The Fitzgerald Museum

The Fitzgerald Museum The only Museum dedicated to F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald
Info: http://www.thefit 2020 - Trip Advisor Traveller’s Choice
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Join us next Saturday for a community bazaar on the lawn from 10 am - 2pm. Funky Forte food truck will be serving brunch...
11/04/2023

Join us next Saturday for a community bazaar on the lawn from 10 am - 2pm.

Funky Forte food truck will be serving brunch and Village Green Records will be spinning for us too!

Thanks to Warren for visiting from Kentucky! Warren is cousin to Scottie Fitzgerald on Zelda’s side. His great grandmoth...
11/02/2023

Thanks to Warren for visiting from Kentucky! Warren is cousin to Scottie Fitzgerald on Zelda’s side. His great grandmother and Minnie were sisters.

10/31/2023
This week’s Fitz Tale “A Short Trip Home” is available and just in time for Halloween. Enjoy one of FITZGERALD’S darker ...
10/31/2023

This week’s Fitz Tale “A Short Trip Home” is available and just in time for Halloween. Enjoy one of FITZGERALD’S darker stories with hints of Edgar Allen Poe. Available on iTunes, Spotify, etc. Link in bio.

Danny Klecko, St. Paul based baker and award winning poet, joins Fitz Director Alaina Doten for the discussion. Is it a ghost story or something else?

“A Short Trip Home” is a FitzMuse Production produced in conjunction with Cloverdale Playhouse and made possible by grants from Alabama Humanities Alliance and Alabama State Council on the Arts

Listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fitzmuse-podcast/id1587091221

10/30/2023

We are so grateful for how far we’ve gotten! Thanks to YOU, we now have the unique opportunity to strive for our STRETCH GOALS (see deets below!). www.scottzeldamovie.com for more details!

Fitz Tales continues with "Our Own Movie Queen" Zelda's short story published in the Chicago Sunday Tribune under Scott'...
10/27/2023

Fitz Tales continues with "Our Own Movie Queen" Zelda's short story published in the Chicago Sunday Tribune under Scott's name. Both the story and discussion are now available on iTunes, Spotify, etc.

Fitz Tales has been made possible by grants from Alabama Humanities Alliance and Alabama State Council on the Arts

Thanks to the St. James AP Language Arts class for visiting The Fitz!
10/26/2023

Thanks to the St. James AP Language Arts class for visiting The Fitz!

Visit Friends of the Fitz at Hilltop.
10/23/2023

Visit Friends of the Fitz at Hilltop.

For the last 6 weeks of the year, Hilltop Public House will instead be the holiday themed pop-up bar Miracle at Hilltop.

The Fitz is hosting a community bazaar on the lawn Sat. Nov. 11 from 10 am to 2 pm. Community and vendor booths are ava...
10/21/2023

The Fitz is hosting a community bazaar on the lawn Sat. Nov. 11 from 10 am to 2 pm.

Community and vendor booths are available.

One 10’x10’ booth at the Fitzgerald Community Bazaar - Nov 11 from 10 am to 2 pm. If you want a larger booth, please reserve more than one space. (Tents, tables and chairs are not provided. All booths must be family friendly.)

10/21/2023
The Fitz gift shop carries County Hwy Newspaper. Stop in and get your copy!
10/20/2023

The Fitz gift shop carries County Hwy Newspaper. Stop in and get your copy!

10/19/2023

Look for spirits, dine with the dead, and go on a murder mystery adventure. It's happening Friday and Saturday, so get tickets while they last

Friends of the Fitz John Martello’s Classic Film class continues tomorrow evening at The Capri with Singing in the Rain.
10/17/2023

Friends of the Fitz John Martello’s Classic Film class continues tomorrow evening at The Capri with Singing in the Rain.

☔ Classic\Film\Class: Singin' In the Rain ☔
Tomorrow at 6:30

One of the greatest musicals of all time on the big screen once again!

🎟️: https://buff.ly/44YI0L5

This week Fitz Tales will feature a different essay by Zelda. Today, “Friend Husband’s Latest” Zelda’s review of The Bea...
10/17/2023

This week Fitz Tales will feature a different essay by Zelda. Today, “Friend Husband’s Latest” Zelda’s review of The Beautiful and Damned.

Friend Husband’s Latest contains the line “I recognize a portion of an old diary of mine …plagiarized begins at home.”

Do you think Scott “plagiarized” Zelda?

FitzTales are a FitzMuse Production made possible by grants from Alabama Humanities Alliance and Alabama State Council on the Arts

Available on ITunes or Spotify.

iTunes:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fitzmuse-podcast/id1587091221

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/2xj9pASimW8mYADZPFHQ0B

“The Iceberg” discussion is now available along with a discussion on this year’s writing contests. Submissions are also ...
10/12/2023

“The Iceberg” discussion is now available along with a discussion on this year’s writing contests.

Submissions are also open for the 2023-2024 Fitzgerald Literary Contest (International submissions) and Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald Young Writers Award (Alabama students only). This year’s theme and submission guidelines are on the Fitzgerald Museum website.

https://www.thefitzgeraldmuseum.org/

Available on ITunes or Spotify.

You can listen via iTunes, Spotify, etc.

iTunes:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fitzmuse-podcast/id1587091221

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/2xj9pASimW8mYADZPFHQ0B

Fitz Tales continues with Zelda”s short story “The Iceberg”. Written in 1918, Zelda won a writing contest while a Senior...
10/11/2023

Fitz Tales continues with Zelda”s short story “The Iceberg”. Written in 1918, Zelda won a writing contest while a Senior at Lanier High School.

Read by Greta Lambert. Directed by Greg Thornton. Fitz Tales have been made possible by grants from Alabama Humanities Alliance and Alabama State Council on the Arts

Submissions are also open for the 2023-2024 Fitzgerald Literary Contest and Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald Young Writers Award (Alabama students only). This year’s theme and submission guidelines are on the Fitzgerald Museum website.

https://www.thefitzgeraldmuseum.org/

Available on ITunes or Spotify.

You can listen via iTunes, Spotify, etc.

iTunes:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fitzmuse-podcast/id1587091221

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/2xj9pASimW8mYADZPFHQ0B

Come visit us today for Octoberfest on Vaughn Rd!
10/07/2023

Come visit us today for Octoberfest on Vaughn Rd!

Francis has returned!
10/05/2023

Francis has returned!

09/27/2023

The Court Square Fountain and statue have been newly restored and are back on display.

Thanks to WAKA CBS 8 News, Alabama News Network for their coverage of this year's Fitz Prize celebrating Ta-Nehisi Coate...
09/24/2023

Thanks to WAKA CBS 8 News, Alabama News Network for their coverage of this year's Fitz Prize celebrating Ta-Nehisi Coates and to DK Harris Public Relations LLC for servicing video footage of the event.

This is the eighth year the prize has been awarded to a person whose work continues the legacy of American storytelling personified by writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.

F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on this day in 1896. He published four novels, four story collections, and 164 short storie...
09/24/2023

F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on this day in 1896.
He published four novels, four story collections, and 164 short stories during his lifetime.
You can listen to a selection of his short stories Fitz Tales on the museum’s iTunes or Spotify channels.

Wonderful way to start the week with inspiring press on Friday's annual awarding of the Fitzgerald Museum's Literary Pri...
09/18/2023

Wonderful way to start the week with inspiring press on Friday's annual awarding of the Fitzgerald Museum's Literary Prize. This year, we have partnered with Alabama State University to host the large event honoring Mr. Coates, and in particular to be able to connect more into our Montgomery community of students and educators.

Tickets are available on our website or Eventbrite.
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He's being honored with the 2023 Fitzgerald Prize for Literary Excellence, which will be celebrated Sept. 22 at Alabama State University

09/17/2023

He recorded hit songs like “Hey, Good Looking,” “Your Cheating Heart" and many more.

If you’re coming to celebrate a 100 years of Hank Williams, swing by and celebrate the Fitzs too!
09/16/2023

If you’re coming to celebrate a 100 years of Hank Williams, swing by and celebrate the Fitzs too!

Join us for an Evening with Ta-Nehisi Coates Celebrating American Storytelling and the awarding of the 2023 Fitzgerald P...
09/13/2023

Join us for an Evening with Ta-Nehisi Coates Celebrating American Storytelling and the awarding of the 2023 Fitzgerald Prize for Literary Excellence on Sept. 22 at Alabama State University's Ralph Abernathy Hall.

Tickets available on Eventbrite:
https://aneveningwithtanehisicoates.eventbrite.com

2023 Fitzgerald Prize - An Evening with Ta-Nehisi Coates Celebrating American Storytelling

Thanks to Jeanie Thompson from the Alabama Writers' Forum, for addressing the Press and Authors Club at The Fitz!
09/12/2023

Thanks to Jeanie Thompson from the Alabama Writers' Forum, for addressing the Press and Authors Club at The Fitz!

09/08/2023

The first U.S. edition of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and a letter written by...

Happy Birthday to Zelda!
07/24/2023

Happy Birthday to Zelda!

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919 Felder Avenue
Montgomery, AL
36106

Opening Hours

Thursday 10am - 3pm
Friday 10am - 3pm
Saturday 10am - 3pm
Sunday 10am - 3pm

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(334) 264-4222

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It was a beautiful day for the Zelda Fountain rededication. Thanks to Karen Benton for leading the restoration campaign. Special thanks to the Mayor of Old Cloverdale, Rob Hessee for presiding over the rededication ceremony. Also thanks to Taimoor Arshad for beginning the project as his Eagle Scout project and thanks to @theclaymac , our city counsel man, for attending. Finally, thanks to the incomparable Greta Lambert for reading Scottie Fitzgerald Smith’s words from the original dedication.

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