The Florida Highwaymen Museum in Fort Pierce is a featured stop on the America 250 Road Trip celebrating the nation's 250th birthday. The city announced the designation on its Facebook page this week.
The museum at 1234 Avenue D opened this year and celebrates 26 Black artists who began painting in the 1950s. The artists created bold, colorful landscapes of Florida's untouched beauty and sold them along the roadside when segregation kept them out of traditional galleries.
The museum is the nation's only one with exhibitions that include paintings from each of the 26 renowned Highwaymen artists.
During summer hours from June 16 through July 31, the museum operates Saturday and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. The museum will be closed in August and reopen in September, featuring a new exhibit.
Fall and spring hours from September 1 through June 15 will be expanded. The museum stands as a tribute to one of America's most iconic art movements, preserving the legacy of artists whose work captured Florida's natural beauty during an era of racial segregation.