A Celebration of Pride
A Celebration of Pride A Place for Pride | 50 Years: The Stonewall Uprising June 1 – July 31, 2024 Richard & Pat Johnson Palm Beach County History Museum In celebration of LGBTQIA+ Pride Month 2024, the Johnson History Museum presents two exhibitions. A Place for Pride explores Palm Beach County’s progress toward equality. Curated […]
Stories of Rescue
Stories of Rescue On the 1st Floor of the Museum Based on the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Stories of Rescue highlights ordinary individuals–including ministers, housewives, and soldiers–who chose to intervene and rescue Jews during World War II. Despite the risks, they took heroic measures to prevent genocide. Their acts of courage will not […]
How a Shipwreck Led to “Billionaire’s Row”
Palm Beach’s “Billionaire’s Row” is connected to a shipwreck from a hundred years ago.
Daisy Emily Butler Lyman: A Lantana Pioneer Story
Daisy Emily Butler Lyman (1871-1964), West Palm Beach’s first teacher and the wife of one of Lantana’s founding sons, was
What Happened to Hattie Gale?
School opened in early March 1886. On that first day of classes, the teacher, sixteen-year old Hattie Gale, greeted seven students ranging in age from six to seventeen.
