"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"

Saving Special Places and Building Better Communities: Smart Growth in Florida

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

For more than half a century, Florida has relied on growth and sprawling development to fuel its economy. Sadly, we continue to experience the tragic consequences of this approach, which has been likened by some to a “Ponzi scheme.” Today, Florida continues to face the consequences of rapidly growing population coupled with the looming threats […]

Free

The Beatles in 1964 Florida

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

This lively presentation examines the two weeks the Beatles spent in the potboiler that was 1964 Florida; longer than anywhere else in North America that watershed year. South Florida is center stage; it's the subject of Kealing's new book, "Good Day Sunshine State, How the Beatles Rocked Florida." It will also address the tragedy of […]

Free

Opening Night Soiree with the South Florida Jazz Orchestra & Lisanne Lyons

Jazz Age Stage at Lummus Park & 12th Street

Existing MDPL Members: click here to register. Dress dapper at VIP Night for MDPL Members— featuring The South Florida Jazz Orchestra, swing dance performances, mini dance lessons, and more! Get ready for a high-energy, joyous, and soulful performance ignited with audience participation!  Note: Maximum of 2 tickets per MDPL member order. Each guest will receive […]

$50.00
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 […]

Miami’s Secret Floating Village

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

Inspired by people he met while working on the Christo Surrounded Islands project, David Bricker found himself living aboard chasing stories here in Miami, throughout the Bahamas, and across the Atlantic. Realizing that he was living in a storybook, he wrote about and photographed his adventures. Not only is this talk historically surprising and interesting, […]

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!  

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

Jewish Miami Beach Tour

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

This walking tour explores the rise and fall of the Jewish population of Miami Beach over the past 100 years, including a look at the impact of selected key Jewish individuals and institutions, plus an overview of architectural styles in the southernmost part of the city. Tour starts at the Welcome Center tent and ends […]

$35.00

Collins Park Tour

National Hotel 1677 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL, United States

Starting at one of the grandest of the “Grand Dame” hotels on Collins Ave, the National Hotel, our guide will wind his way through an up-and-coming neighborhood named for one of the earliest founders of Miami Beach. Stroll past storied historic structures by iconic Miami Beach architects. See where WWII Cadet Clark Gable stayed. Find […]

$35.00

Legends of Lincoln Road Tour

Albion Hotel 1650 James Avenue, Miami Beach, FL, United States

Take a stroll down one of Miami Beach’s most famous thoroughfares, once referred to as the “Fifth Avenue of the South”. Discover how geography and history influenced the architecture of Lincoln Road from 1912 to the present and what lead to the revitalization of the area we experience today. Depart Albion Hotel, 1650 James Ave. […]

$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

Lesson: Beginner Swing with 4 x World Champions Nathalie & Yuval

Jazz Age Stage at Lummus Park & 12th Street

Learn the basic dance steps of Swing/Lindy Hop with 4 x World Champions Nathalie Gomes Adams and Yuval Hod! No partner required! ABOUT YOUR TEACHERS NATHALIE GOMES ADAMS YUVAL HOD ABOUT THE DANCE Lindy Hop is an American dance born in the African-American communities of Harlem, New York City, in 1928 and has evolved since […]

Free

Movie Lover’s Guide to South Beach

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

Miami Beach is a favorite locale for on-location shooting of films and TV series. While most of the stories are fictitious, the process of on-location shooting captures a record of a place as it was at a particular point in time. We witness all the elements that comprise a neighborhood; its buildings, its people, the […]

$35.00