Flagler Museum

It’s time for another season at the Flagler Museum! Through expanded lecture offerings, insightful exhibitions that invite new ways to experience our historic spaces, and more cultural events designed to bring the community together, we are presenting to you our renewed commitment to the preservation and interpretation of Whitehall.   This season also brings new programming and membership opportunities, including offerings designed for families and lifelong learners alike. Whether you join us for an exhibition, performance, or lecture, we hope you will feel welcomed, inspired, and connected to the Museum’s evolving story. Explore the full 2025-2026 Season Program Guide at the link in our bio.

Palm Beach summer loading… #fromthearchives

A beloved Whitehall tradition, the Director’s Spring Luncheon gathered Museum Members at the Visionary level and above for an elegant afternoon in gratitude for their generous support of the Season’s programs. Guests enjoyed a seated luncheon and remarks from Amanda Skier, the Museum’s Director & CEO, reflecting on the season past and the exciting vision ahead. The lunch also featured a moderated panel discussion on The Future of Department Stores and Retail Culture, which included @simondoonan , Author and former Creative Director of @barneysny and guest artist for “May I Help You, Madame: The Making of the Modern Department Store,” Anne Fairfax, AIA, RIBA, @fairfaxandsammons , and Kyle Bartholemew Fant, AIA, Bartholemew and Partners. 🎥: @indiehousefilms

Details in the Drawing Room ✨ What’s your favorite room at Whitehall?

As the season drew to a graceful close, we gathered for Toast to the Season; an exquisite, Members Only evening at Whitehall celebrating the devoted supporters who brought the Museum to life this 2025 - 2026 Season. Over champagne and lively conversation, guests reflected on a remarkable Season while enjoying an exclusive first look at what lies ahead. The evening was highlighted by a special preview from @carolwoolton - renowned author, jewelry historian, and Guest Curator of our forthcoming exhibition, Gilded Age Jewelry: The Making of Modern Luxury. An unforgettable evening like this - and much more - awaits. Become a Museum Member and experience it for yourself. Link in bio.

On April 29th, the Flagler Museum invited Museum Members at the Visionary level and above for an intimate evening honoring our most dedicated supporters along Whitehall’s storied shore, where the view stretches across Lake Worth to the city Henry Flagler himself named. Beneath the evening sky, guests enjoyed a beautifully served dinner and a special introduction to @carolwoolton , author, jewelry historian, and Guest Curator of our forthcoming 2027 exhibition, “Gilded Age Jewelry: The Making of Modern Luxury.” Thank you to our guests for your generosity, engaging conversation, and for making Dinner on the Waterfront a truly memorable evening. 📸: @capehartphoto

By 1931, Charles Courtney Curran had spent a lifetime perfecting a particular kind of radiance, light that seems to settle on fabric. Alphaeus Cole paints him not as a dreamy Impressionist, but as a working painter: composed, alert, and quietly exacting. Behind Curran, a canvas-within-the-canvas hints at the world he is known for, figures poised in open air, held against sky and distance. In a decade when modernism was rewriting taste, Curran continued to pursue what he believed painting could do: slow time, soften the world, and turn the fleeting into something enduring. See Curran up close in our 2026 Spring Exhibition, “Golden Hour: Charles Courtney Curran and the Romance of American Impressionism,” on view through May 24th.

Preservation is at the heart of everything we do at the Flagler Museum. Beginning this fall, the Whitehall Hotel’s stenciled Palm Court ceiling, a jewel of Mediterranean Revival design by Martin L. Hampton, is getting the restoration it deserves. We’re honored to embark on this project with @chrismillsconservation

Step into history ✨ This “palace on wheels” was built in 1886, complete with an observation room/parlor, private bedroom and bath, kitchen and dining room with eight convertible berths. Railcar No. 91 was Henry Flagler’s private railcar, carrying him along Florida’s east coast as he developed the Florida East Coast Railway. With interiors originally designed by the noted New York design firm Pottier and Stymus, Flagler sure knew how to ride in style. 📷: @jeanniealbers @lebledsoloviev

Palm Beach, ca. 1960: Interior view of the Palm Court at the Flagler Museum. The museum was originally Whitehall, business magnate Henry Flagler’s Palm Beach mansion. The 55-room Whitehall mansion was built in 1901 as a wedding present for his wife, Mary Lily Kenan Flagler. After her death, heirs sold it to investors in 1925, and the building served as a luxury hotel until 1959. That year, it was acquired by Mrs. Flagler Matthews (President of the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum), restored and opened to the public in 1960. Whitehall was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Today, the Palm Court and the other parts of the 1925 hotel addition house the Museum’s Archives, the Museum Store, the Business Office, the Lecture Room and space for Museum programs. Find more photos of Henry Flagler’s Gilded Age Palm Beach residence in the State Archives’ Florida Photographic Collection. ✴️ 📷 Department of Commerce collection. State Archives of Florida, Image DC030344. #floridahistory #palmbeach #henryflagler #gildedage #floridatourism @flaglermuseum

Last Saturday, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver and Carson Peters & Iron Mountain gave an incredible performance at our annual Bluegrass in the Pavilion. Thanks to our Trustee George Matthews, the Flagler Museum has brought the best of the country’s bluegrass musicians to Palm Beach. We hope you enjoyed this afternoon of bluegrass tunes, talent, and tradition!

Whitehall was full of Easter fun last weekend 🐰🪺 Enjoy a few a highlights from our Annual Egg Hunt. Thanks for hoppin' over! 🎥: @indiehousefilms