The Annual Whitehall Lecture Series brings experts and best-selling authors to discuss Gilded Age topics, events, and local history. We encourage you to visit each past Lecture Series page to learn about a wide range of engaging topics. Special lectures, not part of the Lecture Series, also available to view on this page. Many lecture audio and video recordings are available for streaming.
Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach
Craftsman Series Video Premier
6:30 pm, Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Members of the Flagler Museum and Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach were invited to the premiere broadcast of Bob Vila’s "Craftsmen Series" video, produced by the Preservation Foundation, about the recent Dining Room restoration project at Whitehall. The video presentation was followed by a discussion with the conservators, F. Carey Howlett and Chris Mills, Flagler Museum Executive Director, John Blades, and moderated by Bob Vila.
The 34th Annual Whitehall Lecture Series, The Last Days of the Gilded Age, set the stage to eulogize the Gilded Age as the golden era of booming economy, rapid scientific and technological advancement, and strict social etiquette for some, and introduce the dawn of the Progressive Era, defined by years of push for social and political reform and cultural change.
The 27th Annual Whitehall Lecture Series brings historians and authors to discuss Great Engineering Feats of the Gilded Age. The engineering feats featured are: construction of the Over-Sea Railroad, the creation of the Ferris Wheel, New York's Penn Station Tunnels, the Los Angeles Aqueducts, building of the RMS Titanic, and construction of the Panama Canal.
The 26th Annual Whitehall Lecture Series brings expert historians and authors to discuss "The Architects Who Designed Palm Beach's Iconic Buildings." Noatable architects featued this year include: Carrère and Hastings, Joseph Urban, Schultze & Weaver, and Addison Mizner. The Museum welcomes esteemed writers such as:
Laurie Ossman, John Loring, Jonathan Mogul, and Caroline Seebohm to Whitehall.
The 25th Annual Whitehall Lecture Series brings experts and best-selling authors to discuss the colorful history of Popular Entertainment During the Gilded Age. From theme park dreamers to imaginative magicians of stage and light, entertainment during the Gilded Age set the stage for contemporary amusement.
