Did you know that Miami hosted the first East Coast rock festival? From May 18-19, 1968, the Miami Pop Festival took place at Gulfstream Park and featured legendary performers like Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Chuck Berry, and others. HistoryMiami Museum features this historic festival through an exhibition of rare photographs by Ken Davidoff, archival footage, […]

In honor of the Sagamore Hotel’s 70th Anniversary, HistoryMiami Museum curated a special exhibition at the hotel called Miami Beach: The Fabulous Fifties. For Miami Beach, the Fifties were the best of times. By then, Miami Beach had assumed its place as the nation’s premier resort with hotels that lined Collins Avenue for miles, clubs […]

By Constantine Manos: The subject of American Color/Florida Pictures is photographs, made in Florida, but not meant to compromise a general or definitive statement about our country or its people. These images are a collection of specific moments selected from a narrow spectrum of public places and events. Presented without the constraints of captions, these […]

Each year MSPF showcases the best contemporary street photography in the world.  A panel of internationally accomplished street photographers selected 99 images as this year’s MSPF Finalists.  The featured artists, including several world known Magnum photographers, selected the winner who was honored with the 2017 MSPF Award. Congratulations to the winner, Hugo Aymar, of France. […]

In conjunction with the Miami Street Photography Festival, HistoryMiami Museum will feature an outdoor photography exhibition on the plaza. the photos, taken from HistoryMiami’s archives, are from the Miami News Collection. Founded in 1896 as the Miami Metropolis, the Miami News was Miami’s evening newspaper for many years. In the 1940s, the News began using […]

Register now for our Opening Event on October 26! Click here.  South Beach, 1974-1990: Photographs of a Jewish Community explores South Beach the way it was. During the 1970s and 1980s, highlighted photographers Gay Block, Gary Monroe, Richard Nagler, David Scheinbaum, and Andy Sweet each undertook long-term documentation projects of South Beach, before the neighborhood […]

HistoryMiami Museum and Miami International Airport’s Division of Fine Arts & Cultural Affairs are excited to announce the creation of the Hall of Aviation. Envisioned as an ongoing partnership, the Hall of Aviation will feature exhibitions that explore various aspects of Miami’s long-standing fascination with flight. The inaugural exhibition – A Century of Flight: The […]

HistoryMiami Museum will be closing Thursday-Sunday ahead of Hurricane Irma. All events and tours are canceled. Please check back for updates. Stay safe!  

Sponsored by   On August 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew made landfall in South Florida and devastated our community. At the time, “The Big One,” as the storm came to be known, was the most destructive hurricane in U.S. history. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the storm, and HistoryMiami Museum is recognizing this seminal […]

In 1967, the Miami Herald published the first edition of Tropic, a weekend magazine. Over the next 31 years, the magazine would win awards and the hearts of South Floridians. During the early 1990s, one weekly feature, called “Tropical Wildlife: Distinctive Markings of South Florida Species,” captured Tropic‘s own personality. The column showcased a random […]