"Celebrating Florida's Historic Coastal Communities"

Art Deco Weekend

JAN 12, 13, 14, 2024

JAN 12, 13, 14, 2024

"Celebrating Florida's Historic Coastal Communities"

Lesson: Collegiate Shag & Balboa Taster with Minn Vo & Karolina Chrapkova

Jazz Age Stage at Lummus Park & 12th Street

Get a taster of Collegiate Shag and Balboa steps with International Champions Minn Vo & Karolina Chrapkova! No partner required! ABOUT YOUR TEACHERS MINN VO KAROLINA CHRAPKOVA ABOUT THE DANCE STYLES Collegiate Shag (or "Shag") is a partner dance done primarily to uptempo swing and pre-swing jazz music (185-250+ beats per minute). It belongs to […]

Free

South Beach Crimes and Scandals Tour

Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, United States

This 2-hour walking tour focuses on illegal activities and shady characters in Miami Beach history. Topics include political corruption, illegal gambling, alcohol during prohibition, and organized crime figures. Tour departs from the Art Deco Welcome Center, 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 33139. All tours are rain or shine. Please dress for the weather as […]

$35.00

Ocean Drive Architectural Tour

Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, United States

This 1 1/2 to 2-hour walking tour provides an introduction to the Art Deco, Mediterranean Revival, and Miami Modern (MiMo) styles found within the Miami Beach Architectural Historic District. Explore hotels, restaurants, and other commercial structures with a visit to a number of interiors. All tours are rain or shine. Please dress for the weather […]

$35.00

LeNard Rutledge & Mike Cady present “Cole Porter and Friends”

Jazz Age Stage at Lummus Park & 12th Street

Captivating, soul-stirring, earthy and funky. These are just some of the words used to describe the sound of LeNard Rutledge. Growing up in Miami, Florida, LeNard was always surrounded by different musical genres. His parents had an extensive music collection ranging from classical, jazz, hymns, and funk, like that of James Brown. In the fall […]

Free

Postwar Architectural Photography in South Florida and the Paradox of Pleasure

Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, United States

Postwar photographers such as Ezra Stoller in New York and Julius Shulman in Southern California began working closely with mid-century architects, capturing the clean lines of modern buildings, and presenting them as progressive forms for ideal living enhanced by compelling landscapes and climates. Women photographers like Dorothea Lange and Berenice Abbott were also gaining attention […]

Free

Deco Nights and Neon Lights Tour

Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, United States

Similar to our regular Ocean Drive Tour but focuses on neon lighting . Our Art Deco buildings come alive when the lights go on! Neon lighting has always been associated with glamour and excitement. Learn about the history of neon lighting, its rise, its fall, and its resurgence.

$35.00

South Florida Jazz Orchestra featuring vocalist Lisanne Lyons

Jazz Age Stage at Lummus Park & 12th Street

The South Florida Jazz Orchestra is Miami’s premier modern big band, comprised of many of the best jazz artists and studio musicians in the greater Miami area. Directed by bassist and composer Chuck Bergeron, the band’s latest release–Cheap Thrills–features Miles Davis, saxophonist Rick Margitza, along with Grammy-award winner Brian Lynch, and highly-acclaimed artists John Hart […]

Free
Event Series “Save My Little Havana” Exhibit

“Save My Little Havana” Exhibit

Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 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, […]

Radio Waves: Miami Beach and the Golden Age of Radio

Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 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 […]

Chess on Ocean Drive

Jazz Age Stage at Lummus Park & 12th Street

Join us along with Commissioner Laura Dominguez on Ocean Drive to play Chess in memory of Commissioner Mark Samuelian. Location is 12th and Ocean Drive next to the Jazz Age Stage. All ages and experience levels welcome!

Free

Deco Kids Fun Zone in support of Feinberg-Fisher Miami Beach

Ocean Drive & 8th Street 801 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, United States

Join us for the annual Deco Kids Fun Zone at Art Deco Weekend. Bring the kids to participate in bounce house, obstacle course, and other activities. Suggested Donation $5 to support the historic Fienberg-Fisher K-8 in the Art Deco District. Location: Ocean Drive between 8th and 9th street in Lummus Park.  

Event Series Artisan Market

Artisan Market

Ocean Drive between 5th and 10th Street 601 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, United States

Browse a variety of items for sale at the Art Deco Weekend artisan market. Featuring vendors from the local community as well as out-of-state, find something unique to take home from the festival!  

The Miami Creation Myth: How We Tell South Florida’s Stories

Wolfsonian-FIU 1001 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, United States

Every great civilization, from the Ancient Greeks to the Egyptians, Sumerians, and Norse had their gods, villains, and heroes. These millennia-old stories of love, violence, honor, and betrayal passed people’s beliefs about themselves to subsequent generations. They were altered through incalculable tellings to better fit changing norms and political ends, but the core messages remained. […]

Free

Ocean Drive Architectural Tour

Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, United States

This 1 1/2 to 2-hour walking tour provides an introduction to the Art Deco, Mediterranean Revival, and Miami Modern (MiMo) styles found within the Miami Beach Architectural Historic District. Explore hotels, restaurants, and other commercial structures with a visit to a number of interiors. All tours are rain or shine. Please dress for the weather […]

$35.00

Florida’s First Travelogue: A Spanish Shipwreck Survivor’s Memoir of Enslavement with the Calusa Tribe for 17 Years

Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, United States

Hernando D’Escalante Fontaneda was 13 years old when he survived a shipwreck in Florida in 1549. He and his brother were sailing from their home in Cartagena to be educated in Salamanca, Spain. In his memoir, Fontaneda wrote that the Calusas enslaved him rather than martyring him, like other shipwreck survivors, because he obeyed their […]

Free