Seeking True Florida Culture?

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Spady Cultural Heritage Museum

170 NW Fifth Ave.
Delray Beach, FL 33444

Category: Museums

Region: Delray Beach

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Long overlooked is the long cultural history of African-Americans that runs deep in the sandy Floridian soil. Eatonville in Orange County is one of the first all-black towns to be incorporated after the Emancipation Proclamation. Zora Neale Hurston grew up there and always claimed Florida as her home. She set her famous novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, in Florida, and her descriptions of weathering a hurricane in the Everglades is enough to make any native Floridian tremble. It's a history that's barely remembered by most, much less taught in schools, but the Spady Living Heritage Museum (170 NW Fifth Ave., Delray Beach) stands as a stalwart witness. The museum's regular hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, but if you're new to the Spady Museum and the heritage it seeks to preserve, a better introduction might be the Spady Living Heritage Festival on Saturday. Taking place all day along NW Fifth Avenue in Delray Beach, there will be live music, a children's play area and parade, a vintage farm exhibition, story telling, and more. Festival admission is free. Museum admission is $5 for adults, $3 for seniors, and free for members. Call 561-279-8883, or visit spadymuseum.
Sat., Nov. 5, 11 a.m., 2011