At the information desk the docent will give you an excellent overview of the creation of the original capitol building, it’s replacement and restoration. Next you should see the video that traces the socio-cultural history of Florida. There are two floors to explore where the Supreme court originally was, the Governor’s office with original furniture, and upstairs where the Senate and House met. Lots of well described exhibits, a beautiful staircase and a magnificent recreation of the dome’s stained glass window. (Be sure the docent tells you the saga of how the panel was able to be tesytored!)

The building has the old legislative and supreme court chambers, along with many rooms with historical display, and a video. The building was restored to the way it looked in the early 1900s. The staff were very friendly and helpful.

The Florida Capitol is a great place to visit so, actually there are many opportunities in the area, the streets and buildings just around the old and “new” Capitol buildings to study history, pick up brochures about Florida, ride central elevator to 22nd floor and get 360 degree views, and visit representatives. Even good places for lunch. A patriotic morning or afternoon, taking an hour or a few days to explore Florida 400+ year history under 5 plus governments and many, changes. From Timicuan Native American peoples, Spanish rule, French explorations, Seminole and slave and bootlegger refuge (not necessarily connected), industrial invention, sports, fishing, colleges, and space, and reverence and drive, back roads and transit and monorail, Florida is the place to find welcome, we all hope.

We are seeing all 50 state capitals, and Florida was our 46th. The “capital” is actually the former capital building restored as it appeared in 1902. It is now a capital museum. The architecture and design are pretty plain as far as capitals go. There are no murals, art work, sculptures, stained glass windows, or any sort of decoration or interesting architectural features. The current capital building, housing the governor’s office, the house, the senate is a 22-story building built in the 1970s. That is pretty much all I need to say about it. Utilitarian is how I’d describe it. We spent about 30 minutes wandering around the capital museum, which was only mildly interesting. We went up to the observation deck of the new capital building. A very helpful construction worker instructed us on the oh-so-complicated elevator system. I’m not sure we would have figured it out ourselves and the security people were there strictly to collect a paycheck.

Pretty building but sadly the museum is quite boring on the whole. There's some interesting aspects about the State's wildlife, people etc., but the videos about these are quite old, and one didn't even work. I ended up working out how to turn off the tv and video myself and getting it working again, but they definitely need an update. We couldn't get the attention of the person on the main desk as there was a huge school group visiting, so we gave up. Sadly little worth seeing on the inside apart from the Supreme Court Chamber, but the outside is pretty.

Well worth the time to see the Capitol of the state that I have lived in most of my life. It’s a free self guided walk around “tour” with multiple rooms on 2 floors with exhibits covering many decades. For me, it’s a must see!!! Plan on at least an hour. There’s construction going on currently so we were slightly confused about where to park and how to get into the old Capitol building itself. We figured it out and we ended up parking on a street with a meter(bring coins!) We did not do the observation deck in the current Capitol building but you might want to check it out for the Tallahassee views.

The museum is "text heavy and artifact light." Children and teens may become easily bored. The current Capitol was interesting but aside from the observation tower, there's not much to see or do there. It's worth going to say you've been, but we won't be back.

The old and the new state capitols are back to back, so it's easy to visit both and see the contrast in the Senate and House chambers. The old capital has a self guided tour with displays. It's nice but kind of boring. The intro film needs to be updated.

It is amazing how we have grown. The inside of this building is so very small, no way could it accommodate all of the folks in the capital today. But it was a very nice look back at where we were - highly recommend it

I've visited a lot of State Capitols in the USA but was slightly disappointed with this one as it's not as grand as many others. Not much at all in Tallahassee so isn't a must visit place.