A Nature Boy in Wartime Stuart

A Nature Boy in Wartime Stuart

by | Apr 9, 2026 | Curator Stories

Before the song, a quiet figure passed through Stuart. In 1944, in the middle of a wartime Florida that was rapidly transforming, a quiet figure passed through Stuart, playing piano in a hotel lounge, picking fruit in nearby groves, and moving through a landscape that...
THE WHITNEY STOVE STORY

THE WHITNEY STOVE STORY

by | Apr 7, 2026 | Curator Stories

From Greenwich Village to the Café Martier: A Stove’s Story Figure 1 Jo Hopper and artist Diana Kan Pose with the old Stove, A Lighthouse at Two Lights in the Background One afternoon in 1967 a small group gathered in Greenwich Village for a tea party. The guest of...
On This Day in 1926

On This Day in 1926

by | Mar 1, 2026 | Curator Stories

March 1From The Stuart Daily News I continue my steady practice of reading The Stuart Daily News forward from its earliest issues. Some editions feel loud with ambition. Others feel procedural and precise. March 1, 1926 manages to be both. A full-page advertisement...
Baseball at the Elliott Museum

Baseball at the Elliott Museum

by | Dec 2, 2025 | Curator Stories

The Elliott Museum’s baseball collection is one of its most beloved treasures, a gallery that celebrates America’s pastime through artifacts that span generations. Visitors encounter signed bats, balls, and cards from legends across the Major Leagues, the Negro...
Wells Hively-The Left Legged Organist

Wells Hively-The Left Legged Organist

by | Nov 13, 2025 | Curator Stories

Wells Hively takes us through the origins of the music that accompanied the first moving picture films across the United States. From the glam of the Silent Film era in Hollywood to the sun-kissed rafters of All Saints Episcopal Church, this intimate autobiography...
Music Memoirs

Music Memoirs

by | Oct 12, 2025 | Curator Stories

The Elliott Museum’s Swiss music boxes, roller organs, and Regina music boxes allow us to imagine their world with sound. Mr. H. B. Bessey and his wife Sue stand at the heart of one of the warmest stories connected to the Elliott Museum’s collection of mechanical...