstrate the art of flipping a crêpe and searing it to perfection. Try a sample, smeared with the deliciousness of several fillings, including chocolatey Nutella.
“French food is rightly renowned for its delicious taste, but also for the art of creating and presenting it,” Mrs. Richard said. “We’re looking forward to sharing it with our visitors.”
The June 11 celebration of Bastille Day and all its French culture runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Crestview History Museum, 198 South Wilson St. Admission is free. The celebration is presented by the Crestview Area Sister City Program and the Crestview History Museum.

CRESTVIEW’S BASTILLE DAY CELEBRATIION
What: Local observance of France’s National Day
Who: Crestview Area Sister City Program and the Crestview History Museum
When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, July 11
Where: The Bush House/Crestview History Museum, 198 South Wilson St.
Notes: Free celebration of France’s National Day with displays, samples of French cuisine, and sword fighting demonstrations by the Unity Fencing Academy
Info: hughesb@cityofcrestview, 850.398.5459

06/11/2026

Just a couple days until Crestview History Day, Saturday, June 13, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.. Check out the special displays in the Bush House/Crestview History Museum, including the famous 1960s Hasty Train, which will be displayed outside the Bush House. At 1 p.m., historian Bert Moore talks about how the Hub City got its nickname. And guess what? The Bush House is celebrating its Centennial! Come buy a special T-shirt, and enjoy free birthday cake!

05/29/2026

Well, dangit. Due to expected rain, NWF SHARE has had to cancel this evening's puppet performance of "W***y Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." But...the kids' talents won't go to waste. They're going to record the show and make it into a video, and they promised we'll get to have a showing! But for this evening, alas, there's no Golden Ticket

05/27/2026

Hey everybody! We've got a Golden Ticket right here at the Bush House/Crestview History Museum to see "W***y Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" performed LIVE on our front porch. The talented puppeteers of the NWF SHARE homeschool group's advanced theatre class will bring to life W***y Wonka, Charlie Bucket and his Grandpa Joe, Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, and all the rest of the cast. "W***y Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" will be presented for one performance only this Friday, May 29, at 6 p.m. Tickets are free, donations to the Crestview History Museum are welcome.

05/19/2026

Crestview is officially 110 years old this year. But unofficially, Crest View Depot, as it was originally known, was already in full swing as early as the 1880s.

To celebrate our city’s rich and sometimes colorful history, the Crestview Historic Preservation Board and the Crestview History Museum in the Bush House will host Crestview History Day on Saturday, June 13. At the same time, the museum will observe the Bush House’s centennial.

The family of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad’s then-track supervisor, Lorenza Bush, moved into the dignified American Craftsman-style house the railroad built for them sometime in the spring of 1926.

It’s now the History Museum's home, which will house several interesting and enlightening displays and activities during History Day, including rare photographs from our past — some never seen before — and displays about our community’s black heritage from the Carver-Hill Museum.

Older residents may remember the “Hasty Train” that chugged around downtown Crestview during festivals. The small scale, rideable train was crafted by Charlie Hasty who used to run the Sinclair gas station on U.S. Highway 90 West.

The train is one of the history museum’s prized artifacts and will be on display during History Day. Unfortunately, it isn’t operational yet, but HPD volunteers are in the process of refurbishing it. Because the board does not yet have room to display the train, History Day will be a rare opportunity to see a beloved artifact from Crestview’s past.

For those who want to delve deeper into Crestview’s moniker Hub City, local historian Bert Moore will offer “a practical and academic approach to the Hub City story,” as he put it. He will offer his presentation at 1 p.m. during History Day. His credentials are impeccable, being a lifelong Crestview resident, son of historian Jim Moore and having observed his hometown through many lenses.

“I have walked all through town,” he said. “I took a bus through town, I took the train through Crestview, and I even drove a tractor up Main Street towing a homecoming float.”

Crestview History Day will include complimentary refreshments, and since it’s also the Bush House centennial, there will be birthday cake for the historic home’s 100th birthday. For book lovers, the Friends of the Crestview Library will hold a book sale on the front porch.

“We’ll just have us one big ol’ happy day!” HPD President Ann Spann said.

05/14/2026

Hello history and heritage buffs! Ready for a fun, enlightening and enriching experience? Bundle the kiddos into the Family Truckster on Saturday and pop over to the Baker Block Museum. Our friends there are hosting NATIVE FLUTES & TRADITIONS at 1 p.m., a program of Native American flute and drum music, with dance and regalia demonstrations. Bring your folding chair and be prepared to be amazed! Admission is free.

04/23/2026

Hey folks. We're on-site and getting ready for the Race to the Rhein living history weekend! We just found out the parking lot next to the Senior Activity Center will be closed off Friday and Saturday, 24 and 25 April. If you're a vendor or exhibitor or re-enactor bringing your gear or displays to the Senior Center, you will enter the grounds NOT from the parking lot, but at the bend in the road, then drive the track down to the Senior Center parallel to the closed-off road. Got all that? We're going to try to put up signage. But we're getting ready for this weekend's Race to the Rhein! See you there!
(Photo: Event volunteer homeschooler Graham fastens a zip tie in one of the 20 history panels in the History Pavilion.)

04/21/2026

We're just two days away from this year's Race to the Rhein living history weekend here in Crestview, Florida. Did you know we'll have an Honor Table set up on which you may display a framed photo of a family member who served in the military or on the Homefront during the war? The table will be set up inside the onsite WWII History Museum in the Senior Activity Center in Spanish Trail Park throughout the event. You may bring your framed photos (8"x10" preferred) to the Crestview History Museum today or tomorrow, April 21 or 22. Starting Thursday, April 23, take your photos to the Senior Activity Center. They will be treated with loving care and respect. You may pick them up at the Crestview History Museum starting Monday, 27 April. Who will YOU honor?

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198 South Wilson Street
Crestview, FL
32536

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Tuesday	10am - 4pm
Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Thursday	10am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 4pm

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+18503985459

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