Preservationist Nancy Liebman presents excerpts from her memoir "Another Landmark Bites the Dust: A Deco Preservationist's Scrapbook" as part of Miami Beach Culture Crawl. Talk will take place from 630pm-7pm. Thursday, March 16, the Museum will be open from 6 to 9 pm.
The Flamingo Park Walking Tour will focus on the Art Deco multi-family apartment buildings which typify the Flamingo Park neighborhood -the neighborhood to the west of Washington Avenue. It’s not for the faint of heart: 2 1/2 miles over 3 hours with a 15 minute rest stop in the middle. The tour will be led […]
Saturday, 25 March at 10:30 am, we will meet at the entrance of Pérez Art Museum Miami (1103 Biscayne Blvd). We will draw outside, there are very interesting views from the rear part of the building. The Museum will have an exhibition of Yayoi Kusama. Purchase tickets in advance if you desire to visit this […]
Join us at the Art Deco Welcome Center and Museum for the opening reception of the 16th World Congress on Art Deco. Enjoy hors d'oeuvres and drinks while browsing the museum and mingling with World Congress attendees. Check out our special exhibition "Radio Waves: Miami Beach and the Golden Age of Radio."
Start at 8:00 am with Welcoming speeches from VIPs. Join a walking tour developed specifically for the World Congress - "Hidden in Plain Sight," which explores the often overlooked architectural details of our iconic Art Deco, MiMo and Mediterranean buildings. Return to the Jewish Museum for a short tour of the Museum, join us for […]
Hidden in Plain Sight Tour explores the often overlooked architectural details of our iconic Art Deco, MiMo and Mediterranean buildings. Tour begins and ends at Jewish Museum FIU, 301 Washington Avenue. Friday, April 21, 8:30-11:30 am. Presented as part of the World Congress on Art Deco.
The 16th World Congress on Art Deco takes place April 18th to 30th in Central and South Florida. For locals, we are offering the Lecture Pass, which gives access to all World Congress lectures in-person. Purchase your tickets below. All lectures will take place at the Jewish Museum-FIU, 301 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL, 33139. […]
The Collins Avenue/Collins Park Historic District. Saturday, April 22, pick up at Jewish Museum at 8:30am. Tour will be from approximately 9:00 am - 12:00 pm. Presented as part of the World Congress on Art Deco.
Join us in front of the Jewish Museum at 8:30 am. Take our tour bus to the Collins Park neighborhood for a walking tour of the Collins Avenue/Collins Park Historic District. Join us for lunch at 9Beach restaurant, then take the tour bus back to the Jewish Museum for an afternoon of architectural lectures with […]
Start from the Jewish Museum. Take our tour bus to North Beach for a bus/walking tour of the Lapidus Historic District and North Beach MiMo architecture. Have a box lunch at the North Beach Bandshell, and then tour beautiful Art Deco and MiMo single-family homes. Take the tour bus back to Lummus Park for a […]
Join us at the Jewish Museum and board the tour bus for an all-day tour of Art Deco and MiMo sites across the bay in Miami and Coral Gables, including the Vagabond Hotel, Historic Hampton House, Miami City Hall, Miracle Theater, Coral Gables Museum and Coral Gables Woman's Club. Lunch provided at the beautiful Amara […]
Begin with lectures at the Jewish Museum. Then take a guided tour of Casa Casuarina (better known as the Versace Mansion) and enjoy refreshments at the Art Deco Welcome Center. We will have lunch at Casa Casuarina, and then another half-day of touring across the bay in Miami, including the Sears Tower and Boulevard Shops, […]
Take the tour bus from the Jewish Museum to Lincoln Road for a walking tour of our iconic pedestrian shopping street and the New World Center, home of the New World Symphony. Take the bus to Marjory Stoneman Douglas Ocean Beach Park for an outdoor box lunch, then walk to the Jewish Museum for an […]
Tour begins at the Jewish Museum. Wednesday, April 26, 9:00 am - 11:30 pm. Presented as part of the World Congress on Art Deco.
Begins at the Jewish Museum; Ends at Meridian Avenue and Espanola Way. Thursday, April 27, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Presented as part of the World Congress on Art Deco.
Join us at the Jewish Museum for a walking tour of the Flamingo Park Historic District, followed by a box lunch in Flamingo Park. Then we'll have an entire afternoon inside the Wolfsonian Museum FIU with guided tours from senior Wolfsonian staff. Finally, we'll have our closing Dinner Party on the 2nd floor roof of […]
CLOSING DINNER PARTY Victor Hotel, 1144 Ocean Drive, 2nd-floor roof - Thursday, April 27, 8:00 pm. $179. $159 for MDPL members. Dinner catered by Cerveceria de Barrio, with entertainment and dancing provided by Steffen Zeichner and 5 String Swing, performing lively swing standards from the 20's, 30's, and 40's, upbeat gypsy jazz, and classic tunes […]
Join us in historic Lummus Park as we oppose the state legislation that could lead to the wholesale demolition of Miami Beach's iconic Ocean Drive and Collins Ave / A1A architecture. We'll gather at the Barbara Baer Capitman Memorial and share our concerns with the Tallahassee legislation that puts our historic architecture at risk. Location: […]
Lecture by Peter Kanavos. Culture Crawl @ Art Deco Museum 5/18, 6:30-7:00 pm. "Miami Beach is in the midst of a two-decades-old population decline. When residents vanish, neighborhoods deteriorate. The economic basis for architectural preservation, maintenance, and innovation suffers commensurately. The city at large and the city center, in particular, are increasingly dependent on a […]
MDPL Board Chair Jack D Johnson is heading to Atlanta, Georgia after 24 years on Miami Beach. Please join us for a special celebration and farewell party at the Art Deco Museum.
Saturday, Aug 19 @ 11 am - 1 pm Coral Gables Books & Books | 265 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables, FL 33134 Meet in outside café, but there are interior spaces where you can sketch.
A vibrant new photography exhibit is headed to the Art Deco Museum at the Art Deco Welcome Center, as part of its revamped Featured Local Artist program. "Save My Little Havana" by writer and photographer Steve Wright tells the story of his neighborhood’s many historic residential and commercial buildings. Join us for the exhibit opening […]
Sept 27th: In partnership with the Art Deco Neighborhood Association, join us at the Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center to meet with the Miami Beach Commission candidates. A forum will take place with questions focused on Art Deco District stakeholder issues. Free event - registration required! Please note - the Mayoral candidates event will […]
October 4th: In partnership with the Art Deco Neighborhood Association, join us at the Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center to meet with the Miami Beach Mayoral candidates. A forum will take place with questions focused on Art Deco District stakeholder issues. Free event – registration required!
Join us as part of Miami Beach Culture Crawl for a special "Night at the Museum"!
Meet with the curators and collectors behind our current exhibits:
Radio Waves: Miami Beach and the Golden Age of Radio
-- Join MDPL Executive Director and exhibit co-curator Daniel Ciraldo for a behind-the-scenes look at the development and design of our popular special exhibition, up through mid-December
-- Meet radio collector Harvey Mattel, who has loaned important radios from his collection that are featured in the exhibition
Read about the exhibit on our blog: click here.
Featured Local Artist: Steve Wright, "Save My Little Havana"
-- Meet with the artist to learn more about his photographs of Little Havana architecture
Read about the exhibit on our blog: click here.
The museum and gift shop will be open 6pm-9pm. The featured talks will take place starting at 6:30pm and going through 8pm.
MDPL’s Annual Membership Meeting will take place at the Art Deco Museum. This meeting is for MDPL members and MDPL-invited guests only. Join us to welcome the 2023-2024 Board of Directors and to hear about the last year in historic preservation and plans for the year ahead. Light bites and refreshments will be served. […]
Join us for our ongoing series highlighting historic preservation and resiliency projects in Miami Beach and beyond. About the Architect: Jeffrey Huber, FAIA, ASLA, NCARB, LEED AP is a principal at Brooks + Scarpa and manages the firm’s south Florida office. Brooks + Scarpa is a multi-disciplinary practice that includes architecture, landscape architecture, planning, environmental design, […]
Join us for our ongoing series highlighting historic preservation projects in Miami Beach and beyond. José Gelabert-Navia will talk on his historic preservation projects as well as his recent publication "Miami Beach" (ORO Publishers), a folio of 20 drawings on watercolor paper. The book will be available for purchase at the event, with MDPL receiving […]
February 21–May 26, 2024 The Wolfsonian–FIU @ 1001 Washington Avenue Beginning in the 1920s, restaurant and nightclub owners used all the tools of modern graphic design—vibrant colors, bold lettering, and striking images—to promote their businesses on printed materials. These establishments often commissioned commercial artists to create alluring menu covers that drew in customers by teasing […]
Today Miami Beach is one of the most “broadcasted” locations in the world, but 100 years ago the age of broadcasting was just becoming a reality. This exhibition explores the first consumer mass media device and how it helped promote and shape Miami Beach’s early development. As radio proliferated through the first half of the […]
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