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Journey to 1910

History Alive 2010, Amelia Island Museum of History's annual spring fundraiser, was a wonderful event. View pictures from our Olde Tyme Spring Carnival below & be transported 100 years back in time!
A very special thanks goes out to our fantastic volunteers who helped make this event such a success!

Countdown to the Carnival!

COME ONE

COME ALL!

Join us as History comes ALIVE at this years 4th Annual History Alive event! Step back in time to the beginning of the 19th century and be prepared to be amazed. Meet the famous and the infamous, as Fernandina’s well-known historical figures come out to enjoy the sights and wonders of an Olde Tyme Traveling Carnival right in our own Museum backyard. You won’t want to miss Madame Sees-all tell your fortune or the Tattoo Twins as they perform amazing feats of face painting! There will be Live Bluegrass Music, Food, Games & Prizes. It’s guaranteed fun straight out of the ages for all ages! Visit www.ameliamuseum.org for more information or to purchase tickets.

Day-trip to Cumberland National Seashore

The staff had the amazing opportunity to travel to Cumberland Island yesterday. Along with a tour of the wonderful museum located in St. Marys, GA, we also got a special look at Historic Greyfield Inn & Plum Orchard!

HAPPY EARTH DAY 2010!

The staff of the Museum get down & dirty on Earth Day to
help finish the new History Garden and beautify the grounds.
(pictures taken with dirty hands by Liz
Norris, Associate Director of Operations)

Archivist Teen Peterson

Volunteer & Tour Coordinator Thea Seagraves
& volunteer extraordinaire John Hopkins

Thea Seagraves

Director Phyllis Davis, JohnHopkins & Teen Peterson

Associate Director of Programs, Alex Buell

Planting Cotton

Volunteer Gloria shows the youngest Museum member how to plant cotton in our new History Garden which features northeastern Florida native and history related plants and flora.

History of the Human Skeleton

Dr. Rachel Wentz will be speaking on Friday, April 9th at 7:00pm at the Museum.

Dr. Wentz is a Forensic Anthropologist and Director of the east-central region of the Florida Public Archeology Network. She will be dicussing the role skeletons play as the body's framework. She will also discuss the iconography of the skeleton and how human remains and bones are symbolic in many cultures. Come out and discover how the skeleton has played an important role through time.

Admission is free for museum members and $5 for non-members.

Contact Alex at 904-261-7378 x. 102 for more information.