If you want to understand why this area is called the Treasure Coast, start here. The Indian River Citrus Museum is small but loaded with Florida's citrus backbone.
This place tells the story of how oranges built towns. Old packing tools, grove photos, crate labels, advertising art, and models of early packing houses show how citrus went from grove to rail to the rest of the country. You see the labor, the tech, and the branding that put Indian River fruit on the map long before modern agribusiness took over.
No fluff. Just the industry that shaped this region, one orange at a time. Worth the stop if you like local history with real context. read more