October 2022
N E W S L E T T E R

Less Than Two Weeks
From Today!
With less than two weeks to go, the excitement is building for this year's Night At the Museum event.

Tickets are only $50 per person and include a catered meal by Laubsters Catering.
Featuring heritage menu items including Minorcan chicken pilau, and seafood chowder, your meal will also include a carving station offering balsamic shallot apricot glazed pork tendorloin.
Appetizer and salad stations will also be available. Dessert will offer some of the best speciality treats the area has to offer, compliments of The Bake Shop.

Each ticket also includes two free drink vouchers with SoNapa hosting our wine service, and New Smyrna Beach Brewing Co. providing local craft brew for our beer garden.
A complimentary soft drink station will also be available throughout the event.

You can purchase tickets for the event now by using the following online ticketing portal.

Unique auction and raffle items will also be up for grabs, here are just of few of the items that you could win.
"Inlet Reflections" by Jimmy Lane. This beautiful giclee print measures 42" by 30" fully framed, and features imagry of sailing, surfing and sand in stunning colors set around the historic Ponce Inlet Lighthouse. Printed on canvas using the giclee printing method then mounted on birch wood for resiliency.
"There's Always a Bigger Fish"
Bill Carr, shown in the middle, was 26 years old at the time this photo was taken. The story of hooking the massive tarpon and the battle that ensued when an uninvited shark joined the party is captured in this iconic photo printed on stretched canvas and measuring 20" x 16".
Yeti Hopper Flip 18 Cooler
The Hopper Flip 18 is the larger of the two Hopper Flip designs and is durable, leak-proof, and versitile. Like all Yeti Coolers is it equipped with superior insulation to keep the cold for days.
Dr. Fox's Goliath Grouper
One of our most requested images, this local photo features New Smyrna’s first physician, Dr. Fox, who moved to the local area in 1870. Fox is standing next to the 386-pound goliath grouper he hauled out of the river. This image is 16 X 20 and printed on stretched canvas.
"Ocean Rescue" by Mike Ring
Taken along Flagler Ave., this beautiful print measuring 10" x 15" is printed on stretched canvas. The print comes with its original certificate of authenticity establishing it as print number 1 of 250.
Jimmy Lane, our favorite local surf artist, joined us back in April for Heritage Day. At the event Jimmy created a painting while the event was underway as those attending visited with Jimmy and watched him work. Raffle tickets were sold, and the lucky winner took home the painting.
Jimmy has agreed to join us again for Night at the Museum and create a painting that will be raffled at the event.
Check out the completed painting from April's event below.
Museum member, Nancy Fredrickson was the lucky winner of the painting shown above at Heritage Day 2022 back in early April. Don't miss your chance to watch Jimmy create the painting for this year's Night At the Museum, and pick up a raffle ticket or two and support the New Smyrna Museum of History.
October's Museum Program
Thursday, Oct. 13th at 6:30 PM
120 Sams Ave., New Smyrna Beach Fl 32168
Join us at the Museum as we welcome Dr. Ann Browning-Masters, author of "Floridanos, Menorcans, Cattle-Whip Crackers, Poetry of St. Augustine". With three great-great aunts recognized as Civil War spies and a great-great uncle known from Mayport, Florida to Cape May, New  Jersey as a rum-runner during Prohibition, Ann Browning Masters has a colorful family history of stories to tell. But, she also has stories of common life that weave a quiet beauty around tales of resistance and intrigue. 
Director's Digest
by Greg Holbrook
Executive Director, New Smyrna Museum of History
We have all been saddened by the impacts of hurricane Ian on our friends, families, and in many cases ourselves.
Our hearts go out to those who have suffered the impacts, both here locally, and all along the path of the storm.
The New Smyrna Museum of History was fortunate and did not suffer any physical impacts from the storm or water intrusion into our museum exhibit space.
We will now begin putting the museum back together.
Our hope is to be re-opening to the public by the end of the week.

Night At the Museum is still on schedule and now under two weeks away. Don't forget to get your tickets and join us for our most enjoyable fundraiser of the year. We are still planning to take over the south end of Emory Bennett Park and extend this event into the outdoors to take advantage of our new found fall temperatures.
We will be adding more auction and raffle items right up until time for the event so keep an eye out for email and Facebook updates in the coming days.
Museum programming will continue on Thursday, October 13th, see the info above for all the details.
We hope to see you soon at The New Smyrna Museum of History.
Veterans' History Project
Our local installments of the Veterans' History Project contine as Dr. Frank Farmer interviews Army 1st Sergeant Robert Colella.
Back in 2004, 1st Sergeant Colella was deployed to the second Gulf War in Iraq.
Using Bradley Fighting Vehicles and TOW missiles, Colella led his troops into deadly urban combat during the hotly contested battle of Fallujah.
Museum Community News
September's museum program now available on YouTube
"Historical Photographs of the
New Smyrna Beach Shoreline"
Presented by Mark Spradley

In the event you missed joining us in person, here is a link to view Mark's presentation.
November's Museum Program

Dr. Camesha Whittaker
Presents
Eleanor Roosevelt & Mary McLeod Bethune,
An Unusual Friendship

Thursday, November 10th, 2022, at 6:30 pm
120 Sams Ave., New Smyrna Beach FL 32168

Dr. Camesha Whittaker of Bethune-Cookman University joins us to talk about her book, “Eleanor Roosevelt & Mary McLeod Bethune, An Unusual Friendship”. Don’t miss this fascinating program that explores the impactful friendship of two of the most influential American women of the 20th Century. Discover how these two women used their position, friendship, and personal networks to create a model of civility and transformative leadership.
Geneaolgy Workshop
Update

With hurricane Ian bearing down on us, we decided to postpone the Geneaology Workshop with Deborah Edwards, previously scheduled for this past Saturday, October 1st. We look forward to getting Deborah back on schedule for this workshop as soon as possible. Stay tuned to this newsletter and our Facebook page for updates.
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New Members:
Jennifer Fox
Claire Miller
Albert Salas
Tom & Rosalie Riedel
Susan & David Bruce

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Museum Hours
Tuesday - Saturday
10 AM - 4 PM

Adults 18+ $8
Young Adults 11-17 $5
10 & Under Free
Members Free
The New Smyrna Museum of History
120 Sams Ave., New Smyrna Beach Fl. 32168
Phone: 386.478.0052

nsmofhistory@gmail.com
PO Box 968, NSB, Fl. 32170-0968