Visit The Historic Ritz Theatre & Museum!
Reflecting on our past triumphs and tribulations guides our personal stories and gives us a road map for our collective future. Please join us on our path of discovery. The Ritz Theatre & Museum is the perfect place for a first date, an afternoon outing, or a school field trip. Please review the operating hours to ensure you arrive in time to enjoy everything this historic museum has to offer.
Museum Hours
Tuesday - Friday
10:00 AM until 4:00 PM (tickets must be purchased by 3:00 PM)
Thursday
The museum is open until 8 PM
Saturday and Sunday
By appointment only
Group Rates and Tours
Please contact us at 904-807-2010 if you have questions about rates for a group of 25 or more. To schedule a group tour, please call 904-807-2010.
Every Third Sunday of The Month
Playground community event from 2-6 PM
Museum Admission
Buy NowPermanent Collection: Lift Ev'ry Voice
The Ritz Museum connects and celebrates our rich African American heritage through the stories of some of our greatest Floridians. Listen to Jacksonville's native sons, James Weldon and John Rosamond Johnson tell you how their song Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing became the African American National Anthem. Peek into Clara White's Mission. Feel the vibe of the "Harlem of the South" nightclub in the 1940's. Find your relative or neighborhood in the society photographs of Ellie L. Weems. Experience a sit-in at the Woolworths counter as the Civil Rights Protestors did in the 1960's.
Reflecting on our past triumphs and tribulations guides our personal stories and gives us a road map for our collective future. Please join us on our path of discovery.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, SCHEDULING TOURS, AND PROGRAM UPDATES CALL 904-807-2010