Exhibits
Current Exhibits
THE UNUSUAL STORY OF THE WORLD-FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHER YOU NEVER HEARD OF
EBBETS IN THE EVERGLADES
Charles C. Ebbets came to Florida in the early 1920s and quickly established himself as a pre-eminent photojournalist. An avid outdoorsman who had done stints as an airplane wing-walker, a racecar driver and professional wrestler, he brought that same combination of courage and confidence to his work in South Florida — particularly the Everglades — even becoming this first to cross the not-yet-completed Tamiami Trail by car.
Ebbets made his way deep into the back country of the glades, capturing spectacular shots of rarely seen wildlife and breathtaking landscapes for the National Park Service, the U.S. Department of the Interior, and the Associated Press, among others. He also worked closely with the Seminoles, documenting their culture, and befriending tribal leaders.
Ebbets’ most famous photograph, “Lunch atop a Skyscraper,” is a well-known portrait of construction workers perched precariously on an I-beam above New York City while they dine. The iconic photo, for which he is rarely credited, was chosen as one of TIME magazine’s “100 Greatest Images.”
Despite his groundbreaking body of work that includes many well-known photographs, “Ebbets in the Everglades” is the first museum exhibit dedicated solely to the work Charles C. Ebbets.
All Collier County Museum locations offer free admission.
Friends of Museum of Everglades Museum presents:
Southwest Mounted Patrol
This companion lecture to the “Collier’s Cavalry” exhibit at Museum of the Everglades explores the conception, history, and influence of Barron Collier’s motorcycle police force that patrolled the Tamiami Trail in its early years. Considered the earliest incarnation of the Collier County Sheriff’s Department, the SWMP was protecting and serving on the roads of the Sunshine State a full decade before the inception of the Florida Highway Patrol. Their mandate to “suppress lawlessness of every kind in that portion of Collier County patrolled by (them)” included everything from the polite admonishment of speeding tourists to arresting poachers and bootleggers.
Friends of Museum of Everglades Museum presents:
HOMETOWN HEROES
Every year Museum of the Everglades collaborates with our local school – the last K-12 public school on a single campus in the state of Florida
