Learn More About Your Local History 

Want to learn more about where you live or are visiting?  The Punta Gorda History Center is a great place to start.  Visit us Tuesday through Thursday between noon and three or call for more information.  

History talks are usually presented free of charge on Tuesday or Wednesday September through June at 1 p.m. at the center, 512 E. Grace. Follow our Facebook page at or join our email list to learn about upcoming programs.  You can also inquire at 1-941-916-8800 for information on programs at the Center or to schedule a talk at your organization’s meeting. 

November/ December Programs 

 

Tickets Available Now For Annual Southern Supper!  

A popular event sure to sell out.  

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 2025 Exhibit - Punta Gorda Through the Lens of Old Postcards 

From the earliest days of the town, postcards, which blossomed in the late 1880s,  were an integral part of communications with friends and family in distant places.  As time went on and Punta Gorda became in part a tourist destination, visitors sent them as mementos of their travels through Florida.  Now these old postcards represent an important visual and written link to Punta Gorda’s past.  In this exhibit their importance to the historical record of the town will be illustrated and the role of postcards will be discussed in programs throughout the year.

Help Provide History

Often an incidental factor in a diary, photograph, map or other document can reveal more about the story of our town.  Before these important clues to our past are lost…