Hired in 1933 by the Miami Daily News, part of the Cox newspaper chain, Anne Mergen had the distinction of being the first woman editorial cartoonist in the United States, a status that would continue until her retirement in 1956. Mergen’s original cartoon renderings eventually received national attention and paved the way for other women […]

This exhibition is the first public display of the Paul & Joan Gluck Collection of Native arts from the Northwest Coast. Over the past 20 years, the Miami-based Glucks have assembled more than 200 art pieces to create one of the finest private Northwest Coast collections in the world. Pieces range from the nineteenth to […]

View over 35 original drawings and carvings by fisherman and folk artist Rob Storter (1894-1987). Born in the Everglades, Storter spent his last years recording his memories of growing up, living and working in southwestern Florida, when it was still a road-less and watery wilderness. His drawings and handwritten commentary capture the resilient spirit, natural […]

Water Stories explores our interaction with water in South Florida over the past 10,000 years through a family-friendly, multi-sensory experience with four main themes: nourishment, transportation, recreation and environmental impacts. Hear over 30 stories about living in South Florida’s aquatic world. See a prehistoric fishing diorama and early recreational fishing gear. View a variety of […]

Experience masterpieces of Seminole art from HistoryMiami’s and several other Florida museums. See patchwork, beadwork, silverwork, baskets and dolls made by Seminole artists from the nineteenth century to the present. Learn how art forms have helped the Seminoles to adapt to the Everglades environment and to express their cultural identity in relation to outsiders. Organized […]

This exhibition features over 150 unique artifacts illustrative of life in Port Royal, such as an intricately engraved tortoise-shell comb case, a red clay pipe associated with African craftsmen in the city, a pewter plate made by local pewterer Simon Benning, Chinese porcelain, German stoneware and Spanish silver coins. Many of these artifacts were recovered […]

The bungalow was a popular house type with the growing middle class across America during the early twentieth century. Ample porches, wide eaves, local building materials and natural ventilation made the bungalow well suited to South Florida’s subtropical environment. In spite of their practicality, bungalows today are rapidly disappearing from the Miami landscape to make […]

Explore one calendar year of expressive traditions in South Florida’s Haitian community. Award-winning photographers Carl Juste, Pablo Monsivais and Andre Chung focus on a cross-section of leading traditional Haitian artists and their art forms, offering a view of expressive life in South Florida rarely represented in mass media coverage of the community. Discover the relationship […]

It’s June in Miami! Visitors discovered the glamorous story of Miami Beach—its transformation from a 1910 mangrove-covered sandbar into a world-famous resort city, attracting over 4 million tourists annually. Recreating that magical tourist experience, museum visitors “checked in” to a replica of a Miami Modern hotel and began their journey through the glamorous history of […]

Stereoviews, two nearly identical photographs that gave the illusion of a three-dimensional image, documented the changing world of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Commonly viewed through a stereoscope in homes as a form of entertainment, stereoviews also served as postcards and advertisements for potential tourists. See stereoviews of Florida’s flora and fauna, the […]