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2023 Press Releases
April 4, 2023
Flagler Museum Hosts Whitehall Society’s “Mixing It Up” Cocktail Party
February 22, 2023
Flagler Museum Hosts Winter Exhibition Opening Reception
2022 Press Releases
December 30, 2022
Flagler Museum Announces 2023 Winter Exhibition "The American West During The Gilded Age"
November 21, 2022
Celebrate The Holidays at Whitehall
October 7, 2022
Flagler Museum Announces 2022 - 2023 Programs
March 31, 2022
Flagler Museum Invites Families to Easter Egg Hunt on April 16
March 29, 2022
Flagler Museum to Host Empty Your Pantry Food Drive with Town of Palm Beach United Way in April
March 11, 2022
Flagler Museum Trustees Elect New President
March 1, 2022
Flagler Museum's 'Teacher Appreciation Hours' Offer Free Admission During Spring Break
February 16, 2022
Flagler Museum Announces Announces Lineup Change for March 1 concert
January 13, 2022
Flagler Museum Announces New "Food Talks"
2021 Press Releases
November 16, 2021
A Gilded Age Christmas at Whitehall: Flagler Museum's Traditional Holiday Programs, Tea Service Return this December
September 30, 2021
Flagler Museum Announces 2021/2022 Season of Programming
September 21, 2021
Flagler Museum Announces Teacher Appreciation Hours, Partners with Dress for Success to Collect Medical Scrubs in October
August 18, 2021
Free Weekly Musical Performances on Historic Instruments Start on Labor Day Weekend at Flagler Museum
June 15, 2021
Flagler Museum Returns to Pre-pandemic Admissions Experience
May 3, 2021
Flagler Museum Offering Free Admission During Founder's Day Weekend in June
April 16, 2021
Rescheduled Bluegrass in the Pavilion concert caps off busy week at the Flagler Museum
April 12, 2021
New food concept now open at the Flagler Museum: PICNIC by the Café des Beaux-Arts
March 24, 2021
Flagler Museum to Host Food Drive with Palm Beach United Way
March 1, 2021
Flagler Museum Returns to Pre-pandemic General Admission Hours
February 23, 2021
Flagler Museum Announces "Exclusive Access Package" Admission Opportunity
February 12, 2021
Flagler Museum to Host Spring Break Teacher Appreciation Hours
2020 Press Releases
November 19, 2020
Henry Morrison Flagler Museum Awarded Accreditation by American Alliance of Museums (AAM)
November 17, 2020
Flagler Museum Achieves GBAC STAR™ Facility Accreditation
November 10, 2020
A Gilded Age Christmas at Whitehall: How to Celebrate the Holidays This Year at the Flagler Museum
October 13, 2020
Flagler Museum Hosts Teacher Appreciation Hours, Partners with Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County for Book Drive
September 22, 2020
Flagler Museum Announces Return of Live Music to Whitehall
August 20, 2020
Flagler Museum Update: September
August 5, 2020
Flagler Museum Virtual Lecture Celebrates Centennial of 19th Amendment, Women's Suffrage Movement
July 23, 2020
Flagler Museum Update: August
June 23, 2020
Flagler Museum Open on Saturday, July 4th
June 1, 2020
Flagler Museum to Reopen to Public on June 9th
March 6, 2020
Original ca. 1900 Dining Room Furniture Returns to Henry Flagler's Whitehall Estate in Palm Beach
February 26, 2020
Family Friendly Educational Activities at the Flagler Museum: Easter Egg Hunt, Spring Break, Mother's Day Tea Service
February 3, 2020
Pulitzer Prize Winner, Best-Selling Authors to Spotlight American Railroad 'Visionaries' at Flagler Museum
January 29, 2020
Flagler Museum Partners with Shoes2You for Footwear Drive
2019 Press Releases
December 2, 2019
Explore the Style, Substance of Antique Shoes at the Flagler Museum's Winter Exhibition
November 14, 2019
Holiday Happenings at the Flagler Museum Start on Black Friday
October 31, 2019
Fortnightly, Reimagined Event at Flagler Museum Reminiscent of a Flagler-era Evening Social Club
October 18, 2019
Flagler Museum Partners with Dress for Success for Shapewear Drive
October 1, 2019
Flagler Museum Announces 2019/2020 Season Programming
September 4, 2019
Flagler Museum to Reopen Thursday, September 5
August 30, 2019
Flagler Museum Announces Closures, Program Cancellations Due to Hurricane Dorian
August 28, 2019
Award-winning Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers join lineup at 15th annual Bluegrass in the Pavilion
August 19, 2019
Flagler Museum's Fall Exhibition to Explore Fashion from the Inside Out
August 5, 2019
Award-winning duo Dailey & Vincent to perform at 15th annual Bluegrass in the Pavilion
2018 Press Releases
September 12, 2018
2018 - 2019 Season Programs Announced
The Flagler Museum announces 2018 - 2019 Season programs and Events
May 23, 2018
Flagler Museum Honored with Two Awards in May
On May 11, Discover The Palm Beaches (DTPB), the tourism marketing organization for Palm Beach County, presented their second annual Partner of the Year Award to the Flagler Museum.
February 12, 2018
Celebrate Mother's Day With Elegant Tea in the Cafe des Beaux-Arts
The Flagler Museum's Café des Beaux-Arts will open specially for Mother's Day on Saturday, May 12 from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm, and on Sunday, May 13 from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m.
January 8, 2018
The Flagler Museum Presents Bluegrass in the Pavilion
The Flagler Museum presents Bluegrass in the Pavilion April 7 at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are $35.
2017 Press Releases
December 28, 2017
Easter Egg Hunt
The Flagler Museum will host it's annual Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, March 31, 2018.
December 21, 2017
Flagler Museum's 2018 Winter Exhibition
Masterfully Human: The Art of Gaugengigl, surveys the work of Boston painter and etcher Ignaz Marcel Gaugengigl (1855-1932), the first museum exhibition devoted to this Gilded Age artist.
December 13, 2017
Flagler Museum's 2018 Whitehall Lecture Series
The Flagler Museum's Whitehall Lecture Series, Heroes of the Homefront: World War I and the Faces of Wartime America will be held each Sunday afternoon February 7th through March 6th.
December 1, 2017
Flagler Museum Invites Couples to Celebrate 2018 Valentine's at Whitehall
The Flagler Museum invites couples to celebrate Valentine's at Whitehall on Wednesday, February 14, 11:30 am - 3:30 pm.
September 19, 2017
Flagler Museum Announces 2017 – 2018 Season Programs
The Flagler Museum continues to provide the community with unique experiences and learning opportunities during the 2017 – 2018 Season. Please include the following events and dates on your calendars.
2016 Press Releases
April 22, 2016
Celebrate Mother's Day With Elegant Tea in the Cafe des Beaux-Arts
The Flagler Museum's Café des Beaux-Arts will open specially for Mother's Day on Saturday, May 7th from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and on Sunday, May 8th from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
March 25, 2016
The Flagler Museum Presents Bluegrass in the Pavilion
The Flagler Museum presents Bluegrass in the Pavilion April 9th at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are $35.
March 11, 2016
Easter Egg Hunt
The Flagler Museum will host it's annual Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, March 26, 2016.
February 26, 2016
The Mad Hatter's Tea Party
The Flagler Museum will host its annual Mad Hatter's Tea Party on Saturday, March 12, at 10:00 a.m.
February 23, 2016
Flagler Museum Music Series Presents The Meccore String Quartet
The Flagler Museum Music Series presents the Meccore String Quartet March 8, 2016, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $70.
February 19, 2016
The Sherman Act, Interstate Commerce, and Baseball
The Flagler Museum's 31st annual Whitehall Lecture Series presents The Sherman Act, Interstate Commerce, and Baseball on Sunday, March 6th at 3:00 p.m.
February 12, 2016
How the 16th Amendment and the Federal Reserve Act Changed America
The Flagler Museum's 31st annual Whitehall Lecture Series presents How the 16th Amendment and the Federal Reserve Act Changed America on Sunday, February 28th at 3:00 p.m.
February 9, 2016
Flagler Museum Music Series Presents The Bennewitz Quartet
The Flagler Museum Music Series presents the Bennewitz Quartet February 23, 2016, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $70.
February 5, 2016
Clarence Darrow: The Legal Practice of an Infamous Attorney and American Iconoclast
The Flagler Museum's 31st annual Whitehall Lecture Series presents Clarence Darrow: The Legal Practice of an Infamous Attorney and American Iconoclast on Sunday, February 21st at 3:00 p.m.
February 1, 2016
Plessy v. Ferguson: How the Legal Basis for "Separate but Equal" was Established
The Flagler Museum's 31st annual Whitehall Lecture Series presents Plessy v. Ferguson: How the Legal Basis for "Separate but Equal" was Established on Sunday, February 14.
January 29, 2016
Flagler Museum Invites Couples to Celebrate Valentine's at Whitehall
The Flagler Museum invites couples to celebrate Valentine's at Whitehall on Saturday, February 13th, 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. and Sunday, February 14, 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
January 26, 2016
Flagler Museum Music Series Presents The Neave Trio
The Flagler Museum Music Series Presents the Neave Trio February 9th at 7:30 p.m.
January 22, 2016
Executive Legacy: Presidential Influence on the U.S. Constitution
The Flagler Museum's Whitehall Lecture Series presents Executive Legacy: Presidential Influence on the U.S. Constitution February 7th at 3:00 p.m.
January 12, 2016
Flagler Museum Music Series Presents Vega Quartet
The 2016 Flagler Museum Music Series presents the Vega Quartet January 26 at 7:30 p.m.
2015 Press Releases
December 29, 2015
Flagler Museum Music Series Presents New Orford String Quartet
The Flagler Museum Music Series presents the New Orford String
December 18, 2015
Special Lecture Alva Vanderbilt Belmont: Unlikely Champion of Women's
On January 19th at 6:00 p.m. The Flagler Museum will host a Special Lecture.
December 4, 2015
Flagler Museum's Holiday Evening Tours
The Flagler Museum's Holiday Evening Tours are offered on December 18th through the 23rd.
November 23, 2015
Flagler Museum's Christmas Tree Lighting and Special Holiday Lecture
The Flagler Museum will be hosting its annual Special Holiday Lecture and Christmas Tree Lighting on December 6, 2015.
November 19, 2015
Flagler Museum's French Furniture Lecture
The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum has just completed a year-long conservation project to restore an important suite of French Louis XVstyle seating furniture that were owned by wealthy industrialist Henry Morrison Flagler and his wife Mary Lily, and made for the Music Room of Whitehall, their 1902 BeauxArts mansion in Palm Beach, Florida.
November 16, 2015
Flagler Museum's Whitehall Lecture Series
The Flagler Museum's Whitehall Lecture Series Landmarks of American Law: Court Cases, Congressional acts and Executive Influence During the Gilded Age will be held each Sunday afternoon February 7th through March 6th.
November 13, 2015
A Gilded Age Style Lunch in Cafe des Beaux-Arts
The Flagler Museum's Café des BeauxArts will be open from November 27 through March 26, 2016.
November 11, 2015
Flagler Museum's Winter Exhibition
Beauty's Legacy: Gilded Age Portraits in America, features fifty-three stunning portraits of prominent Gilded Age Americans by the leading painters from America and Europe.
November 6, 2015
Flagler Museum's Holiday Evening Tours
The Flagler Museum's Holiday Evening Tours are offered on December 18th through the 23rd.
November 2, 2015
Flagler Museum's Gallery Talk for The Fall Exhibition
Flagler Museum's Gallery Talk for the Fall Exhibition, With a Wink and a Nod: Cartoonists of the Gilded Age will take place December 1, 2015, at 12:15 p.m.
September 29, 2015
Flagler Museum Announces 2015 – 2016 Season Programs
The Flagler Museum continues to provide the community with unique experiences and learning opportunities during the 2015 – 2016 Season. Please include the following events and dates on your calendars.
April 9, 2015
Flagler Museum Holds Director's Annual Luncheon
The Flagler Museum hosted its Director's Annual Luncheon on March 31st for high-level Members, Grantors, Contributors, and Sponsors.
April 7, 2015
Celebrate Mother's Day With Elegant Tea in Café des Beaux-Arts
The Flagler Museum's Café des Beaux-Arts will open specially for Mother's Day on Saturday, May 9th from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and on Sunday, May 10th from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
March 31, 2015
Flagler Museum's Bluegrass In The Pavilion Concert
The 10th Annual Bluegrass in The Pavilion concert will bring the best Bluegrass musicians to South Florida Artists for the 2015 performance are Balsam Range and The Grascals.
March 25, 2015
Flagler Museum's Annual Easter Egg Hunt and Egg Roll
Children are invited to hunt for more than 7,000 candy-filled eggs during the Flagler Museum's Easter Egg Hunt and Egg Roll on Saturday, April 4th, 2015.
January 29, 2015
2015 Flagler Museum Music Series Continues With Calidore String Quartet
Described as "a miracle of unified thought..."(La Presse, Montreal) and "nothing short of a revelation"(Calgary Herald) the Calidore String Quartet has established itself an international reputation for its informed, polished and captivating performances.
January 20, 2015
Aspen String Trio To Perform In 2015 Flagler Museum Music Series
Each of these three world-class instrumentalists have had a long association as artist-faculty with the Aspen Music Festival and after twenty years of friendship and music-making, Aspen String Trio members David Perry, Victoria Chiang, and Michael Mermagen decided to create an ensemble, which has now performed across the globe in the world's most prestigious venues.
January 12, 2015
Celebrate Valentine's Day In the Café des Beaux-Arts
In celebration of Valentine's Day the Flagler Museum's Café des Beaux-Arts will offer romantic Tea-for-Two packages on February 14 & 15, 2015
2014 Press Releases
September 23, 2014
Flagler Museum Announces 2014 / 2015 Season Programs
The Flagler Museum continues to provide the community with unique experiences and learning opportunities during the 2014/2015 Season. Please include the following events and dates on your calendars.
March 18, 2014
Flagler Museum's Easter Egg Hunt and Egg Roll
Children are invited to hunt for nearly 8,000 candy filled eggs during the Flagler Museum's Easter Egg Hunt and Egg Roll on Saturday, April 19, 2014. Gates open at 9:00 a.m. and events begin promptly at 10:00 a.m. Admission is $10 for children and $18 for adults. The festivities are sponsored by the Palm Beach Daily News.
March 13, 2014
Flagler Museum's Bluegrass in the Pavilion Concert
The 10th Annual Bluegrass in The Pavilion concert continues to bring the best Bluegrass musicians to South Florida. In 2014, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver will perform great Bluegrass music at this National Historic Landmark. Proceeds from the concert benefit South Arts' emergency planning for Gulf Coast cultural institutions.
January 30, 2014
Stories in Sterling: Four Centuries of Silver in New York Children's Exhibit Activity February 15th
The Flagler Museum invites fourth through eighth-grade children to a special gallery tour with the Museum's Education Director on Saturday, February 15 at 10:00 a.m., followed by a hands-on learning activity. Children will be provided decorative materials to craft a silver cup, as seen in the Exhibition.
January 28, 2014
Stories in Sterling: Four Centuries of Silver in New York Gallery Talk February 25th
Join exhibition curator Margaret K. Hofer for a tour of the Flagler Museum's Winter Exhibition, Stories in Sterling: Four Centuries of Silver in New York, at 12:15 p.m. on February 25th. Margaret K. Hofer is Curator of Decorative Arts at the New-York Historical Society and co-curator of this exhibition.
January 16, 2014
Celebrate Valentine's Day With Romantic Tea-for-Two
In celebration of Valentine's Day the Flagler Museum's Café des Beaux-Arts will offer romantic Tea-for-Two packages on February 14, 15, and 16, 2014.
January 6, 2014
The Flagler Museum Announces its 2014 Lecture Series
The 29th Annual Whitehall Lecture Series welcomes best-selling authors and lecturers to discuss Crimes of the Century. There will be a book signing with the author after each lecture.
Previous Press Releases
December 12, 2006
Alexander W. Dreyfoos Joins Flagler Museum Board of Trustees