Local author Jeremie Samuel will host a book signing and presentation at the Voices of Pensacola presented by Gulf Power on Saturday, Dec. 12 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Samuel will present on Pensacola’s moorish history and sign his new book, “The Moorish Essence of Pensacola: A Legacy of Exploration and Cultural Exchange from Estevanico to […]
The UWF Historic Trust will host “From Rosie the Riveter to ‘I Dream of Jeannie’: Women at Work and in the American Imagination, 1940 to 1970,” a presentation by Dr. Stephanie Cole, on Thursday, Dec. 10 at 6:30 p.m. at Voices of Pensacola presented by Gulf Power. The presentation, preceded by a reception at 6 […]
The University of West Florida Historic Trust will host free arts and crafts activities for children at its Arcadia Mill Archaeological Site classroom on the following Saturdays: Nov. 21, Nov. 28, Dec. 12 and Dec. 19. The classroom will be open for children to make crafts from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Scheduled activities include […]
The University of West Florida Historic Trust will share Victorian holiday traditions in Historic Pensacola during the holiday season with a special tour of the Lear-Rocheblave House from Nov. 17 through Dec. 19. Visitors will experience the historic home decorated with holiday cheer and learn how families celebrated the holiday season in the late 19th […]
The University of West Florida Historic Trust will host “Apron Strings: Ties to the Past,” from Nov. 10, 2015 through Jan. 8, 2016, at the T.T. Wentworth, Jr. Florida State Museum. The exhibit reevaluates the apron’s varying roles over time in an artistic and cultural manner and chronicles changing attitudes toward women and domestic work […]
The University of West Florida Historic Trust will host the traveling exhibit “Just Above Water: Florida Folk Art” as part of Pensacola’s annual Foo Foo Festival. The traveling exhibit, funded by a Foo Foo Festival ACE Fall Arts and Culture Grant, will open Nov. 5, 2015 and close Jan. 25, 2016. The traveling exhibit features […]
The University of West Florida Historic Trust unveiled its interpretive master plan to the public on Tuesday during an event at the Museum of Commerce in Downtown Pensacola. UWF President Judith Bense, Vice President of University Advancement Brendan Kelly and Historic Trust Board of Directors Chair Jerry Maygarden presented the transformational vision for Historic Pensacola. […]
The University of West Florida Historic Trust will host its 25th annual haunted house walking and trolley tours in Historic Pensacola this October. Guests may choose from four walking tour routes: the Ghastly Ghosts of North Seville, Murder and Mayhem, Red-Light or the Tragedy and Terror of South Seville. This year, in honor of the […]
WHAT: The University of West Florida Historic Trust will unveil its interpretive master plan. UWF President Judith Bense, UWF Vice President of Advancement Brendan Kelly and UWF Historic Trust Board Chair Jerry Maygarden will unveil the transformational vision of Historic Pensacola. WHEN: Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015 TIME: 4 p.m. WHERE: Museum of Commerce 201 E. Zaragoza […]
The University of West Florida Historic Trust has partnered with Nickelodeon to encourage children to get up, get out and go play on Nickelodeon’s Worldwide Day of Play set for Sept. 26. Worldwide Day of Play is a day each year during which Nickelodeon goes completely dark for three hours, taking programming off the air […]
The University of West Florida Historic Trust announces the addition of pirate and princess themed birthday parties at the Pensacola Children’s Museum. This new service offers parents or guardians a hassle-free birthday option that also enables little pirates and princesses to treat their friends and family to a unique Pensacola Children’s Museum experience. Themed party […]
The University of West Florida Historic Trust received the competitive “Latino Americans: 500 Years of History” grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association. The grant will enable the Historic Trust to hold public programming about Latino history and culture at the Voices of Pensacola Multicultural Center presented by Gulf […]
