General Museum Information

Beaches Museum CLOSED October 21-22

The Beaches Museum will be closed on Saturday, October 21st and Sunday, October 22nd. Pablo Avenue will be used for Air Show transportation and will not be available to our guests and volunteers. We look forward to seeing you when we re-open for our regular hours on Tuesday, October 24! For more information on the Air Show, visit they City’s Website.

Early Closure

The Beaches Museum will be closing at 3pm on Sunday, July 16 for a private event. We look forward to seeing you from 10am-3pm that day or during our regular hours throughout the week!

CARES Grant Funding Awarded

The Beaches Museum is proud to have been awarded CARES Act funding to help mitigate losses due to COVID-19.

Funding has been provided to the Beaches Museum from the National Endowment for the Humanities through a grant from Florida Humanities as part of the 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020.

Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed by (grantee), do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.”

Update from the Beaches Museum

Dear Friends:

The board and staff of the Museum have been monitoring the evolving situation with regards to coronavirus. In an effort to ensure the health and safety of our volunteers, staff and guests, we will be closing the Museum to the public beginning on Tuesday, March 17. We plan to re-open the Museum on March 31.

Additionally, we are postponing the following events:
March 16: Mama Blue concert
March 18: Ritz Chamber Players concert
March 27: “Our Land–Indigenous Northeast Florida” exhibit opening.

We will work to reschedule them as soon as we possibly can. We will send updates on any future cancellations, closures, etc. as we have them.

Thank you for your support and understanding.

Sincerely:

Chris Hoffman
Executive Director

Brittany Cohill Named Associate Director of the Beaches Museum

The Beaches Museum announced that Brittany Cohill has been promoted to Associate Director, effective immediately. In her new role, Cohill will oversee general educational programming, exhibits, archive and collections management, and the college/university internship program. Cohill will continue to report to Beaches Museum Executive Director Christine Hoffman.
 
Cohill joined the Beaches Museum as Operations Manager in December 2016. In this role, she supervised the Museum’s daily operations, a volunteer staff of approximately 75 volunteers, headed the Education and Accessibility Committees, and was a member of the Museum’s 2016-2017 Strategic Planning Committee. Cohill will maintain her management role in Museum operations and the volunteer program.
 
Cohill earned a Bachelor of Arts in History and Psychology and a Master of Arts in History from the University of North Florida. In addition to her work at the Beaches Museum, she is an Adjunct Instructor of History at Jacksonville University. 
 Photo Credit: Cheryl Joy Miner Photography
 

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381 Beach Boulevard
Jacksonville Beach, Florida 32250