The Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum awards the Fitzgerald Prize for Literary Excellence annually to an author whose work continues the legacy of American storytelling while also exemplifying the craft, wit, and social insight typified by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This year, the ninth annual recipient will be American author, Min Jin Lee.
Tickets are free to the public but require a RSVP and are available at Eventbrite: aneveningwithminjinlee.eventbrite.com
Audience members are encouraged to submit questions for the discussion in advance using the Q&A submission link.
Q&A Submission Link:
https://fitzmuse.wufoo.com/forms/an-evening-with-min-jin-lee-audience-questions/
Congratulations to this year's winners and honorable mentions in the F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum’s sixth annual Literary Contest!
Grades 9 – 10:
Chelsea Zhu, “Custom Postcard, Undelivered”
Grades 9 – 10 Honorable Mention:
Claire Guo, “For the Moon”
Grades 11 – 12:
Ziyi Yan, “Becoming a Magician”
Grades 11 – 12 Honorable Mention:
Bella Rotker, “Elegy for the fish my brother buried at the top of Slayter Hill”
Undergraduate:
Grace Yu, “Immigration”
Undergraduate Honorable Mention:
Gracelyn Mitchell, “Reveries of Dried Ink”
Join us for a roaring good time at the 2024 Fitzgerald Spring Gala! This year’s theme is Bon Voyage! in honor of the Fitzgeralds’ travels and adventures. Tickets include food, drinks, music, a professional photo booth, and silent auction.
Scream your heart out at the Valentine’s Murder Mystery at the Fitz!
Join us for the Fitz Open House and Community Bazaar!
Join us for a community bazaar on the lawn of the Fitzgerald Museum on Saturday, Nov. 11 from 10 am to 2pm.
Limited artist, community, and yard sale booths are available.
Reserve yours here: https://www.thefitzgeraldmuseum.org/become-a-sponsor/bazaarbooth
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! EXCLUSIVE ROARING 20’s HALLOWEEN SEASON MURDER MYSTERY DINNER EVENT AT MONTGOMERY’S HISTORIC FITZGERALD MUSEUM!
Murder Mystery Cocktail Party Here (Saturday Oct. 21): CLICK HERE
Ghost Hunt Tickets Here (Saturday Oct 21): CLICK HERE
An Evening with Ta-Nehisi Coates will be held at Ralph Abernathy Hall at Alabama State University in Montgomery, Alabama on Friday, Sept. 22 from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. The evening will include the awarding of the 2023 F. Scott Fitzgerald Prize for Literary Excellence by the Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum followed by a discussion between Mr. Coates and Dr. Derryn Moten, professor of History at Alabama State University.
Tickets are $28 and are available at Eventbrite:
https://aneveningwithtanehisicoates.eventbrite.com
The Ralph Abernathy Hall at Alabama State University is located at 1625 Harris Way, Montgomery, AL 36106.
Zelda’s Mystery Portrait on display at The Fitz from August 10.
CLICK HERE for Contest theme and submission guidelines.
Submissions open on Sept. 1, 2024.
CLICK HERE for Contest theme and submission guidelines.
Join us for a community bazaar on the lawn of the Fitzgerald Museum on Sat. June 24.
We’ll have music, Funky Forte food truck, a bouncy castle, artists and yard sale booths.
Limited artist, community, and yard sale booths are available. Reserve yours here::
https://www.thefitzgeraldmuseum.org/become-a-sponsor/bazaarbooth
The Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald Museum is proud to announce the discovery and exhibition of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald’s “White Roses.” The painting has been considered for decades as one of her “lost” oil paintings and is one of her few known extant oil paintings from the 1930s.
The painting will be on display at the Fitzgerald Museum from April 12 through July 2023.
Tickets for the 2023 Fitzgerald Spring Gala are now on sale!
CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS: https://FitzgeraldMuseumSpringGala.eventbrite.com
Congratulations to the 2022-2023 Fitzgerald Literary Contest Awardees!
MURDER MYSTERY
Friday, Feb. 17 Tickets CLICK HERE.
Saturday, Feb. 18 Tickets CLICK HERE
GHOST HUNT
Saturday, Feb. 18 Tickets CLICK HERE
Join us on Sat. Dec. 10 for the Fitz Christmas Open House 10 am to 3pm.
The Ghost Girls return for two more Roarin’ Twenties Murder Mysteries at The Fitz!
Friday October 21 Murder Mystery https://www.eventbrite.com/e/halloween-roaring-20s-murder-mystery-event-at-the-fitz-montgomery-al-tickets-344584109347
Saturday October 22 Murder Mystery
Friday Night October 21 Ghost Hunt
Saturday Night October 22 Ghost Hunt
For more info: https://www.thefitzgeraldmuseum.org/third-annual-zelda-sayre
For more info: CLICK HERE
Poet and Baker Danny Klecko will be launching his new book with signings at The Fitzgerald Museum on Saturday, August 13 from 11 - 2pm, with an additional Zelda Game Show Event at Hilltop on Saturday evening.
Come visit The Fitz and join us in celebrating Zelda’s birthday!
The Inaugural Teaching The Great Gatsby Conference
The Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum is pleased to announce the inaugural Teaching The Great Gatsby Conference!
The Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum is thrilled to announce its seventh annual winner of the Fitzgerald Prize for Literary Excellence – retired Navy SEAL and bestselling author Clint Emerson!
An Evening with Clint Emerson will be held on Sat. Sept 24 at the Davis Theater in Montgomery, Alabama.
Choose from one of two nights!
Friday, Feb. 25, 2022 - Murder Mystery - 7:00pm CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022 - Murder Mystery - 7:00pm SOLD OUT
Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022 - Ghost Hunt - 10:00 pm CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
Murder Mystery and Ghost Hunt tickets sold separately.
Join us in re-ringing in the new 1920s!
Early Bird Tickets $75 through Sept. 15