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{{Infobox Organization|name=Pensacola Historical Society|image=|image_border=|size=600px|caption=|mission=|motto=|formation=[[1933]]|extinction=|type= |location=|membership=|leader_title=|leader_name=|executive=[[Wendi C. Davis]] (interim)|board=[[Sandra Johnson Jordan]], ''Pres.''<br/>[[Elizabeth Vickers]], ''Vice Pres.''<br/>[[Dave Edwards]], ''Secretary''<br/>[[Wendy Simon]], ''Treasurer''<br/>[[Vince Margiotti, Jr.]], ''Parliamentarian''|staff=[[Jacki Wilson]], ''Curator of Research and Collections''<br/>[[Wendi C. Davis]], ''Curator of Exhibits''|key_people=|budget=|website=[http://www.pensacolahistory.org/ www.pensacolahistory.org]
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The '''Pensacola Historical Society''' is was an non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting [[Pensacola]] history. The Society's current executive director is [[Wendi C. Davis]], who is serving in an interim capacity.
==History==
The Society was founded on [[February 14]], [[1933]], with twenty-one members meeting at [[T. T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum|City Hall]]. At the next meeting, held on [[March 2]] of the same year, in the [[Shangtung Room]] of the [[San Carlos Hotel]], the Society's charter and by-laws were ratified. On [[March 25]] the Society was incorporated as a non-profit educational organization.
The Pensacola Historical Society was reorganized in [[1952]]. Initially, meetings were held in the Chamber of Commerce offices, but members including [[Leila Abercrombie]] quickly began working to obtain a space in which the Society could meet and reopen a musuem. After the library relocated from [[Old Christ Church]], the [[City of Pensacola]] allowed the Society to use the church, and they opened a new museum there on [[August 15]], [[1960]].
In [[1991]], having outgrown the confines of Old Christ Church, the Society moved its Resource Library to the [[Beacon Building]] on [[Church Street]], and the museum to the [[Arbona Building]] on [[Zaragoza Street]]. ==Pensacola Historical Museum==The Pensacola Historical Museum is currently located in the [[Arbona Building]] at 115 East [[Zaragoza Street]]. The first floor contains rotating exhibitsIn 2008, as well as the museum shoporganization was dissolved, while the second floor features transferring its assets to the museum's permanent exhibit gallery. The Museum is open Tuesday-Saturday from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PMWest Florida Historic Preservation, and can be reached via telephone at (850) 433-1559. The Museum is closed on Sundays and MondaysInc. ==Resource Center==The Society's Resource Center houses their collections and research library, and which now is accessible to Society members free known as the University of charge, and to the general public for a nominal fee. The Resource Center is currently located in the [[Beacon Building]] (which the Society has renamed the Norman Simons Building) at 110 [[Church Street]]. The Resource Center is open Tuesday-Friday from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM and can be reached via telephone at (850) 595-5840. The Resource Center is closed Sundays, Mondays, and SaturdaysWest Florida Historic Trust. [[Category:Cultural organizations]] [[Category:Heritage organizations]]
