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Adults $8 | Ages (11-17) $5

Kids (10 & Under) FREE

Adults $8 | Ages (11-17) $5

Kids (10 & Under) FREE

Open: Tue - Sat: 10am - 4pm

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Heritage Day

Heritage Day 2026

Saturday, March 28, 2026

9am - 3pm

Location:

120 Sams Avenue & Emory Bennett Park

Free Event

  • Museum Open House
  • Guided Museum Tours
  • Historic Displays & Presentations
  • Kids Interactive Elements
  • History Harvest
  • NSB Alumni History
  • Buy One - Give One Membership Drive

Thank you to our Event Sponsors

History Harvest

Bring your cherished Photos, Newspaper Articles, Family Letters or even small objects, and have them digitized for free with our first History Harvest event at Heritage Day 2026.  You will take your items home that day along with a thumb drive of the digital images free of charge.  
These items don’t have to be paper in nature, a portable 3D imaging unit will be available to create digital scans of small objects related to family history as well.
 
Do you have a story to share about your family’s past here in Florida?  Sign up to capture an oral history in our small studio space as part of the History Harvest.  Those interested in participating are encouraged to bring small family items that they can show while sharing their families story on video, in an Antiques Roadshow type oral history capture.
 
Please fill out the applicable form below, print the screen to save a copy of your completed form to bring with you that day, and then submit the form.
Individual Release form for those wanting to digitize photos, paper items or small 3D scannable items.
Interviewee Release Form for those wanting to share oral history interviews.

In the Museum

Free 20 minute guided tours of the Museum Gallery

Join our Museum Docents for a 20-30 minute guided tour of the New Smyrna Museum of History and learn about the engaging history of Southeast Volusia County.

Free Presentations

Britain's Loyal Colonies Lost

Presentations at 11 AM & 1:30 in the museum
Dr. David Head with UCF shares "Britain's Loyal Colonies Lost, The American Revolution in Florida" As 13 of Britain’s colonies declared independence in 1776, the empire’s Florida colonies, East Florida and West Florida, remained loyal to King George. Eyed by American and Spanish forces alike, the Floridas were soon engulfed in war. This lecture tells the often-overlooked story of Florida in the War of Independence.

The St. Augustine Royal Family

12 PM in Emory Bennett Park
The Royal Family of St. Augustine is a fully costumed first person portrayal group with 60 years of history portraying the Spanish royal family that was in power at the time the Castillo de San Marcos was built in St. Augustine. The fort played an important role in Florida's early years, providing security and shelter to the residents of St. Augustine,  and serving as a place of refuge for the residents along Florida's Northeast coast during Florida's early years.

Dr. Leonard Lempel

Presentations at 10 AM & 12:30 PM in the museum
This Heritage Day, Dr. Leonard Lempel shares "The Origins of Port Orange and the History of Freemanville." Don't miss this fascinating look back at the earliest days of some of East Volusia County's prominent communities. Dr. Leonard Lempel has appeared on WUCF TV’s Central Florida Roadshow, The Florida Historical Society’s Florida Frontiers program, and on WMFE’s (Orlando) radio program Engage.
*Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Activities

Exhibits

  • “History Harvest” University of Central Florida
  • “In Honor and Memory” Vietnam sites named for American Soldiers with Pia Bows 
  • Andrew Foster as Captain Charles Henry Coe
  • Civil War Toys Display
  • Classic Restored Automobiles
  • Coronado Methodist Church
  • Cudas Unhooked
  • Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Jane Sheldon Chapter
  • Holly Hill Historic Society
  • NSB Football and Alumni Info
  • Ponce Inlet Lighthouse and Pacetti House Museum
  • Port Orange Historic Trust
  • Port Orange Railway Trust
  • SE Volusia Genealogical Society
  • Smyrna Archaeology Research Institute
  • Sons of Union Veterans of The Civil War
  • Southeast Volusia County Veterans
  • St. Augustine Royal Family
  • Volusia County Mosquito Control
  • Volusia County Sister Cities
  • Ximenez-Fatio House Museum of St. Augustine

Kids Area

  • Volusia County Beach Patrol
  • New Smyrna Beach Fire Department

History Harvest

  • Bring in photos, newspaper articles, letters, or even small objects and have them digitally preserved

Our Sponsors

Advent Health

Buddy Davenport State Farm

Chick-Fil-A

City of New Smyrna Beach

Dairy Queen

Hometown News

Mark Rakowski, The Keyes Company

New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission

Riches Mosaic Interface™️

Volusia County

Volusia Echo

This event is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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