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Inaugural Signature Event Announced!
The Florida Keys History and Discovery Foundation is delighted to announce a new signature event,
A Night at the Museum: Exhibits Come to Life!
to be held Friday, Nov. 10, 2017 at the Keys History & Discovery Center located at the Islander Resort, a Guy Harvey Outpost.
This signature event, co-chaired by Foundation Board Members Bob Lodge and Erin Muir, includes a fun-filled evening, incorporating a cocktail reception in the museum where historical figures (think Indians, pirates and Henry Flagler) from the exhibits will come to life, a surf-and-turf dinner, live and silent auctions, and dessert.
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A Night at the Museum is shaping up to be a fantastic fundraising event that will play a crucial role in the Foundation's development efforts," said Muir. "The evening is really about the community coming together to celebrate our shared past and lend support to the History & Discovery Center's mission of sustaining a world-class museum facility that preserves and shares the incredible history of the Upper Keys and explores the unique ecology of our region. Our inaugural event is one you won't want to miss!"
Numerous sponsorship opportunities are available at a range of levels, from $5,000 to $1,000, with benefits that includes VIP seating at the event. In addition, the Signature Event Committee is seeking items for the live and silent auctions.
"I think it is imperative that everyone support the fund raising efforts of the Foundation for just what it is, our past and present history," said Lodge. "With everyone's support, our history will be there for our children and our grandchildren for years to come. The continued growth of this important asset is the responsibility of all of us so please help and contribute as best you can."
For sponsorship, auction and ticket information, call 305-922-2237.
The Foundation operates the Keys History & Discovery Center, a world-class museum facility that preserves and shares the incredible history of our Upper Keys community and explores the unique ecology of the region. In addition to permanent exhibits on subjects such as Henry Flagler's Over-Sea Railway, Legends of the Line, and First People. The Discovery Center offers a successful lecture series, educating the general public through presentations from a variety of expert speakers. The museum's second floor features a state-of-the-art theater showing documentaries on topics like the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane as well as the Jerry Wilkinson Research Library.
The Discovery Center is located at MM 82
on the property of the Islander Resort, a Guy Harvey Outpost, and
is open Thursdays through Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
General admission is $12. Admission for seniors is $10 and children 13-under are free.
Annual memberships with a range of benefits are available.
For more information, call 305-922-2237 or visit our website at www.keysdiscovery.com.
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Now on Display: Storter's Southwest Florida
Never No More: Storter's Southwest Florida
is now on display at Keys History & Discovery Center in Islamorada through early October. The exhibit focuses on the Everglades and Ten Thousand Islands region, reflecting the nature and abundance of southwest Florida's flora and fauna, as well as hunting scenes, fishing boats, and tractors on the farm.
The paintings by Robert Lee Storter Jr., (1894-1987) are an untouched and unvarnished chronicle of a time lost. Storter earned his living by fishing, guiding and hunting. His portrayal of the Everglades is a celebration of the attendant exuberance and beauty of a frontier land that he understood and loved.
The exhibit, featuring 30 framed artworks and passages from Storter's journals, is on loan from the Museum of the Everglades and Collier County Museums. Said Patricia A. Huff of Friends of the Museum of the Everglades, "Rob Storter was one of those uniquely gifted individuals whose humility, faith, love of fishing and the environment shines through in his simple works of art, reflecting the life and times of the early pioneers of southwest Florida. Let us not forget what once was."
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Come in from the Heat!
Movie Matinees Every Wednesday in August
Every Wednesday in August, cool off in the A/C at the Keys History & Discovery Center for a movie matinee at 2 p.m. Movies include those made in and/or about the Keys. Discovery Center members, $5, and $10 for non-members.
Wednesday, Aug. 2: Reap the Wild Wind. Florida ship salvager, Loxi (Paulette Goodard), falls for Jack (John Wayne), captain of a ship wrecked on the Key West shore. However, their romance is complicated by the arrival of another suitor, and eventually leads to tragedy. Cecil B. DeMille directed this film released in 1942. Not rated.
Wednesday, Aug. 9: I Am Number Four. Extraordinary teen John Smith (Alex Pettyfer) is a fugitive on the run from ruthless enemies sent to destroy him. Changing his identity, moving from town to town with his guardian Henri (Timothy Olyphant), John is always the new kid with no ties to his past. In the small Ohio town he now calls home, John encounters unexpected, life-changing events-his first love (Dianna Agron), powerful new abilities and a connection to the others who share his incredible destiny. Released in 2011, Islamorada was a filming location. Rated PG-13.
Wednesday, Aug. 16: The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd. Dr. Samuel Mudd, played by Dennis Weaver, is the Maryland physician condemned to prison in the Dry Tortugas in 1865 after unwittingly aiding in John Wilkes Booth's escape following President Lincoln's assassination by setting Booth's broken leg, and several years later was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson for his work during an epidemic at the prison. Released in 1980, the movie is not rated.
Wednesday, Aug. 23: 92 in the Shade. A young drifter returns to his home in Key West, Flori
da and attempts to open a fishing charter business, provo
king a dangerous feud with a rival fishing sea captain. This movie, written by
Thomas McGuane, stars Peter Fonda, Margot Kidder and Burgess Meredith. R
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eased in 1975, the movie is rated R.
Wednesday, Aug. 30: The Spanish Prisoner. Written by David Mamet, an employee of a corporation with a lucrative secret process is tempted to betray it and gets caught in a web of double-crosses, lies and murder. But there's more to it than that. Released in 1997 and filmed in part in Islamorada, this movie stars Steve Martin and Campbell Scott, and is rated PG-13.
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Keys History & Discovery Center Presents...
Mark your calendar for these enlightening and engaging lectures starting in October!
Thursday, Oct 26 -- Haunted History: Robert the Doll Returns
Wednesday, Nov. 15 -- Florida is a Land Remembered with Rick Smith Jr.
Wednesday, Nov. 29 -- Biscayne National Park with Dr. James Kushlan and Kirsten Hines
Wednesday, Dec. 13 -- Oh Florida! with Craig Pittman
Doors to the Discovery Center open at 5 p.m., to allow guests to see current exhibits. Presentations begin at 6 p.m. Members of the Discovery Center are free. Cost for non-members is $25, which includes admission and light appetizers. A cash bar in available. Reservations are strongly suggested and can be made via e-mail at info@keysdiscovery.com or by calling 305-922-2237.
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Florida Keys History and Discovery Foundation, which operates Keys History & Discovery Center, is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. The Board of Directors is comprised of members of the community who serve voluntarily.
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