The Historic Trust is focused on providing exciting and engaging, free cultural programming to the community. The location of the History and Storytelling Circle directly behind the T.T. Wentworth Museum between the Children’s Museum and Voices of Pensacola Multicultural Center will draw more visitors to the entire complex and encourage them to stay longer on the site. The community will have a free cultural program to enjoy that will have changing programming. This will encourage families and visitors to continue to visit the History and Storytelling Circle and visit the adjacent museums. Children will be able to interact with history and better understand the importance of Pensacola and how the region developed. Getting to meet and interact with important historical Pensacola individuals such as Rachel Jackson, Dorothy Walton, Clara Barkley Dorr, and other influential figures, will help bring the history of our community to life. Last year around 173,000 visitors, of whom 12,000 were children on field trips, witnessed live demonstrations of candle making, woodworking, broom making, bee keeping, and other heritage trades. The annual Escambia County History Fair and summer history and archaeology camps also take place on the Historic Trust campus. The Circle’s raised-planter benches and landscaping will provide an inviting atmosphere for visitors to gather during these other events.