49th Annual Art Deco Weekend 2026

Radio Waves: Miami Beach and the Golden Age of Radio
2024-01-14 09:00 - 17:00, 2024-01-13 09:00 - 17:00, 2024-01-12 09:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center, 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
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 twentieth century, Miami Beach also transformed from an untamed barrier island into a famous tourism and cultural destination.
Radio quickly became the “rage” in the mid-1920s as more and more Americans realized that owning a radio meant news, entertainment, weather, and politics could be transmitted wirelessly to them from the comfort of their homes. The radio brought families together to listen to broadcasts in their living rooms, connecting people to faraway places and signaling the start of the machine age.
Miami Beach’s pioneers recognized that promotion was vital to its success. They broke the mold by adding radio stations to their hotels, broadcasting a message from this city carved from a jungle.
Radio styles were dynamic, often reflecting American culture and industrial design. Movies, architecture, automobiles, and the 1939 World’s Fair were a few such examples. The materials from which radio chassis were made such as wood, resins, plastics, metals, and mirrored glass, provided an endless array of aesthetically pleasing choices – many of which are highlighted in this exhibit.
Radio Waves explores the Golden Age of Radio beginning in the 1920s to the late 1950s, as manifested by the distinctive architecture of Miami Beach. Art Deco, Streamline, and Mid-Century Modern hotels and apartments houses designed by some of America’s foremost architects continue to welcome guests to the sun, sand, and sea of the City of Miami Beach.
Miami-Dade Residents: Free Admission; General Ticket: $7
At the Art Deco Museum
1001 Ocean Drive
Open Daily 9 am – 5 pm
happening now, through February 15, 2024

"Save My Little Havana" Exhibit
2024-01-14 09:00 - 17:00, 2024-01-13 09:00 - 17:00, 2024-01-12 09:00 - 17:00 | Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center, 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
A vibrant photography exhibit is now on display at 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.
The exhibit commenced August 24, 2023, and will be on display until January 15, 2024.
As part of the featured local artist program, photographs will be available for sale with 1/2 of proceeds benefitting the Miami Design Preservation League.

Radio Waves: Miami Beach and the Golden Age of Radio
2023-01-15 09:00 - 17:00, 2023-01-14 09:00 - 17:00, 2023-01-13 09:00 - 17:00 | Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center, 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
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 twentieth century, Miami Beach also transformed from an untamed barrier island into a famous tourism and cultural destination.
Radio quickly became the “rage” in the mid-1920s as more and more Americans realized that owning a radio meant news, entertainment, weather, and politics could be transmitted wirelessly to them from the comfort of their homes. The radio brought families together to listen to broadcasts in their living rooms, connecting people to faraway places and signaling the start of the machine age.
Miami Beach’s own pioneers recognized that promotion was vital to its success. They broke the mold by adding radio stations to their hotels, broadcasting a message from this city carved from a jungle.
Radio styles were dynamic, often reflecting American culture and industrial design. Movies, architecture, automobiles, and the 1939 World’s Fair were a few such examples. The materials from which radio chassis were made such as wood, resins, plastics, metals, and mirrored glass, provided an endless array of aesthetically pleasing choices – many which are highlighted in this exhibit.
Radio Waves explores the Golden Age of Radio beginning in the 1920s to the late 1950s, as manifested by the distinctive architecture of Miami Beach. Art Deco, Streamline, and Mid-Century Modern hotels and apartments houses designed by some of America’s foremost architects continue to welcome guests to the sun, sand, and sea of the City of Miami Beach.
Miami-Dade Residents: Free Admission; General Ticket: $5.

Aerial Vision at the Wolfsonian-FIU
2022-01-16 10:00 - 18:00, 2022-01-15 10:00 - 18:00, 2022-01-14 10:00 - 21:00 | Wolfsonian-FIU, 1001 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, 33139, United States
November 19, 2021–April 24, 2022
The Wolfsonian–FIU @ 1001 Washington Avenue
Aerial Vision explores how early 20th-century inventions—airplanes and skyscrapers, each considered the embodiment of human achievement and a harbinger of a better tomorrow—sparked an era of remarkable creativity and new systems of seeing the world. Met with awe and excitement, both technologies introduced novel approaches for living, working, and traveling and opened up previously inaccessible vertical perspectives to modern spectators, from artists and designers to urban planners and everyday office workers. This exhibition of paintings, posters, furniture, and more draws from the Wolfsonian collection to examine these heightened positions of power and privilege, revealing connections between newly available viewpoints and their impact on the artistic imagination.
Aerial Vision is made possible by Bradesco BAC Florida Bank and the Arthur F. & Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation.
The Wolfsonian-FIU admission is free for Florida residents. Ticket and visiting information may be viewed on their website: click here.
Free Fridays, 6–9pm every week
Regular Hours
Wednesday–Sunday: 10am–6pm (Friday 9pm)

Morris Lapidus: I Did it My Way
2022-01-16 09:00 - 17:00, 2022-01-15 09:00 - 17:00, 2022-01-14 09:00 - 17:00 | Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center, 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
A 20-year retrospective on Morris Lapidus (1902-2001) with a focus on his career’s work as it relates to:

His early work in retail design
Working with the Art Deco masters on Miami Beach
Venturing on his own with the Fontainebleau, Eden Roc, and Americana
His legacy in transforming Lincoln Road into one of the most famous pedestrian plazas
His legacy of other building designs including Temples, office buildings, community centers, and more

This exhibition is on view through March 15th, 2022 at the Art Deco Museum. Free for Miami-Dade residents and MDPL Members. $5 general admission.
