Lectures

Dr. Robert H. Gore III had a plan:  preserve untamed areas of southwest Florida’s wilderness before it was too late. A marine biologist and ecologist by trade, Dr. Gore worked for Collier County’s Natural Resources Management Department at a time when development in the eastern part of the county was in high gear. Slowly acquiring […]

Among the region’s most poignant and captivating tales are those that recount cold-blooded killings—and historically the Everglades area has more than its share. Museum Manager Thomas Lockyear will share stories from the long list of murders in the Everglades that includes everything from frontier justice at hands of a pioneer posse to homicide for hire […]