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Mike Balsamoโ€™s Spotlight: Rob Steele-Exciting Things Happening!

Listen to the Mike Balsamo interview with Rob Steele, CEO of the Historical Society of Martin County, about art, innovation, the Elliott Museum and House of Refuge.

The Society of Animal Artists 66th Annual Exhibition

Experience breathtaking wildlife and nature through exceptional works by internationally acclaimed artists in the Society of Animal Artists Annual Exhibition.

The Artist, the Patron, and The Reaper: A 60-Year-Old Elliott Museum Mystery

Discover the fascinating 60-year-old Elliott Museum mystery surrounding artist Samuel L. Margolies, patron Anne Shepard, and the elusive intaglio print The Reaper. Can you help solve the story?

Thunderstorms Couldn’t Stop the Fun at Our June Member Mixer!

Despite a summer thunderstorm, nearly 30 members gathered for a fun behind-the-scenes June Member Mixer at the Elliott Museum’s Boomerang Car Racking System.

A Wonderful Evening Celebrating Two Extraordinary New Exhibitions

Celebrate the opening of Charles Fazzino and 3D Doubt Your Eyes at the Elliott Museum. View photos from the VIP reception.

The Tempest Makes Headlines

The House of Refuge Museum’s immersive installation, The Tempest, was recently featured in the news. Discover the storm experience everyone is talking about.

High Tea at The E makes the NEWS!

The Elliott Museumโ€™s charming High Tea at The E was featured in TC Palmโ€™s Luminaries! Guests enjoyed tea, fashion, laughter, and unforgettable memories.

Coastal Colors Paint Out Makes Headlines!

The Elliott Museumโ€™s Coastal Colors Paint Out and Reception was featured in Hometown News, celebrating plein air artists and the historic House of Refuge.

Mom’s & Mimosas

The Elliott Museumโ€™s Momโ€™s & Mimosas member event was a sparkling success with mimosas, brunch, pastries, giveaways, and a relaxing sound healing experience.

Coastal Colors Come to Life

Artists gathered at the House of Refuge Plein Air Paint Out to capture the coastline in real time. Explore highlights, photos, and the story behind the event.

Luminaries

Celebrating the People Who Make a Difference

Weโ€™re proud to be featured in Luminaries, a weekly specialty publication from TCPalm / Treasure Coast Newspapers, including The Stuart News. Luminaries shines a spotlight on the charitable, nonprofit, and volunteer organizations making a difference throughout Floridaโ€™s Treasure Coast.

Take a look at our feature and learn more about the work happening at the Historical Society of Martin County, the Elliott Museum, and the Gilbertโ€™s Bar House of Refuge Museum.

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What a Night! โœจ

Monster Mash at the Museum was such a blast and frightfully fun ๐Ÿ‘ป

We were blown away with the creative and spooky costumes ๐Ÿ˜Ž

Thanks to everyone who came out and danced the night away at the Elliott yesterday evening! ๐Ÿงก

#monstermash #Halloween #danceparty #ElliottMuseum
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Itโ€™s time for another Featured Friday! ๐Ÿš—

This week, join President & CEO Rob Steele as he takes us for a closer look at our stunning 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air, finished in the beautiful and rare Dusk Pearl color!

Did you know this Bel Air is one of several road-ready classics in our collection? For a small donation, you can make your next special occasion even more memorable by arranging a ride in one of our historic vehicles! Whether itโ€™s a prom, homecoming, wedding, or another special celebration, our Car Curator or one of his assistants will chauffeur you in style.

Who wouldnโ€™t want to make an entrance in this beauty? ๐ŸŒธ

#FeaturedFridays #ElliottMuseum #1957ChevyBelAir #ClassicCars #TreasureCoast
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๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฆ: ๐€ ๐†๐‘๐„๐€๐“ ๐Ž๐๐๐Ž๐‘๐“๐”๐๐ˆ๐“๐˜ ๐“๐Ž ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐๐‹๐€๐˜ & ๐’๐„๐‹๐‹ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐€๐‘๐“!
๐’๐„๐๐ƒ ๐€ ๐๐‡๐Ž๐“๐Ž ๐Ž๐… ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐€๐‘๐“๐–๐Ž๐‘๐Š ๐๐˜ ๐๐Ž๐•๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ÿ!

The Elliott Museum is issuing a ๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฆ for A Land Remembered, an upcoming exhibition inspired by Patrick D. Smithโ€™s beloved novel of pioneer Florida.

Paint the frontier. Capture the wildlife. Illustrate the families, cattle drives, landscapes, and unforgettable spirit of old Florida.
๐‡๐€๐•๐„ ๐ˆ๐“ ๐€๐‹๐‘๐„๐€๐ƒ๐˜? ๐“๐‡๐„๐ ๐’๐”๐๐Œ๐ˆ๐“ ๐ˆ๐“!

๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—– ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฌ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐— ๐—˜๐——๐—œ๐—” ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—˜! Existing or newly created work may be submitted, but artwork MUST be original. Generative AI artwork is not eligible.

๐Ÿ“… ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—•๐— ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐——๐—˜๐—”๐——๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜: ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜๐— ๐—•๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐Ÿญ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ

Selected artists will have the opportunity to showcase and sell their work at the Elliott Museum in an exhibition running December 2, 2026 โ€“ May 30, 2027.

๐†๐„๐“ ๐๐Ž๐“๐ˆ๐‚๐„๐ƒ!
๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง. ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก. ๐—™๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—œ๐——๐—”โ€™๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฌ.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—š๐—˜๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐——๐—˜๐—ง๐—”๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ & ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—•๐— ๐—œ๐—ง ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ž:
bit.ly/call-for-artists-a-land-remembered

๐’๐‡๐€๐‘๐„ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ with fellow creatives, your neighbor, your friend or sibling...anyone who has an artistic flare! ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ!

#CallForArtists #ALandRemembered #ElliottMuseum #FloridaArtists #OldFlorida #ArtOpportunity #MartinCountyFL
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๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฆ

The Haunted E

Join us on October 29th for a Members Exclusive, Family Friendly Event!

Whatโ€™s included?

๐ŸŽƒ Trick or Treating
๐Ÿ‘ป Spooky Characters
๐Ÿฆ– Night at the Museum Movie Showing
๐Ÿ˜ฑ Scary Doll Scavenger Hunt
๐Ÿ“– Spooky Book Readings

Call 772-225-1961 to reserve your spot!

See you soon ๐Ÿ˜Ž

#HauntedE #SpookyEvents #HalloweenFun #ElliottMuseum
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๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—งโ€™๐—ฆ ๐—š๐—˜๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐— ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฌ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—˜๐——!
The moon is rising. The music is ready. The drinks are chilling. And the dance floor is calling.
๐๐„๐—๐“ ๐…๐‘๐ˆ๐ƒ๐€๐˜, ๐—ข๐—–๐—ง๐—ข๐—•๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ | ๐Ÿฒโ€“๐Ÿต ๐—ฃ๐— 

Join us for ๐— ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐— ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—› ๐—”๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐— ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—จ๐— !
Costumes encouraged but not required
DJ + dancing
1 Complimentary drink
Photo booth
Costume contest
Light bites
๐—” ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ+ ๐—ก๐—œ๐—š๐—›๐—ง ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€: $30 | ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ป-๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€: $40
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐— ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—› ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜! bit.ly/Elliott-Monster-Mash

#MonsterMash #ElliottMuseum #HalloweenAtTheE #HalloweenParty #MartinCountyEvents #StuartFlorida #TreasureCoastEvents #HalloweenFun
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๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—งโ€™๐—ฆ

๐…๐‘๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐€๐“ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐„๐‹๐‹๐ˆ๐Ž๐“๐“!
Something spooky is happening at the Elliott Museum after darkโ€ฆ and our ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘๐’ ๐€๐‘๐„ ๐ˆ๐๐•๐ˆ๐“๐„๐ƒ!

๐Ÿ“… ๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— | ๐Ÿ“:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽโ€“๐Ÿ•:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ

Get ready for a ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง, ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฌ!

Enjoy a ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  in the Cafรฉ
๐‚๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐š ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌโ€™ ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž in the Forum
๐†๐จ ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  through the โ€œEโ€
Take on our ๐’๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐‡๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ and see whatโ€™s lurking around the museum!

๐‚๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž๐, so bring your Halloween spirit and get ready for a frightfully fun night filled with chills, thrills, and family memories!

๐Ÿ“ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐‘๐’๐•๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  (๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ) ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ. ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ.

๐๐Ž๐“ ๐€ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘? Weโ€™d love to welcome you! Call us at (772) 225-1961 ext. 100 to learn more about membership ar check it out here:
hsmc-fl.com/memberships/

#ElliottMuseum #MemberMixer #FrightNight #HalloweenFun #MartinCounty #FamilyFun #MuseumAfterDark
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