• La Florida: Catholics, Conquistadors, and Other American Origin Stories

    Matheson History Museum 513 E. University Avenue, Gainesville, FL, United States

    The Matheson History Museum will host author and historian Dr. Kevin Kokomoor on Sunday, December 10. He will discuss his book La Florida: Catholics, Conquistadores, and Other American Origin Stories, followed by a Q&A and book signing. La Florida explores a Spanish thread to early American history that is unfamiliar or even unknown to most Americans. As […]

  • Matheson History Museum 30th Anniversary Sock Hop

    Matheson History Museum 513 E. University Avenue, Gainesville, FL, United States

    30th Anniversary Sock Hop Saturday, March 9 6pm-8pm $30 for the general public, $25 for Matheson members Catering will be provided by Hill's BBQ - cooked fresh on site hamburgers, hot dogs, onion rings, and more! Founded in 1987, Hill’s BBQ is one of many local businesses started by the Hill Family in Gainesville. They’re […]

  • Tracing Florida Journeys: Explorers, Travelers, and Landscapes Then and Now

    Matheson History Museum 513 E. University Avenue, Gainesville, FL, United States

      Join us at the Matheson History Museum on Saturday, April 6, as Dr. Leslie Kemp Poole shares from her latest book Tracing Florida Journeys (University Press of Florida). How has Florida’s land changed across five centuries? What has stayed the same, and what remains only in memory? In Tracing Florida Journeys, Poole delves into […]

  • Sandy Back Porch at Historic Matheson House

    Matheson History Museum 513 E. University Avenue, Gainesville, FL, United States

    Don’t miss the Sandy Back Porch band playing bluegrass on the porch of the Historic Matheson House as a part of the Second Saturdays at Sweetwater series. On Saturday, May […]