LECTURES & EVENTS
 

Winter 2012

     See full Expand Your Horizons Speaker Series schedule here.

       See full Green Earth Living Craft Class Series schedule here.

January 20, 6:00pm: Expand Your Horizons Speaker Series

• Treasures of the Panhandle: Journey Through West Florida by Dr. Brian Rucker
• Free lecture followed by a book signing
• Dr Rucker teaches history at Pensacola State College and the University of West Florida
• He is a prolific and popular local author of "The Unionists of West Florida" and "West Florida's Creek Indian Crisis of 1837", plus many more.
• Please see event flyer here  for more information

January 28, 10:00am: Green Living Craft Class Series

• Jean Lucas will show you how to make a crocheted rug from recycled materials
• Class costs $25/public and $20 for Friends of the Museum members (cost of materials included)
• Advanced registration and payment by cash or check is required; 10 person maximum per classPlease see event flyer here for more information
  • Please stop by, call the museum at 850-833-9595, or email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to sign up

February 3rd, 6:00pm: Expand Your Horizons Speaker Series

• Dr Jocelyn Evans will give a lecture titled: Elections 2012: Exploring the Role of Florida in the Primary and General Seasons of This Year's  Electoral Politics.
• Free lecture followed by a book signing
• Dr Evans teaches classes on American Government at UWF and was recently awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award.
• She is the author of several books, most recently One Nation Under Seige: Congress, Terrorism, and the Fate of American Democracy and also many journal articles.
• Please see the event flyer here for more information.

February 11th, 10:00am: Green Earth Living Craft Class Series

• Gail Lynn Meyer will teach you how to make a ribbon box out of recycled  materials
• Class costs $10 for the public, and $8 for Friends of the Museum members (materials included)
• Advanced registration and payment by cash or check is required; 10 person maximum per class Check back soon for the event flyer!Please see the event flyer here.
  • Please call the museum at 850-833-9595 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

February 18th, 7:00am-12:00pm: Friends of the Museum Yard Sale

• Sale will take place outside the Camp Walton Schoolhouse Museum
• There will also be baked goodies and coffee for sale
• All money raised goes towards supporting the museums of the Heritage Park and Cultural Center
• Best place to park is in the large public lot next to the Harris Insurance Building.
• Questions? Want to donate items? Call the museum at 850-833-9595 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.
• Please see the event flyer here.

February 25th, 10:00am: Green Earth Living Craft Class Series

• Jean Lucas will teach you how to make a crocheted rug out of recycled materials
• Class costs $25 for the public, and $20 for Friends of the Museum members (materials included)
• Advanced registration and payment by cash or check is required; 10 person maximum per class Please see the event flyer here
  • Please stop by, call the museum at 850-833-9595, or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to sign up

March 3rd, 10:00am: Green Earth Living Craft Class Series

• Phyllis Hunt will teach you how to make coasters, small boxes, and bowls out of yarn (this is a great way to learn how to use up scraps).
• Class costs $15 for the public, and $12 for Friends of the Museum members
• You must bring a skein of yarn to the class
• Advanced registration and payment by cash or check is required; 10 person maximum per classPlease see the event flyer here.
  • Please stop by, call the museum at 850-833-9595 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to sign up.

March 9th, 6:00pm: Expand Your Horizons Speaker Series

• Dr Klaus Meyer-Arendt will give a free lecture titled Casino Gambling: Lessons from MississipiDr Meyer-Arendt teaches classes about geography, tourism, and the environment at the UWF.
  • This talk will discuss the process of legalizing casino gambling, geographic restrictions of gambling, Indian gambling, social impacts of gambling.
• He is the author/co author of many journal articles, most recently Direct and Indirect Mortality in Florida during the 2004 Hurricane Season.
• His current research interests include coastal studies, environmental geography, coastal mapping, and tourism impacts.
• Please see the event flyer here.

Spring 2012

March 31st, 10:00am: Green Earth Living Craft Class Series

• Gail Lynn Meyer will teach you the Native American craft of stick weaving.
• Class costs $15 for the public and $12 for Friends of the Museum members (all materials are included)
• Advanced registration and payment by cash or check is required; 10 person maximum per classPlease see the event flyer here.
  • Please stop by, call the museum at 850-833-9595 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to sign up.

April 21st, 10:00am-4:00pm: Fire and Earth Coastal Pottery Expo/Youth Art Competition

• Held during the Musical Echoes Native American Flute Festival which has attendance of over 10,000 people every year.
• Ceramic artists can display and sell their work. Please see event application for more information.
• Youth enrolled in a Northwest Florida educational facility (public or private, Elementary through college) are eligible to enter the Youth Art Competition. Please see event flyer and application for more information.

Past Fall 2011 Events

• September 16th, 6:30pm: Civil War Sesquicentennial Speaker Series Finale
  • The Boys From Lake County: Streight's Raid by James Keir Baughman and Nelson O. Ottenhausen
  • Inside the Indian Temple Mound Museum
• September 24th, all day: Smithsonian Museum Day
  • Sponsored by the Smithsonian Magazine
  • Free Admission Day
  • Annual Event
• October 21, 6:30pm: In the Family Film Screening
  • In collaboration with POV, and award winning PBS documentary film series.
  • See event flyer here
• October 28-29th: 4th Annual Haunted History Tours
  • Tours began at 6:30, 7:30 and 8:30pm each night from Indian Temple Mound Museum
  • Guided twilight walking tours through downtown FWB based on local history, folklore, and haunted happenings. See event flyer here.
  • Tickets: $8 for adults and $5 for children
  • Annual Event
• November 12: 1st Annual Native American Day
  • Free Admission to all Heritage Park Museums
  • Additional displays by Jim Hartwell of the Thunderbird Intertribal Council and the Muscogee Nation of Florida. See event flyer here
• November 18: The Way We Get By Film Screening
  • In collaboration with POV, an award winning PBS documentary film series
  • See event flyer here
• December 3rd: Camp Walton Schoolhouse Museum Christmas Open House
  • Free Admission Day. See event flyer here
  • Enjoy the Schoolhouse decorated for the holidays
  • Crafts for kids, live music, and a visit with Santa!