The Lightner Museum St Augustine
by D Hackett
Title
The Lightner Museum St Augustine
Artist
D Hackett
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Photograph - Digital
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The Lightner Museum by D Hackett
Lightner Museum is housed in the former Alcazar Hotel built in 1888 by Henry Morrison Flagler (1830-1913). The hotel was often called the castle of happy returns.
The hotel was at the peak of its popularity during the 1890s. More than 25,000 guests visited the Alcazar during those early winter seasons and countless more used the recreational facilities of the casino. For the pleasure of the guests, there was the worlds largest indoor swimming pool at the time, the grand ballroom, sulfur baths, a steam room, massage parlor, a gymnasium, a bowling alley, archery ranges, tennis courts and a bicycle academy
The Lightner Museum opened in 1948 with the Collections of Gilded Age artwork, antiques and curios, from typewriters to Tiffany, Otto Lightners collection of fine and decorative art from the 19th century is impressive and extensive. The Museums eclectic collection ranges from a mummy, shrunken heads, human hair art, cigar labels, buttons, salt and pepper shakers, to Tiffany glass, cut glass, porcelain, fine art paintings, furniture and sculpture all housed throughout the four floors of the original Alcazar Hotel.
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