BVPA, Inc. is a 501c3 Tax Exempt Non-Profit Organization

The BVPA Complex buildings are
Handicap Accessible

Museum exhibits are free to the public

Northwest Florida's Historic Village of Bagdad
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Thanks for helping make Bagdad beautiful!

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General Membership Meetings

Sunday afternoon
October 5, 2:00 p.m.

Refreshment will be served!
 

Beaches to Woodlands

Artful Bowl Event

October 18, 2008
 

Museum Complex
4512 Forsyth Street
Bagdad

Bagdad's
Art Stroll

Come purchase an "artful bowl" and let us fill it with homemade soup!

FUN FOR ALL AS YOU STROLL THROUGH THE VILLAGE!

Historic and picturesque Bagdad Village is located in Northwest Florida near the City of Milton. An oasis of peace, is located on the banks of the beautiful Blackwater River.

Bagdad is located at 30.58º North and 87.03º West of the prime meridian.

As early as 1840, Bagdad was a thriving port producing and shipping more yellow pine lumber than any port in the world. By 1900, Bagdad Village had become one of the most industrialized areas in the State of Florida.

Life in Bagdad centered around the saw mill and logging industries pioneered by Joseph Forsyth and partners. The daily thumps, clanks and whine of the mills continued for over 111 years until the Depression and depletion of natural resources silenced them forever in 1939.
 

HOW DID BAGDAD GET ITS NAME? click here to find out
BVPA's 2008 Calendar We want you to be involved!
The Virtual Museum www.santarosavirtualmuseum.org
Bagdad Cemetery Association 6800 Pooley Street, Bagdad, FL 32530 Watch for next year's "Legend and Lore of the Historic Bagdad Cemetery" event date!	Blackwater River Foundation Preserving Environmental and Cultural Resources
Bagdad's Community Center 6860 Pooley Street, Bagdad, FL 32530 Landscaping & Painting Photographs Click here to view	Bagdad Waterfronts Florida Partnership Promoting and Protecting a Livable Community

Another exciting holiday tour of  historic homes in Bagdad was Saturday afternoon, Dec. 1  The "Christmas Trolley" took visitors around the village, stopping at venues featuring homes and "things of the past".  Tour guides told "amazing stories."

Watch for this years event!
December 6, 2008

Click to view pictures of our previous tours

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2007
CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT

Bagdad Methodist Church

Third in New Series
"Scenes of Bagdad"

$10.00 each
available in October

Click here to view past ornaments

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Visit the
Bagdad Village

 MUSEUM

AND

GIFT STORE

First Saturday
 of each month!

Come visit and see the story of lumber and the history of Bagdad!