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A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery
Fort Pierce, Florida

Art

Since its founding in 1960 and the first day the doors opened in 1961, the A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery has been a center and catalyst for creativity and culture in our region. The Museum houses the nation’s largest public presentation of artwork by Florida’s preeminent painter, A.E. “Bean” Backus (1906-1990), and is home to the state’s only permanent multimedia exhibition on the Florida Highwaymen.

African American Museum of the Arts
DeLand, Florida

Art

The African American Museum of the Arts is a not-for-profit arts facility dedicated to promoting multicultural artistic excellence and providing educational opportunities to all ages, in visual, literary and performing arts; while encouraging interaction with the community through on-site and out-reach exhibitions, presentations and historical research.

Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens
Winter Park, Florida

Art, Botanical Garden

Explore the inspired world of internationally acclaimed sculptor Albin Polasek. Tour his home, galleries and chapel listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Linger in lush lakeside sculpture gardens.

Ancient Spanish Monastery of St. Bernard De Clairvaux Cloisters
North Miami Beach, Florida

Art

To serve as a place of peace and rest, and as an example of 12th century architecture/history.

Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens
West Palm Beach, Florida

Art, Botanical Garden, Historic House

The Ann Norton Sculpture Garden is a complete unique experience in that you are visiting the home, studio and garden of the artist Ann Weaver Norton. The garden is a rare sculpture that was created to have you experience her monumental works in brick in a surprising and completely unpredictable fashion. Guests are encourage to wonder and explore, get lost and then come back and share there visit with the staff who answer all kinds of questions and provide you with a cool drink of water and share a story or two about the life of Ann. Our vision is to continue to share Ann's unique art and life. To work to preserve it for the enjoyment of the community as Ann had intented it to be.

Consider the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens for the site for your next special event.

Appleton Museum of Art at College of Central Florida
Ocala, Florida

Art, University

Serving Central Florida and beyond with a permanent collection of over 18,000 objects.

Art & History Museums - Maitland
Maitland, Florida

Art, Culture, History, Historic House

The Art & History Museums – Maitland is a premier Central Florida cultural destination and community gathering place. We offer 5 museums within a mile of one another, and invite you to spend the day with us and enjoy all that we have to offer. From professional artists working in their studios to hands on 19th century woodworking, our museums offer unparalleled opportunities for enrichment and inspiration. Our two campuses include a 1937 artists’ colony with Aztec and Mayan architectural influences, a Victorian house museum, a working antique tool museum, an interactive telephone museum, and a museum that celebrates the history of Maitland. There truly is something for everyone and each experience is well worth the trip.

Art and Culture Center of Hollywood
Hollywood, Florida

Art, Culture

The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood presents contemporary gallery exhibitions, live stage performances and high-quality education programs for adults and children. The Center fosters a creative environment where new and challenging work can flourish through programs that reflect the highest standards of artistry and diversity.

ArtCenter/South Florida
Miami Beach, Florida

Art, Culture

ArtCenter/South Florida, a not-for-profit organization that creates opportunities for experimentation and innovation, and encourages the exchange of ideas across cultures through residencies, exhibitions, public programs, education and outreach.

Atlantic Center for the Arts
New Smyrna Beach, Florida

Art

Atlantic Center for the Arts is a nonprofit interdisciplinary artists-in-residence community and arts education facility dedicated to promoting artistic excellence. Talented artists are provided an opportunity to work and collaborate with some of the world's most distinguished contemporary artist in the fields of composing, and visual, literary and performing arts. Community interaction is coordinated through on-site and outreach presentations, workshops and exhibitions.

Aberrant Art Gallery
Daytona Beach, Florida

Art

Barry Kite's style of social and political parody via the "re-positioning" of art historical and contemporary media imagery has won him several art competition awards and placed his work in numerous private and corporate collections.

Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum
Clewiston, Florida

Art, Culture, History

The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum is located on a 66 acre cypress dome on the Big Cypress Reservation. We have beautiful life-like dioramas and exhibits as well as a mile long boardwalk through the cypress dome with signage identifying various plants and animals.

Amelia Center Gallery, Gulf Coast State College
Panama City, Florida

Art

To show art students the real world of art.

Anita S. Wooten Gallery at Valencia College East Campus
Orlando, Florida

Art

Exhibitors complement classroom instruction in such areas as studio, art history, art appreciation, humanities, English and social science. The focus of the program is on contemporary art with emphasis on cutting edge exhibitions.

Anna Lamar Switzer Center for the Visual Arts
Pensacola, Florida

Art

Gallery Mission Statement 1. To present exhibitions of the highest quality. The annual program of exhibitions provides a wide variety of aesthetic and educational experiences for gallery visitors with a focus on modern and contemporary art. 2. To support the educational mission of Pensacola State College, enriching the lives of PSC students beyond the classroom, as well as in an instructional setting. 3. To provide cultural leadership in Northwest Florida, South Alabama and South Georgia by maintaining the highest standard excellence. 4.

Armory Art Center
West Palm Beach, Florida

Art

The Armory Art Center is a not-for-profit community-based visual arts education and exhibition center providing opportunities for individual growth, self expression, increased awareness and appreciation of the arts through participation in studio art classes, exhibitions, lectures and other educational programs. The Center seeks to educate, enrich and engage a diverse population through the "experience of art".

Art & History Museums, Maitland
Maitland, Florida

Art, Culture, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Library, Specialized

The Art & History Museums, Maitland operates the Maitland Art Center, Waterhouse Residence Museum, Carpentry Shop Museum, Telephone Museum, and Maitland Historical Museum. The Maitland Art Center was founded as an artist colony in 1937 by Jules Andre Smith and has grown into a cultural hub for Central Florida. The Maitland Art Center offers art instruction, exhibits, and public programming in an unequaled architectural environment. The Waterhouse Residence Museum offers a glimpse into Florida Victorian life as docents guide visitors through the home of one of Maitland’s founding families, the Waterhouses.

Art Center Sarasota
Sarasota, Florida

Art

Art Center Sarasota is the hub of local culture in all its richness and diversity, and that includes you! We are the sum total of Sarasota's artistic energy. At ACS you can have your vision seen and your voice heard. We welcome artists, art enthusiasts and the entire community.

Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art at Florida Southern College
Lakeland, Florida

Art

Discover one of Florida’s top art museums, right in the heart of the state! The Polk Museum of Art, a Smithsonian Affiliate museum, has been serving Lakeland and Polk County for fifty years. The Museum’s diverse exhibition schedule features over 20 exhibitions per year in a wide variety of artistic styles and genres: from the realistic to the abstract, and from the ancient to the contemporary, you’re sure to find something you like on view! Want to do something fun or enlightening? The Museum provides a comprehensive calendar of events and educational activities, as well.

Audubon House & Tropical Gardens
Key West, Florida

Art, Botanical Garden, History, Historic House

To educate and inform visitors about the artistic ornithological contributions of J.J. Audubon, the history and story of the Audubon House, its furnishings, and 19th century Key West and the Florida Keys.

MUSEUM CONFERENCES

Georgia Association of Museums 2025 Conference

February 5 - 7, 2025

Milledgeville, Georgia

Georgia Association of Museums 2025 Conference

Wednesday, February 5 - Friday, February 7, 2025

Ina Dillard Russell Library Georgia College & State University

Milledgeville, Georgia

Hosted by: Georgia Association of Museums

The Whole Story Is The Meanin

“For the fiction writer himself the whole story is the meaning, because it is an experience, not an abstraction.”― Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Pros

Join us in Milledgeville, Georgia, for the annual Georgia Association of Museums conference as we explore the profound wisdom of Milledgeville author Flannery O'Connor’s words. In a world where narratives intersect and perspectives diverge, this theme invites proposals that delve into the essence of storytelling within museums and cultural institutions. Our work in the museum field requires us to look at stories from as many angles and perspectives as possible so that we might do our best to tell the “whole story.

Through thought-provoking discussions, interactive workshops, and engaging presentations, we will uncover the layers of meaning embedded within every artifact, exhibition, and historical account. Just as O’Connor masterfully crafted narratives that resonate with universal truths, museums hold the power to illuminate the whole story behind many objects, artworks, and cultural phenomena

We will examine how museums can embrace inclusivity, diversity, and authenticity in their storytelling practices. By acknowledging multiple perspectives and amplifying marginalized voices, we can enrich our understanding of the past and present, fostering empathy and connection within our communities.

Small Museum Association 41st Annual Conference 2025

February 17 - 19, 2025

Gaithersburg, Maryland

Small Museum Association 41st Annual Conference 2025

Monday, February 17 - Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center

Gaithersburg, Maryland

Hosted by: Small Museum Association

The annual SMA conference attracts more than 300 museum professionals, board members, and volunteers from a wide variety of small museums. They attend sessions on topics ranging from collections and education to staffing and board issues.

We offer a large Museum Resource Hall and plenty of informal networking opportunities for you to talk with (and get ideas from!) other small museum professionals and volunteers

Theme for 2025: Make It Happen!!!

Is there an exhibit, program, or fundraiser that you've been talking about doing for years? Do you feel stuck because of procrastination, lack of board support, or insufficient funds? It's time to take action

At SMA 2025, small museum professionals will share their tips and tricks of how they made it happen!

2025 California Association of Museums Conference

February 18 - 22, 2025

San Fransico, California

2025 California Association of Museums Conference

Tuesday, February 18 - Saturday, February 22, 2025

San Fransico, California

Hosted by: California Association of Museums

CAM is hard at work planning for the 2025 conference, set to take place from February 18–22, 2025 in San Francisco. We look forward to highlighting best practices and innovative ideas from California's museum community

The California Association of Museums is excited to continue offering in-person programming for 2025. We will not be requiring proof of COVID vaccination/s, but highly encourage vaccination and boosters. For the health and safety of our colleagues, masks are also encouraged (but not required). Capacity and spaces will be thoughtfully considered in the planning of this event.

For more information, please email programs@calmuseums.org.

Virginia Association of Museum's 2025 Annual Conference!

March 15 - 18, 2025

Blacksburg, Virginia

Virginia Association of Museum's 2025 Annual Conference!

Saturday, March 15 - Tuesday, March 18, 2025

The Inn at Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

Hosted by: Virginia Association of Museums

2025 Conference Theme: Looking Back to the Future For the past several years, many museums have been deeply involved in planning programs and events to observe the 250th birthday of the United States of America. While this is certainly an occasion to celebrate, this anniversary also forces us as a society to reckon with ongoing inequities and challenges within the US that go back to its inception. As museums ask their audiences to look to the past to understand the present and shape a better future, perhaps now is a good moment in time for Virginia’s museum community to take pause and look back at its own history. We are excited to see you in Blacksburg in March 2025 as we take a moment in our hectic schedules to take pause and visit our diverse pasts. Let’s uncover and share our histories to build a more resilient Virginia museum community.

2025 Am Assoc for State and Local History Annual Conference

September 10 - 13, 2025

Cincinnati, Ohio

2025 Am Assoc for State and Local History Annual Conference

Wednesday, September 10 - Saturday, September 13, 2025

TBD

Cincinnati, Ohio

Hosted by: American Association for State and Local History

The 2025 AASLH Annual Conference, in partnership with Ohio Local History Alliance, will take place as the history field makes the final preparations to kickoff off the 250th commemoration of the founding of the United States.

The 2025 conference theme, inspired by AASLH’s Making History at 250: The Field Guide for Semiquincentennial, is an opportunity to broadly explore one of the guide’s themes, The American Experiment. For many in the American colonies in 1776, independence from Britain represented a “leap into the dark” into an unknown future

We are excited for you to join us in Cincinnati as we encourage discussion about our democracy and civic institutions and how they can help strengthen understanding, inspire action, and reveal ways that all of us can participate in and shape the ongoing American experiment.

For more information, please call 615-320-3203 or email info@aaslh.org.

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