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Encounters At The Elliott – A Huge Success

From the soaring sounds of the Stuart Community Concert Band in the Air & Space Concert to the mind-expanding guided tour of UFOs: Denial, Disclosure, Discernment

Renowned Cinematographer, Tom Fitz: Earth Day

Join us for a captivating presentation by award-winning cinematographer Tom Fitz, who will share insights into the art of filmmaking, showcase memorable and challenging shoot moments, and reflect on the lessons learned along the way.

CLASS 26 “Aliens Exist!”

LEADERship Martin County Alumni Youth group, had an inspiring day exploring Arts and Culture in Martin County! One of their stops included the Elliott Museum and their experience with the UFOs Denial โ€“ Disclosure โ€“ Discernment exhibit.

WPTV Unraveling the Secrets of UFOs

The Elliott Museum’s newest exhibit is causing quite a stir. WPTV News – FL Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast connects us to the behind the scenes of “UFO: Denial, Disclosure, and Discernment.”

Volunteer Appreciation Dinner

Elvis (AKA Rob Steele) was at the volunteer appreciation dinner greeting our volunteers as they arrived, reminding them that our volunteers rock!

CELEBRATING ART, ROY MCLENDON & CAKE!

The Highwaymen from Street Corner to the Smithsonian honoring the exhibit Sponsors/VIPs and Roy McLendon, one of the original 26 Highwaymen.

Supporter spotlight June 2022

One of our loyal supporter is turning 90s! Edithy Marcelli recently visited the museum, plans to celebrate her 90th birthday with us

Congratulations to one of our youthful volunteers

A proud graduate! One of our volunteers, Patrick Crotty, recently graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a degree in biochemistry.

Baseball and academic winners!

The state championship was scheduled on the same date of their graduation ceremony.

The House of Refuge Update

The House of Refuge remains closed due to extensive renovations that are in progress.

CLASSIC CARS VIDEOS

DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE SO YOU CAN Go Back in time and learn about elegance and muscle cars of those times!

HOUSE OF REFUGE VIDEOS

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๐๐„๐– ๐„๐—๐‡๐ˆ๐๐ˆ๐“ ๐€๐“ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐„๐‹๐‹๐ˆ๐Ž๐“๐“: ๐†๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ

Step into the thrilling story of aerospace innovation right here in your own backyard. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ญ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ is proud to unveil a new permanent exhibit honoring ๐†๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒโ€”where components of the legendary F-14 Tomcat were brought to life.

From precision engineering at Plant 77 to lasting community impact through civic engagement, this exhibit showcases how Grumman shaped both the skies and the spirit of Stuart.

Come explore the legacy that still soarsโ€”only at the Elliott Museum.
๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐š๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

๐‚๐‡๐„๐‚๐Š ๐Ž๐”๐“ ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐„๐—๐‡๐ˆ๐๐ˆ๐“๐’ ๐‡๐„๐‘๐„: bit.ly/ElliottMuseumExhibits

#ElliottMuseum #GrummanLegacy #MartinCountyHistory #AviationHeritage #F14Tomcat #STEMinspiration #FloridaHistory
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๐’๐€๐•๐„ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„! ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž โ€“ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž!
๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ญ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐Ž๐๐„๐ ๐‡๐Ž๐”๐’๐„
๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ | 5:00 PM โ€“ 8:00 PM
๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ฒ ๐’๐š๐ง๐๐ซ๐š ๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ | 7:00 PM โ€“ 8:00 PM

You're invited to a memorable evening at the Elliott Museum as we celebrate ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง! Explore the museum after hours and mingle with fellow history lovers.

๐€๐ญ ๐Ÿ•:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ, ๐ฐ๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐’๐š๐ง๐๐ซ๐š ๐‡๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐโ€”beloved local historian, author, and lifelong Treasure Coast advocate. Sandyโ€™s passion for our regionโ€™s past shines through in every page sheโ€™s written and every story she tells.

Through engaging tales and rare historical images, Sandy will take us on a journey through the rich history of Martin Countyโ€”highlighting the people, places, and moments that shaped our coastal communities.

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ž ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž, ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ!

๐‚๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐”๐’ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐Œ๐Ž๐‘๐„ ๐ˆ๐๐…๐Ž๐‘๐Œ๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐€๐“ (๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ) ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ

#MartinCounty100 #ElliottMuseum #TreasureCoastHistory #SandraThurlow #HistoricPreservation #HouseOfRefuge #LocalLegends #StepBackInTime
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๐’๐€๐•๐„ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„! ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž โ€“ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž!
๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ญ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐Ž๐๐„๐ ๐‡๐Ž๐”๐’๐„
๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ | 5:00 PM โ€“ 8:00 PM
๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ฒ ๐’๐š๐ง๐๐ซ๐š ๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ | 7:00 PM โ€“ 8:00 PM

Youre invited to a memorable evening at the Elliott Museum as we celebrate ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง! Explore the museum after hours and mingle with fellow history lovers.

๐€๐ญ ๐Ÿ•:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ, ๐ฐ๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐’๐š๐ง๐๐ซ๐š ๐‡๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐโ€”beloved local historian, author, and lifelong Treasure Coast advocate. Sandyโ€™s passion for our regionโ€™s past shines through in every page sheโ€™s written and every story she tells.

Through engaging tales and rare historical images, Sandy will take us on a journey through the rich history of Martin Countyโ€”highlighting the people, places, and moments that shaped our coastal communities.

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž, ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ!

๐‚๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐”๐’ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐Œ๐Ž๐‘๐„ ๐ˆ๐๐…๐Ž๐‘๐Œ๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐€๐“ (๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ) ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ

#MartinCounty100 #ElliottMuseum #TreasureCoastHistory #SandraThurlow #HistoricPreservation #HouseOfRefuge #LocalLegends #StepBackInTime

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐จ! ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ? ๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐š๐ง๐!
Introducing our ๐๐„๐– ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ โ€” quick, easy, and always with you!
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๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐‚๐Ž๐•๐„๐‘ | ๐„๐—๐๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐๐‚๐„ | ๐„๐๐†๐€๐†๐„

#MembershipMadeEasy #ElliottMuseum #HouseOfRefuge #DiscoverExperienceEngage
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๐ˆ๐Œ๐€๐†๐ˆ๐๐„, ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž!
Join Asian art scholar Christopher Noey on a transformative adventure through Ladakh, Nepal, and Bhutan โ€” where Tibetan Buddhist traditions come alive.

๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž 11th-century murals at Alchi
๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ monks and artisans preserving ancient practices
๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ Kathmanduโ€™s fifth-century temples
๐‡๐ข๐ค๐ž to Bhutanโ€™s sacred Tigerโ€™s Nest Monastery
๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ beneath Ladakhโ€™s stars and tranquil Bhutanese river lodges

๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ โ€” ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ!
๐‹๐„๐€๐‘๐ ๐Œ๐Ž๐‘๐„ ๐€๐“ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐„๐‹๐‹๐ˆ๐Ž๐“๐“: bit.ly/imagine-travel

#ImagineTravel #ElliottMuseum #ArtAndAdventure #BuddhistJourney #TravelWithPurpose #LadakhNepalBhutan
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๐“๐‡๐„ ๐“๐‘๐”๐“๐‡ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐๐Ž ๐‹๐Ž๐๐†๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐”๐“ ๐“๐‡๐„๐‘๐„ - ๐ข๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ญ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ!

Rob Steele, President & CEO of the Historical Society of Martin County, has taken his lifelong fascination with UFOs to new heights with the exhibit "๐”๐…๐Ž: ๐ƒ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐š๐ฅ, ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ." Dive into decades of sightings, government secrecy, and the burning question: ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ž?

๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฃ๐š๐ฐ-๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ ๐œ๐ข๐ซ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ captured over 30 years by a dedicated UK couple flying helicopters to each formation. Steele believes these mysterious patterns point to advanced technology.

๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐จ๐› ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ โ€œ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐†๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐๐จ ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ฌ ๐†๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐žโ€ ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž where he unpacks the latest UFO disclosures and insights from the exhibit.

The next lecture is named: ๐”๐…๐Ž ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐–๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌโ€ฆ Painful Be the Truth
Exploring the exhibitโ€™s content and the latest disclosures shaping todayโ€™s UFO conversations.
๐–๐‡๐„๐: ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ• ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐๐Œ

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ก๐ข๐›๐ข๐ญ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“
๐€๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ.

๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก

#UFOs #ElliottMuseum #RobSteele #AlienLife #CropCircles #ExploreTheUnknown #BoldlyGoing #MartinCounty #SpaceMysteries #Disclosure #UFOExhibit
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