This Month at the Museum February 2024 A Note from the Director Dear Friends: One of the fun things that we get to do here at the Museum is recognize important dates, events, and anniversaries in our community. In fact, just this weekend the…

A Note from the Director Dear Friends: Happy New Year! Yes, we are more than a week in to 2024, but I feel like we can wish it for the same amount of time it takes us to stop writing 2023 on things! We are geared up for a great start to the…

This Month at the Museum December 2023 A Note from the Director Dear Friends: The halls have been decked and we are ready for a wonderful and festive holiday season! Are you? If you are still looking for the perfect gift, please allow us…

The Beaches Museum held its joint Board Meeting on October 10. The meeting included members from the past and incoming year and reflected on the past year’s successes as well as the coming year’s projects, events, and programs. New…

Chapel Concert: Steve Boyd Monday, September 25, 2023 Steve Boyd of Nashville’s legendary White Animals will be performing at the Beaches Museum Chapel Concert series Monday September 25, 2023. The White Animals toured the country in the…

We are excited to be celebrating our 10th Annual Beach Legends event on Friday! We look forward to honoring George Paugh, Clare Berry and Joe Mitrick as well as raising funds for the annual operations of the Beaches Museum! Whether you are…

The Beaches Museum will be hosting a celebration of trains and their impact on the history of the beaches community this weekend. The weekend kicks off on Friday, September 8 with Rails & Ales! The event begins at 7:00 p.m. and will feature a…

A Note from the Director Dear Friends: Summer is flying by and so is the "So You Think You Know Jax Music?" exhibit by the Jacksonville Historical Society! We were so honored to be the first host for this traveling exhibit as it makes its way…

A Note from the Director Dear Friends: While summer does not "officially" start until June 21, the Floridians among us know the temps and the humidity are about to turn WAY up for the foreseeable future! For the Museum, summer means two…

Recognizing that tomorrow’s history is being made today, the Beaches Museum has announced the extraordinary individuals selected to be recognized at its Beach Legends Gala, Friday, September 15 at the TPC Sawgrass Clubhouse. "An annual gala…

A Note from the Director Dear Friends: Well the dust is settling on a VERY busy spring and we are making the turn in to summer! Thank you to everyone who made our Fletcher All Class Block Party a success! We have a stellar committee (as we do…

A Note from the Director Dear Friends: Well it’s spring alright! We have a BUSY April that starts TODAY with Springing the Blooms! The perfect way to start off your Springing the BLUES weekend, (do you like what we did there?) this event is…

The Board of Directors of the Beaches Museum recently adopted the proposed 3-year Strategic Plan for the organization. Chaired by Doris McNeill, the Strategic Planning team was composed of board members, volunteers, staff and community leaders and…

Dear Friends: We are so excited to announce that the Board of the Beaches Museum has approved and adopted the 2023 Strategic Plan! The plan was a culmination of nine months of work including community surveys, stakeholder meetings, research of…

Beaches Museum Celebrates Black History Month This February the Beaches Museum is celebrating Black History Month. We have a variety of events honoring the struggles and triumphs of African Americans at the Beaches. We hope you join us in learning…

A Note from the Director Dear Friends: February offers us the opportunity to really focus on Black history as a nation, state and here in our Beaches community. The Museum’s exhibit, “Recovering Manhattan Beach” will be…

Dear Friends: Happy New Year! As we ring in 2023, the Beaches Museum is planning a full schedule of interesting and engaging programs, events and exhibits! The best way to see the “6 Beaches” exhibit will be through the eye of…

A Note from the Director Dear Friends: Well it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas here at the Beaches Museum! We are looking forward to the return of Santa and the Conductor for Beaches North Pole Express on December 9 & 10…

A Note from the Director Dear Friends: We were so happy to bring back Chapel Concerts at the end of October! The Mama Blue concert was the first event that we cancelled in March, 2020 so it was very fitting that she was the first one as we…

This Month at the Museum A Note from the Director Dear Friends: Well, it may not FEEL like we are a few weeks away from fall, but it is definitely upon us when you look at the Museum’s event schedule! We are back on the tracks with Pablo…

While our programs may have slowed down for the summer, the Museum is as busy as ever! We’ve had visitors from all over the globe, Fletcher grads enjoying the memories in our current history exhibit and our board is getting ready to start…

Dear Friends: As we head in to the summer months, events slow down (just a little!) and Museum staff and volunteers begin to focus on our annual grants and planning for the coming years. This year, the Museum board will be working on…

This Month at the Museum A Note from the Director Thank you to everyone involved in the Fletcher All-Class Block Party! The weather was perfect, the music was great and it was an evening full of reunions and memories! The addition of the opening…

The Beaches Museum has announced its Legends honorees for 2022. At a reception on the patio of the Beaches Museum Chapel, past Legends, Board Members and Museum supporters gathered to hear those deemed to be “making tomorrow’s history,…