The Board of Directors at the Curtis Mansion is seaking proposals for a Complete Functional Irrigation System for our 4-acre property. if you are interested in participating, please download the RFP instructions and addendum here. DOWNLOAD THE RFPDOWNLOAD THE ADDENDUM
The McCormack Music Academy will hold 4 recitals on Saturday June 26, 2021 at the Curtiss Mansion. Please buy your tickets by selecting the recital you would like to attend. A separate ticket must be purchased for each recital. Tickets will also be sold at the door and can be paid with cash…
Per Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez’s executive order on March 19, 2020, all Miami-Dade County parks and beaches are now CLOSED. For that reason, our Board of Directors has decided to officially close the Curtiss Mansion until further notice. The closure affects our weekly Saturday Tours, Senior Yoga sessions, Public Speaker programs, and any other Public…
Check out some of the highlights from our recent trip to Hammondsport, NY. The hometown of our very own Glenn Hammond Curtiss. We had such a wonderful time meeting everyone and seeing the Glenn Curtiss Museum and the Wings & Wheels Event. We highly recommend a visit if you are ever in the…
We recently had a surprise visit from Francee and Toni who are former flight attendants for Eastern Airlines. They had come in from out of town to celebrate their 50 years of knowing one another and took our Saturday historic tour. They were housed and did their ditch training right here at the…
Last night we hosted a wonderful talk here at The Curtiss Mansion. Thank you to the Miami-Dade Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives! A tremendous thank you to Kevin Wynn, Public Programs Coordinator, Lou Kramer, Archives Manager, David Frassetto, Digitization Director and Rene Ramos, Director for making this event possible….
We are very excited to announce the new direction for Lena’s Gift Shop made possible by Cherry Picked Vintage Market! It has been transformed into a curated antique and prop shop full of vintage finds! HOURS OF OPERATION Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 3pm Prop Rentals Available for Photo Shoots Anything…
The Curtiss Mansion is proud to be a Blue Star facility again this year! Through this program, we are one of more than 2,000 museums across America to offer free admission to the nation’s active duty military personnel and their families each summer. It is a small way to show our appreciation, and…
The Biscayne Times published two great columns by Dr. Paul George on the life and work of Glenn Curtiss and the development of South Florida. Please take the time to enjoy both columns: Part 1: A Pioneer Worthy of Aviator License No. 1 Part 2: Aviation Pioneer Glenn Curtiss
The man who turned sports into a spectacle was a visitor of the Mansion, where 3 days before the big game, Joe Namath made his famous prediction that the Jets would beat the Colts in Super Bowl III and the rest is – as most of what happened in the Curtiss Mansion –…