Join cultural anthropologist Dr. Delores M. Walters for one of two Black History Month Presentations next week!
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Located at 170 NW Fifth Avenue in Delray Beach Florida, the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum is a black history museum and cultural center dedicated to sharing the cultural contributions of people of African descent. In addition to rotating exhibits, the museum hosts a history preservation bus tour, youth programming, genealogy workshops, lectures and panel discussions and MLK, Juneteenth and Kwanzaa celebrations. Exhibit Hours are 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Tuesday – Saturday. Admission: $10; Members are free.
Hours of Operation
Tuesday-Saturday
11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Monday
By Appointment
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Haitian Artist Edouard Duval-Carrié
Sat, 11/10/2018 to Fri, 04/26/2019
Spady Museum Showcases the Talents of Miami-Born Haitian Artist Edouard Duval-Carrié, Nov. 10-April 26
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On our Ride & Remember Historical Tour, the history of Delray Beach comes alive! Climb aboard The Spady’s popular, monthly Ride & Remember Historical Tour and enjoy the interactive, personalized stories of Delray Beach’s interesting origins and development. Our next tour is March 9th from 10am-12pm! Visit www.spadymuseum.com/trolley-tour/ to save your seat.
The Williams Cottage is site to many of our events and programs. Join us next month for our FREE Curator's Brunch on Sunday, March 10th from 12-2 pm. Get the inside scoop on our current exhibition Decolonizing Refinement: The Kingdom of This World from co-curators Khaulah Naima Nuruddin and Lesley Wolff and artist Edouard Duval-Carrié expect lively conversation and light breakfast foods.
Did you catch the Sun Sentinel story featuring this year's MLK Breakfast? Thank you Krislyn Placide for your beautiful coverage of one of our favorite events!
Thank you to the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center for allowing us to display The Tragedy of King Christophe a play by Aimé Césaire in our current exhibition. We're grateful to all the institutions that help to make our exhibitions so bountiful!
We're lucky to share history and culture with our beautiful museum goers every day.
Our current exhibition, Decolonizing Refinement, is the second time these artworks by Edouard Duval-Carrié have been on view. Stop by this week to check them out for yourself. We're open Tuesday through Sunday from 11 am-4 pm.
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Don't forget, we've got Kemetic yoga tomorrow and every Saturday from 9:30 to 11 for just $10 per yogi.
Happy Birthday to abolitionist and author Frederick Douglass (born on this day in 1818)! In 1926 historian Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life chose the second week of February to be "Negro History Week" because Douglass's birthday fell on the 14th and Abraham Lincoln's on the 12th.
#TBT to a very colorful day in The Williams Cottage.
#BringingPeopleTogether one event at a time!
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