Calendar of Events
Table Talks at the Trust
Join us for a monthly lunch and learn series!
Program is free--just bring your lunch and enjoy a casual opportunity to learn about a variety of topics!
Table Talks at the Trust is held the third Wednesday of each month during the Fall and Winter, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Voices of Pensacola Multicultural Center located at 117 E. Government Street
Speaker Schedule:
The 2025 Speaker List is released! *Note the week change for the March Table Talks due to the UWF Spring Break holiday.
- May 20: Donna Waters, Historic Pensacola Village Living History Volunteer
- June 17: Monica Tapper, Historian, Historic Foodways
For more information, please email hparchives@uwf.edu or call 850-595-5985 x125.
Dolled Up for Death: A Mother's Day Murder Mystery Brunch
Sunday, May 3, 2026
It’s the final round of a SPECIAL mother/daughter beauty pageant sponsored by the Museum of Commerce. Competition is cutthroat and these gorgeous gals of glitz and glamour will do anything to win!
It’s up to you and Detective Gunn to tame these deadly duos and suss out the killer in our special Mother’s Day show “Dolled Up For Death”.
This is a 21+ event.
Purchase tickets here.
Gálvez Public Luncheon
Friday, May 8, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Pensacola Yacht Club, 1897 Cypress Street
Following the Battle of Pensacola Gálvez celebration along Palafox Street on Friday, May 8, join the City of Pensacola and the Gálvez Committee for a public luncheon at the Pensacola Yacht Club. Enjoy a social hour, followed by a buffet lunch, presentation, and cash bar.
Reservations & pre-pay required; cash bar.
Tickets are $35/per person. Purchase your tickets today!
Annual Open House
Saturday, May 9, 2026
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
UWF Historic Trust Museum Complex
Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 9 for our annual open house! Free day of fun throughout the entire museum complex. All museums will be free between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
- Details coming soon!
Sweet Tea Murders LIVE: An Evening of Pensacola Crime Stories
Join Michael Earl Simmons, Southern Crime Historian and Storyteller, and the UWF Historic Trust for Sweet Tea Murders LIVE: An Evening of Pensacola Crimes Stories
"In the South, the tea is sweet... but the stories are murder."
Evening includes complimentary Sweet Tea Murders mason jar of Southern sweet tea to enjoy as you listen to the stories of Pensacola's criminal past with former Homicide Detective Michael Earl Simmons.
Doors open at 5:30 and the storytelling begins at 6:00! Evening is adults only due to themes of stories.
- UWF Historic Trust Members: $30 with discount code: VILLAR1926
- General Public: $35
Purchase tickets at Sweet Tea Murders LIVE. Ticket purchase helps support the mission of the UWF Historic Trust.
Schedule:
Please note the Location for each of the Sweet Tea Murders LIVE experiences:
- Thursday, May 28: The Murder of Captain Martin Villar and the 1926 Axe Murder on Chipley Alley at the Pensacola Museum of Art, the former Pensacola Police Headquarters (1908-1956)
- Thursday, June 25
- Thursday, July 23
- Thursday, August 27
- Thursday, September 10
- Thursday, November 12