Join us for our Spring Lecture Season

The Florida Keys History and Discovery Foundation is excited to announce tickets are available for the Spring Lecture Series.   

Doors open at 5:00 pm with light appetizers and cash bar. The lecture starts at 6:00 pm. 

Brian Schmitt spent his childhood fishing, boating and exploring the Florida Keys from his home in Marathon, where he lives today. He studied Marine Biology as an undergraduate and earned his Master's degree in biology from Florida Atlantic University. In recent years he has been involved with the technical diving of blue holes in the Bahamas and underwater interactions with shark and whale congregations in the Caribbean. He is an experienced collector of nautical antiques and rare maps.

Brian's family has been involved with real estate in the Keys for more than a generation, and he currently owns Coldwell Banker, Schmitt Real Estate, the oldest and most productive real estate company in Monroe County with offices throughout the Florida Keys.

Tickets available: Click here to register.

Attend in person or participate virtually!

Seats are allocated until capacity is reached or until registration for in-person attendance closes on Monday prior at 5 p.m. If capacity is reached you will be able to join a waitlist. Registration for virtual participants can be made up until noon the day of the lecture. Sponsorship opportunities for lectures still available, contact FKHDF at 305-922-2237.

Free for members. When registering, at the top of the page, click the link “Do you have an access code?” Enter case sensitive access code provided to members in lecture mailer and emails to display free member tickets. Become a member and attend the entire thirteen lectures from now through next spring free by joining today at www.keysdiscovery.com/membership.

Non-members: In person, $10; Virtual only, $5.