February 5, 2024 - 7:30 am -9:00 pm

Beaches Museum is proud to share our “Recovering and Reclaiming Manhattan Beach” exhibit with Jacksonville University through the month of February. The exhibit can be seen, Monday – Friday from 7:30 a.m. – 9 p.m. and Sunday from 2:00-9:00 p.m. at the Swisher Library. It is also available at Adele Grage Cultural Center in Atlantic Beach Monday – Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Our reception is February 22nd, 5:00 – 7 p.m., with remarks by the exhibit’s author, Brittany Cohill, at 5:45 p.m. at Adele Grage Cultural Center. The Beaches Train Club will provide refreshments.

Learn the story of historic Manhattan Beach, Florida. With no visible site evidence of a once-vibrant coastal retreat, “Recovering Manhattan Beach” uses archival sources, oral histories, and a handful of the only known photographs to piece together its timeline (1900-1940s). The exhibit places the site within the context of Jim Crow segregation while paying special attention to the founding of Manhattan Beach (located at present-day Hanna Park in Jacksonville), the role it played in Jacksonville’s African American community, and the factors that led to its demise.