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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.
The Prestigious Preservationist of the Year award to Joyce
The Martin County Historic Preservation Board presented the prestigious Preservationist of the Year award to Joyce Fletcher Menard
HSMC bids farewell to Linda
The HSMC bids farewell to Linda Geary! When she first came to the HSMC in 2015, she was named the Historic Site Manager at the House of Refuge.
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
DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT INTERESTING STORIES AND FACTS WE SPIN!
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๐ถโจ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐! ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ-๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ฒ! โจ๐ถ
Join us for the ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐: ๐
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ฒ, ๐
๐๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ ๐๐. Experience the brilliance of the ACO String Quartet that focuses on Schubertโs masterful โDeath and Maidenโ quartet, written after Schubert fell ill. Confronted by death, he mined his own song (Death and the Maiden) written years earlier for material. The quartet is ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ featuring:
๐น ๐
๐ซ๐๐ง๐ณ ๐๐๐ก๐ฎ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ญ ๐๐จ. ๐๐ in D minor (โDeath and the Maidenโ) (41โ)
๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐: Elliott Museum
๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง: SUNDAY, FEB 23 AT 3 PM โ 5 PM
๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ค๐๐ญ๐ฌ: $40 bit.ly/ACO-eventbrite-tickets
๐ Before the concert, savor lunch or a drink at the Tiki Bar and Restaurant by Philly Down South, open 11 AM โ 4 PM!
๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ญ๐จ๐ง & ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ , for making this series possible.
๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐! Mark your calendars and join us for an unforgettable afternoon of melody and artistry.
#ChamberMusic #PianoBrassStrings #Debussy #CafeMusic #LiveMusic #ElliottMuseum #SundayVibes #MusicLovers #ACO #SupportTheArts
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๐ข ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐
๐๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง! โ
Join us at the Elliott Museum for ๐๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ญ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ!
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Wednesday, February 26
โฐ 3:00 PM โ 5:00 PM
๐ Elliott Museum | Stuart, FL
๐๏ธ Included with admission | FREE for members
๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ, ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ง๐ข๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ฒโ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ:
๐น What life was REALLY like onboard (spoiler: most passengers didnโt have private bathrooms!)
๐น The era of no passports and what that meant for travelers
๐น A deep dive into fashion, lifestyle, and shipboard culture then vs. now
๐น ๐๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐๐! ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐.๐๐๐.๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ.
#TitanicHistory #OceanTravel #CruiseLife #ElliottMuseum #SteveMattis #HistoryLecture #FloridaEvents #NeverForget
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๐จโจ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ & ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ก ๐๐๐ฉ๐! โจ๐จ
Join us for an inspiring morning with extraordinary plein air painter Ralph Papa as he takes you on a journey across the globe through his art! ๐๐จ
๐
๐๐๐ญ๐: Saturday, February 22nd
โฐ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐: 10 AM โ 12 PM
๐ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: The Elliott Museumโs โForumโ
Watch Ralph demonstrate his one-of-a-kind techniques while sharing insights on composition, perspective, and color theory. Whether you're an artist or an art lover, this is an event you wonโt want to miss!
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๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐! ๐๐๐
๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐ ๐๐! Call us with any questions (772) 225-1961
๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ & ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: bit.ly/Workshops-at-The-Elliott-Museum
#PleinAirPainting #RalphPapa #ElliottMuseum #ArtInspiration #LiveDemo ๐จ๐๏ธ
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๐๐จ ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ & ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฅ โ ๐
๐๐. ๐๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐! ๐บ๐ธ
Join us at ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ for an extraordinary lecture ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ & ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ง as she shares her deeply personal family memoir, My Fatherโs Secrets. Marilynโs father was a WWII POW who endured the historic march out of Stalag Luft III in Polandโan event recently dramatized in MASTERS OF THE AIR (Apple TV, Ep. 9) and immortalized in THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963).
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๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ฒ, ๐
๐๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ | ๐๐๐
๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ | ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ญ, ๐
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๐๏ธ ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง
A selection of Marilynโs My Soldier Story watercolor paintingsโpreviously exhibited at the Elliottโwill also be on display during this powerful event.
๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐๐ซ๐ญ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐.
#MastersOfTheAir #WWIIHistory #TheGreatEscape #ElliottMuseum #FloridaEvents #NeverForget
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๐บ๐ธ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ' ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ! ๐บ๐ธ
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ' ๐๐๐ฒ, take a journey through history at the Elliott Museum! From classic Americana to fascinating exhibits, explore the stories that shaped our town, state, and nation.
๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐โperfect for history buffs and families alike!
๐๏ธ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ: bit.ly/elliott-museum
#PresidentsDay #AmericanHistory #elliottmuseum #DiscoverMore
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๐ถโจ ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ-๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ฒ! โจ๐ถ
Join us for the ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐: ๐
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ฒ, ๐
๐๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ ๐๐. Experience the brilliance of the ACO String Quartet that focuses on Schubertโs masterful โDeath and Maidenโ quartet, written after Schubert fell ill. Confronted by death, he mined his own song (Death and the Maiden) written years earlier for material. The quartet is ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ featuring:
๐น ๐
๐ซ๐๐ง๐ณ ๐๐๐ก๐ฎ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ญ ๐๐จ. ๐๐ in D minor (โDeath and the Maidenโ) (41โ)
๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐: Elliott Museum
๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง: FEB 23 AT 3 PM โ 5 PM
๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ค๐๐ญ๐ฌ: $40 bit.ly/ACO-eventbrite-tickets
๐ Before the concert, savor lunch or a drink at the Tiki Bar and Restaurant by Philly Down South, open 11 AM โ 4 PM!
๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ญ๐จ๐ง & ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ , for making this series possible.
๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐! Mark your calendars and join us for an unforgettable afternoon of melody and artistry.
#ChamberMusic #PianoBrassStrings #Debussy #CafeMusic #LiveMusic #ElliottMuseum #SundayVibes #MusicLovers #ACO #SupportTheArts
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