ALWAYS FREE FOR FLORIDA RESIDENTS
We are always FREE for Florida residents, and our weekly schedule is:
Wednesday–Sunday: 10am–6pm (Friday until 9pm)
As event details may change, check wolfsonian.org for the latest.
Miami Beach Culture Crawl | Knight Labs Public Opening
Thursday, October 15 | 6–9pm | On-site
Enjoy The Wolfsonian during the Miami Beach Culture Crawl, featuring hourly tours of Foot Notes: Shoes, Symbolism, and Society beginning at 6:15pm. Visitors can also explore the new Knight Labs on the 3rd and 4th floors, where digital interactives offer new ways to engage with The Wolfsonian’s collection.
Free | Register
Howl-O-Ween at The Wolf—Once Upon a Time
Sunday, October 18 | 1–4pm | On-site
Wander into a world of magic and mystery at The Wolfsonian’s fourth-annual Howl-O-Ween! Inspired by Cinderella’s glass slippers in Foot Notes: Shoes, Symbolism, and Society, this multigenerational celebration brings imagination to life through interactive story time and a craft activity led by Miami-based fiber artist Pangea Kali Virga. Play bingo for prizes, try costumed figure drawing, enjoy sweet treats, and explore collection fairy tales and folklore during the library open house.
Free | Register
Offline at The Wolf: Mahjong Night
Friday, October 23 | 6–9pm | On-site
Join The Wolfsonian, along with @MahjinMiami, for an evening of mahjong, curated beverages, mocktails, and charcuterie in The Wolfsonian Design Store-turned-Mahjong Parlor.
$10, $5 for members and FIU faculty/students (free for Director’s Circle) | Register
Beyond the Pages: The Vortex
Friday, November 6 | 7–8:30pm | On-site
Calling all bibliophiles! November’s book club pick takes us into the Colombian jungle with José Eustasio Rivera’s The Vortex. Follow lovers Alicia and Arturo through Colombia’s breathtaking landscape as it reveals the harsh realities of the 20th-century rubber industry.
Drawing on themes from recent exhibitions and facilitated by chief librarian Frank Luca, Beyond the Pages is a series exploring novels through the lens of the collection.
Free | Register
Museum and a Movie | Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams
Friday, November 13 | 6:15–9pm | On-site
Discover the story of legendary designer Salvatore Ferragamo in Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams (2020), Luca Guadagnino’s documentary tracing his journey from southern Italy to Hollywood and Florence. Through archival footage and interviews, the film explores the craftsmanship, experimentation, and imagination that made Ferragamo “shoemaker to the stars.”
$5, free for members | Register
Miami Beach Culture Crawl | The Other Rome
Thursday, November 19 | 6–9pm | On-site
We’re partnering with the City of Miami Beach and neighboring institutions to present free monthly evenings of à la carte culture. For November’s Culture Crawl, Consul General of Italy in Miami Michele Mistò joins architectural historian Jean-François Lejeune for a 7pm conversation about Lejeune’s latest book, The Other Rome: Building the Modern Metropolis 1870–1960, which traces the city’s architectural evolution beyond its ancient walls.
Free | Register
FREE City of Miami Beach Resident Membership
The Wolfsonian offers a FREE membership for Miami Beach residents! Enjoy free admission, VIP programs and events, and shopping discounts in the Design Store + Cafe.
FREE | Join
About The Wolfsonian–Florida International University
The Wolfsonian–FIU is a museum, library, and research center that uses objects to illustrate the persuasive power of art and design, to explore what it means to be modern, and to tell the story of social, historical, and technological changes that have transformed our world. The collection comprises more than 200,000 objects dating from 1850 to 1950—the height of the Industrial Revolution through the aftermath of the Second World War—in a variety of media including furniture; industrial-design objects; works in glass, ceramics, and metal; rare books; periodicals; ephemera; works on paper; paintings; textiles; and medals.
The Wolfsonian is located at 1001 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL. Admission is free and the museum is open Thursday through Sunday, 10am–6pm. Contact us at 305.531.1001 or visit us online at wolfsonian.org for further information.
The Wolfsonian receives generous and ongoing support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; and City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council.
About FIU
Florida International University is Miami’s public research university, focused on student success. According to U.S. News and World Report, FIU has 26 top-50 rankings in the nation among public universities and Washington Monthly Magazine ranks FIU among the top 20 public universities contributing to the public good and No. 12 for social mobility. FIU is a top U.S. research university (R1), with more than $200 million in annual expenditures. FIU ranks 15th in the nation among public universities for patent production, which drives innovation, and is one of the institutions that helps make Florida the top state for higher education. The Next Horizon fundraising campaign is furthering FIU’s commitment to providing students Worlds Ahead opportunities. Today, FIU has two campuses and multiple centers, and supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: Jewish Museum of Florida, Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, and The Wolfsonian. FIU is a member of Conference USA, with more than 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. The university has awarded more than 330,000 degrees to many leaders in South Florida and beyond. For more information about FIU, visit.
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