Exhibits

Analogous Old Cameras. New Work. An Experiment in Analog Photography by Key West Artists Michael Marrero and Mark Hedden The title of the show, and therefore its concept, is something of a play on words.  Michael Marrero and Mark Hedden are two Key West photographers with similar interests but different approaches.  Their work is comparable […]

FOOD: Celebrating Conch Cuisine Exhibit Opening February 27, 2026 Key West Museum of Art & History Building on the foundation of the original Smithsonian Food History exhibitions, which celebrate the powerful role food plays in shaping human culture, identity, and society, the Key West edition brings a regional focus to the story, diving deep into […]

The Key West Art and Historical Society is building cultural equity by telling the stories of the Black community’s significant contributions to local culture and industry, as documented in artwork and historic documents. This online exhibition seeks to redress a serious omission – that the substantial contributions of people of color are under-represented in our […]

Depicting Hemingway: Guy Harvey Sketches The Old Man and the Sea Online Exhibition Depicting Hemingway: Guy Harvey Sketches ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ features 59 original pen-and-ink drawings by internationally-renowned marine wildlife artist and conservationist, Guy Harvey.  The sketches follow the narrative of Ernest Hemingway’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Old Man and the […]

An Online Exhibition Arthur Rothstein (1915-1985) is considered one of America’s premier photojournalists of the twentieth century.  During a career that spanned five decades, he created an indelible visual record of life in the United States as a government photographer, and as a photojournalist during the golden era of news magazine photography.  In 1935, Rothstein […]

Online Exhibition Beneath the touristy exterior of Key West’s bars, beaches, restaurants and sunset celebrations lies a subtler culture of literary residents and visitors.  For decades, the island has enjoyed a long tradition of luring artists, poets, authors and playwrights to its bohemian setting.  It has been home – or at least home away from […]

In Focus – Photographs from the Permanent Collection Online Exhibition To celebrate its recent photograph digitization project, the Key West Art & Historical Society presents this online photography exhibition drawn exclusively from the Society’s permanent collection. In Focus features more than 60 photographs that showcase the depth and variety of the museum’s rapidly-expanding collection. The […]

Tennessee Williams The Playwright and the Painter The gallery contains 15 of the writer’s paintings dating from the 1970s.  The paintings were donated to the Key West Art & Historical Society from David Wolkowsky, one of Williams’ closest friends who hosted him at his private island on Ballast Key on multiple occasions, and at his […]

As the 100th anniversary of Tennessee Williams’ birth approached in 2011, Dennis Beaver, local businessman and community activist, met with staff members at the Key West Art & Historical Society to discuss ways to celebrate this milestone event.  They felt strongly that Key West needed to honor this international celebrity who had been an island […]