“The community has contributed to the whole exhibit. It’s a living scrapbook and will be a digital exhibit when it changes. They have also incorporated bowling and period piece apparel that people can try on and have fun taking photos with.”

— Melinda Van Fleet, “Keys History & Discovery Center Harvests Community Memories,” Keys Weekly (July 8, 2022) https://keysweekly.com/42/keys-history-discovery-center-harvests-community-memories/

“A summer internship program hosted by the Florida Keys History & Discovery Foundation to catalog and digitalize local artifacts is well underway and will soon be offered through the museum’s website.”

— Thersea Java, “UPLIFTING UPLOAD: History Center’s Interns Bring Collections Online,” Key West Citizen (July 5, 2022) https://www.keysnews.com/news/local/history-center-s-interns-bring-collections-online/article_2030172e-f6ee-11ec-9670-f3e439e73ba7.html

“Megan Scallan will be bringing the museum’s database online, digitizing the museum’s archives and reaching out to community members for oral accounts of Keys history, beyond Islamorada.”

— Thersea Java, “HISTORY 2.0: New curator to help move history center into digital age,” Key West Citizen (Feb. 5, 2022) https://www.keysnews.com/business/new-curator-to-help-move-history-center-into-digital-age/article_177e8c42-7f97-11ec-b0d8-fb1a7a801f4a.html

The exhibit, “The Social Center of the South: The Past and Present of the Historic Hampton,” house tells the story of the Hampton House from its heyday in the 1950s and 60s to its rebirth over 40 years later as a community cultural center. The exhibit was produced by participants of the Historic Hampton House’s new music and history mentorship program, the Brownsville Unity Music Project. The exhibit is sponsored by Florida International University, The Children’s Trust, James S. and John L. Knight Foundation, and the state of Florida, Department of State, Division of Historical Resources.

— Staff Report, “Historic Hampton House Exhibit Provides Peek Into Yesteryear,” South Florida Times (April 19, 2018) https://www.sfltimes.com/news/historic-hampton-house-exhibit-provides-peek-into-yesteryear

“The Historic Hampton House Community Trust Inc. in Brownsville kicked off its BUMP (Brownsville Unity Music Program) at its inaugural event on Saturday collecting artifacts and stories designed to involve the community’s youth in preserving Hampton House and its history.”

— Margarita Sweeting, “Stories Across Generations: Hampton House Brings History to Local Youth,” Miami Times (Feb 14, 2018) https://www.miamitimesonline.com/faith_family/hampton-house-brings-history-to-local-youth/article_7f797e8c-11a6-11e8-802f-7f00c2efb71e.html