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Ormond
Memorial Art Museum & Gardens 78 East Granada Boulevard Ormond Beach, FL 32176 |
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(386) 676-3347 (386) 676-3244 omam78e@aol.com |
| Wedding Reservations | (386) 676-3250 |
Museum Hours: Monday through Friday 10am to 4pm Saturday & Sunday Noon to 4pm Closed on major holidays and between exhibitions |
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Museum Admission: A $2.00 per person donation is requested. Museum members, senior citizens (60 and older) and children admitted at no charge. |
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The Gardens are available for your enjoyment at no charge and are open from sunrise to sunset daily. |
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To reserve the Gardens or Gazebo for weddings or special events call the City of Ormond Beach's Leisure Department at (386) 676-3250. |
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Terms of Use and Privacy Policy |
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About OMAM |
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| Brief History of OMAM | OMAM Today | Important Links | Meet the Staff | Join the Museum |
Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens (OMAM) is a U.S. Code Title 26 Section 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, registered with the State of Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Registration Number: SC07333, and has been in operation since 1946.
The mission of the Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens is to be a museum serving the community of Ormond Beach and its visitors by offering exhibitions of Florida, regional, national and international artists; to advance the appreciation and awareness of the arts through classes, lectures and demonstrations; and to develop collaborative programs utilizing the Emmons cottage and surrounding Gardens as a botanical, ecological and historical showcase.
The Museum raises about 20% of its annual budget through grants; the remaining 80% of funds is raised through donations (including membership, fund-raising activities and outright and in-kind gifts). The Museum has over 800 membership units to date and membership has increased by 10%-20% each year since 1996.
The Museum staff is happy to accommodate media outlets by arranging artist/curator interviews or photo, film, and video shoot schedules with advance notice. Contact Museum Director, Ann Burt, or Curator of Education and Special Events, Barbara Saunders, at (386) 676-3347 for more information.
The Art Museum, the War Memorial and the Gardens comprise today's Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens, which is called OMAM for short. They all share the same history and physical location.
The original purpose of the Museum was to display a collection of fifty-six paintings by the artist Malcolm Fraser (1868 - 1949). A well-known artist and illustrator of his time, Mr. Fraser painted this series of fifty-six canvases over a period of fifty years. A Canadian by birth, Mr. Fraser took American citizenship, and maintained homes in Brookhaven, New York, and Orlando, Florida, during the later years of his life.
In 1946, he decided to make an outright gift of these paintings as a War Memorial to any Florida East Coast city that would provide a suitable building to house the paintings, agree to maintain it thereafter and make it available to the public free of admission charges. The citizens of Ormond, Ormond Beach and Volusia County stepped up to the challenge.
Originally named the Ormond War Memorial Art Gallery, the buildings and land were purchased by solicitation of donations from local residents in 1946. Read some of the minutes from meetings regarding the acquisition of the property and incorporation of the organization. The photograph immediately to the right is one of several postcards commissioned for the opening of the Museum and shows the wrought iron entrance to the "Ormond War Memorial." Click on the photograph to see an enlarged version of it. |
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Labor was provided by returning veterans, and building materials and skills were generously donated. In less than six months' time the museum was built, the pictures hung and the dedication ceremony held.
As part of the land-clearing effort to build the Museum, additional land was cleared and planted to form the Gardens. A future land acquisition increased the size of the Gardens and a landscape architect helped turn the Gardens into a collection of botanical features unexcelled in the Ormond Beach area.
Today, OMAM represents the best of the past while looking forward to the future. The Museum features several changing exhibitions each year. Art classes are available to children, young adults and adults. Art is taken into the community through various outreach programs.
The Gardens continue to thrive, and changing seasonal displays add to the beauty of the permanent plant collection.
World War I and World War II monuments reside on the OMAM property to remind us that our way of life does not come without sacrifices.
The Emmons Cottage, an 1880-era house, was moved to a corner of the OMAM Gardens in May, 1998. The Cottage is one the few remaining structures from the early days of Florida's development. It now serves as place for arts and crafts classes. In September 2007, the Cottage became an art gallery, showing and selling the works of 15 regional artists.
To learn more about the history and current affairs of each of these components of the present-day OMAM, use the following links or click on the links in the green bar at the top of the page. If you have a specific question, try the FAQs page, or use the Table of Contents to locate a specific page.
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(1868 - 1949) |
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