History of Scuba Diving Museum - Islamorada

[IncreaseMyT]

Have drove by this many times and got the opportunity to stop on this trip down and I highly recommend it. They have quite a collection and I am super envious of the library they have there as well. It was 12 bucks per adult. Here are a few pics of some things I found really interesting, but there is much more to see there:

 

[Akimbo]

Thanks for the images. Florida also has the other extreme of diving history on display at the Man in the Sea Museum at the other end of the state.

 

[iamrushman]

yes; been there many times...well worth the stop and spend some time ....they sell cool shirts and diving movies also.

 

[Sam Miller III]

Thank you both for posting...
Apparently devoted to the development of helmet diving very little was posted on history of SCUBA diving

Leon Lyons has a private collection/museum in St. Augustine.

As many of you know Leon is the author of the classic very rare - only 1000 printed - expensive ($4 to $5,000) book Helmets of the deep

I have book number 500 of 1000-- I was fortunate that I knew most of the west coast helmet makers and had them inscribe a note over or near the picture of their helmets... Now at this late date I question its value $$$ and seldom remove it from the safe deposit box--- the joys of bibliomania !

Lovely lovely lady at the end of @IncreaseMyT s post -- can't say much for the interloper
But I did enjoy the pictures and your effort in sharing-- Keep up the good work!

Sam Miller, 111

 

[dead dog]

Thank you both for posting...
Apparently devoted to the development of helmet diving very little was posted on history of SCUBA diving

Leon Lyons has a private collection/museum in St. Augustine.

As many of you know Leon is the author of the classic very rare - only 1000 printed - expensive ($4 to $5,000) book Helmets of the deep

I have book number 500 of 1000-- I was fortunate that I knew most of the west coast helmet makers and had them inscribe a note over or near the picture of their helmets... Now at this late date I question its value $$$ and seldom remove it from the safe deposit box--- the joys of bibliomania !

Lovely lovely lady at the end of @IncreaseMyT s post -- can't say much for the interloper
But I did enjoy the pictures and your effort in sharing-- Keep up the good work!

Sam Miller, 111

Helmets of the Deep - by Author Leon Lyons - St. Augustine, Florida