Visit the Appleton on May 2 for Free First Saturday! Admission to the museum is free from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Explore the permanent collection, special exhibitions, and enjoy family-friendly artmaking activities in the Artspace. At 11 a.m. in the courtyard, the Fort King Middle School marching band will perform. At 2 p.m. in the auditorium, […]
Join us at 11 a.m. in the museum's interior courtyard on the May 2 Free First Saturday for a performance by the talented Fort King Middle School Marching Band. Free as part of Free First Saturday; no reservation needed to attend. Free First Saturdays are supported in part by CAMPUS USA Credit Union.
Join us in the auditorium at 2 p.m. on the May 2 Free First Saturday for a screening of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" (1971, Rated G, 1h 38m). Join the expedition visiting legendary candy man Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) in a splendiferous movie that wondrously brings to screen the endlessly appetizing delights of […]
Visit the Appleton on May 2 for Free First Saturday! Admission to the museum is free from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Explore the permanent collection, special exhibitions, and enjoy family-friendly artmaking activities in the Artspace. At 2 p.m. in the auditorium, we welcome back Dr. Wayne Wood for a talk on Kenneth Treister, a Florida architect […]
Join Dr. Wayne Wood in the auditorium on the June 6 Free First Saturday for a talk on Kenneth Treister, a Florida architect and sculptor whose designs have been described as, “a cross between Frank Lloyd Wright, Antoni Gaudi, Auguste Rodin and the Mayans.” His avant-garde approach to creating sensuous environments with unconventional shapes and […]
Museum admission is free throughout the entire month of July in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States. Explore special exhibitions and permanent collection galleries, visit the Artspace and take this opportunity to introduce family, friends and colleagues to the Appleton. Also in July, enjoy a free, special event featuring a talk by […]
Join Dr. Keri Watson in the auditorium for a free talk: “Picturing Paradise: From John James Audubon to the Florida Highwaymen.” The Florida landscape has provided aesthetic inspiration to artists for centuries. Titian Ramsay Peale and John James Audubon came in search of native flora and fauna, followed by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Martin Johnson Heade, […]
Visit the Appleton on August 1 for Free First Saturday! Admission to the museum is free from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Explore the permanent collection, special exhibitions, and enjoy family-friendly artmaking activities in the Artspace. At 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the auditorium, see a screening of “1776” (1972, Rated G, 2h 20m). This adaptation […]
Join us in the auditorium at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on the August 1 Free First Saturday for a screening of "1776" (1972, Rated G, 2h 20m) This adaptation of the Broadway Tony-winning musical celebrates the founding fathers’ midwifery of the Declaration of Independence, the document that would give birth to a nation. Free […]
Join us in the auditorium at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on the August 1 Free First Saturday for a screening of "1776" (1972, Rated G, 2h 20m) This adaptation of the Broadway Tony-winning musical celebrates the founding fathers’ midwifery of the Declaration of Independence, the document that would give birth to a nation. Free […]
The second event in our After Hours lecture series, Director’s Circle members are invited to join Museum Educator Hollis Mutch for a talk on maritime art from the permanent collection. Learn more about the Battle of Trafalgar, the decisive British Naval Victory during the Napoleonic Wars, through an examination of William Adolphus Knell’s painting and […]
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