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Beyond Vizcaya is a storytelling project connecting past and present through the personal accounts of experts and enthusiasts.
Vizcaya partners with our neighbors and communities to tell stories of cultural identity that are central to our common experience in South Florida.
William Edgecombe Jr. is the grandson of Eustace Egdecombe, Vizcaya’s beloved caretaker and houseman of 52 years. When asked what he knew of Eustace’s role at the estate, William truthfully answered that he was unaware of his grandfather’s contributions.
This broadcast highlighted the presence and contributions of local Indigenous community members participating in the festival. In conversation with Franco Marin and Cecilia Ortega of Tonalxochitl, viewers saw a closer look at the cultural programming taking place throughout the day.
Our program host, Oldine Monestime sits with Joanne Perodin, of the Optima Network and community members of the Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center. In this exploratory discussion, we hear about the unique challenges and far reaching effects of climate change from those who live with them daily.
In this Beyond Vizcaya story, photogrammetry expert Nick Christodoulidis describes his process for capturing 3D data of objects and structures. Christodoulidis has performed photogrammetry on historic objects all over the world.
Greg Baldwin takes us through his life and activism for the LGBTQ+ community. Greg recounts first had memories of Miami during the AIDS crisis of the 80’s.
Listen to the whole Oral History
here
.
Share Your Story
ABOUT
A Human Library
Beyond Vizcaya is a collaborative storytelling project that connects Vizcaya’s 100+ year history to the stories of people in Miami and South Florida. With History Miami as our partner, Beyond Vizcaya presents historical figures and events as well as the voices of contemporary story tellers and topics of concern.
CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT
As part of the effort to preserve and protect our historic museum and gardens and to broaden the reach of climate conversation, we’re involving climate scientists and people from our community to discuss this critical issue.
COMMUNITY STORIES
Beyond Vizcaya is an ongoing, collaborative storytelling project designed to connect the historic treasure that is Vizcaya with the greater community of which it is a part. Think of it as a ‘human library,’ personal stories about the people and events that helped build Vizcaya and Miami and are shaping our future.
IDENTITY
They come from everywhere, the people that form our multi-cultural, multi-faceted home. Vizcaya was built and staffed by Bahamian workers who also founded the nearby community of Coconut Grove. Listen, learn, and join the conversation.
LABOR
Vizcaya was conceived as a labor of love, a private winter retreat for the wealthy industrialist James Deering. The Bahamian workforce that built Vizcaya also built Coconut Grove. And the historic crafts now preserved in a public museum are still practiced here and in our modern community.
MIGRATION
If one word could describe Miami, it would be “diverse.” Successive waves of immigration turned a tiny Tequesta settlement at the mouth of the Miami River into a major international business and cultural hub. Miami is constantly reinventing itself – with Vizcaya at the intersection of it all, history in the heart of urban development amid volatile climate change.
All
About
Black Miami
Climate & Environment
Community Stories
Identity
Labor
LGBTQ Stories
Migration
Your Stories
Beyond Vizcaya Livestream 3/29/26: Danza: Ritual, Community, and Living Tradition
The Rich and Forgotten History of Black Coconut Grove
Black Voices
Black Grove Conversations
Sharing Your Stories
Living land, Living Memory – Oral Histories from the Grounds of Vizcaya
The Rich & Forgotten History of Black Coconut Grove – Season 2
Paul Chalfin and LGBTQ+ History in Early Miami
Beyond Vizcaya Partner Spotlight Livestream: Care Resource
Scott Galvin Oral History: “All of my skill sets have led me to be in a place where I could do good for that community”
Beyond Vizcaya Partner Spotlight Livestream: Safe Schools South Florida
THE WHITE PARTY & THE AIDS ERA
Stonewall: Legacy of rebellion 55 years later
LGBTQ+ Stories of the Past
Oral History: White Party origins and the underground movement to establish a human rights ordinance
Richard Blanco: Identity Through Art
Dr. Jaeson Clayborn: Are Bugs the Future of Food?
Goombay Coconut Grove 2023
Queer Identity in the Early 20th Century
Dr. Meryl Shriver-Rice: Digital Anthropology
Cultural Heritage Conservation in the Era of Climate Change
Predicting the Unthinkable: A Look Inside Hurricane Forecasting Technology
Nina Jean Louis: Resilience against Climate Change
Preserving Natural Ecosystems in The Face of Climate Change
An Eye to History: Learning from Miami’s past to build a sustainable future
Nick Christodoulidis: Translating the Historic to the Digital
Ken Whiting: Memories of Vizcaya’s Barge
David Hardy: Impact Climate Change Has on Native Plant Species
Vizcaya’s Executive Director – Joel Hoffman
Beyond Vizcaya Season 2: Climate and the Natural Environment
William Edgecombe Jr: Inheriting a Legacy
Geraldine O’Hallorans: Learning Environmental Sustainability
From Cuba to Miami: Interview with Director Carmen Valdivia
Sara Ayers-Rigsby: Protecting Florida’s Past for the Future
Cynthia Barnett: Sounds of the Sea
Settling into early Coconut Grove
Climate Change + Access: Feb. 28 Livestream Chat
Where the River of Grass Meets the Sea
May 16 Livestream: A Digital Future for South Florida’s Natural and Cultural Heritage
Eustace Edgecombe: 52 Years at Vizcaya
Take A Deep Dive with Evan B. Forde
Ernesto Marrero: “I do want to live like this”
Times of Pirates
Sarah Lestrade: Learning communal connection
Caribbean Migration
Gary Bremen: Climate Superheroes
Ian Simpkins: Disaster and Recovery in Vizcaya’s Gardens
From Haiti to Miami
The Tequesta
The Great Freeze
Beyond Vizcaya + Sant La: Conversations on Climate
Ella Holgersohn
Climate Against Humanity: Livestream Chat
Rebecca Peterson: What Community Means To Me
Jay Goda: The Golden House
Caroline Lewis: One Bad Hurricane Away
Yadira Capez: “Just Jump and Say ‘Weeee'”
Lauren Leonardi: Rising Tides
Andreana Diaz: My Miami Story
May 16 Livestream: Behind the Scenes
HistoryMiami & Vizcaya: Share Your Story
West African Symbolism in Ironwork Across the East Coast
Climate Change + Access: Behind the Scenes
Preserving Heritage Communities with Archaeology
Beyond Vizcaya: An Introduction
Share Your Story
Meet the host Oldine Monestime
Jeff Guin: Caretakers of Legacy
Emma Thomson: Our Coral Reef
Ep 3 – The Forgotten History of Black Coconut Grove
Ep 2 – The Forgotten History of Black Coconut Grove
Ep 1 – The Forgotten History of Black Coconut Grove
The Operation Pedro Pan Exhibition
How Black Bahamians built Vizcaya and shaped Miami
The American Dream: E.W.F. Stirrup
Oldine Monestime
State Senator Shevrin Jones
4Ward Miami
Funded by the Knight Foundation
Blacksmithing: Then and Now
My Daddy Made The Sidewalks
In The Gardens
Traveling For Work
The Bahamian Work Force
Staff Stories
The First Superintendent
Vizcaya Construction
Rebecca Peterson
English
Español
Français
Português
Skip to content
Featured Stories
Beyond Vizcaya is a storytelling project connecting past and present through the personal accounts of experts and enthusiasts.
Vizcaya partners with our neighbors and communities to tell stories of cultural identity that are central to our common experience in South Florida.
William Edgecombe Jr. is the grandson of Eustace Egdecombe, Vizcaya’s beloved caretaker and houseman of 52 years. When asked what he knew of Eustace’s role at the estate, William truthfully answered that he was unaware of his grandfather’s contributions.
This broadcast highlighted the presence and contributions of local Indigenous community members participating in the festival. In conversation with Franco Marin and Cecilia Ortega of Tonalxochitl, viewers saw a closer look at the cultural programming taking place throughout the day.
Our program host, Oldine Monestime sits with Joanne Perodin, of the Optima Network and community members of the Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center. In this exploratory discussion, we hear about the unique challenges and far reaching effects of climate change from those who live with them daily.
In this Beyond Vizcaya story, photogrammetry expert Nick Christodoulidis describes his process for capturing 3D data of objects and structures. Christodoulidis has performed photogrammetry on historic objects all over the world.
Greg Baldwin takes us through his life and activism for the LGBTQ+ community. Greg recounts first had memories of Miami during the AIDS crisis of the 80’s.
Listen to the whole Oral History
here
.
Share Your Story
ABOUT
A Human Library
Beyond Vizcaya is a collaborative storytelling project that connects Vizcaya’s 100+ year history to the stories of people in Miami and South Florida. With History Miami as our partner, Beyond Vizcaya presents historical figures and events as well as the voices of contemporary story tellers and topics of concern.
CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT
As part of the effort to preserve and protect our historic museum and gardens and to broaden the reach of climate conversation, we’re involving climate scientists and people from our community to discuss this critical issue.
COMMUNITY STORIES
Beyond Vizcaya is an ongoing, collaborative storytelling project designed to connect the historic treasure that is Vizcaya with the greater community of which it is a part. Think of it as a ‘human library,’ personal stories about the people and events that helped build Vizcaya and Miami and are shaping our future.
IDENTITY
They come from everywhere, the people that form our multi-cultural, multi-faceted home. Vizcaya was built and staffed by Bahamian workers who also founded the nearby community of Coconut Grove. Listen, learn, and join the conversation.
LABOR
Vizcaya was conceived as a labor of love, a private winter retreat for the wealthy industrialist James Deering. The Bahamian workforce that built Vizcaya also built Coconut Grove. And the historic crafts now preserved in a public museum are still practiced here and in our modern community.
MIGRATION
If one word could describe Miami, it would be “diverse.” Successive waves of immigration turned a tiny Tequesta settlement at the mouth of the Miami River into a major international business and cultural hub. Miami is constantly reinventing itself – with Vizcaya at the intersection of it all, history in the heart of urban development amid volatile climate change.
All
About
Black Miami
Climate & Environment
Community Stories
Identity
Labor
LGBTQ Stories
Migration
Your Stories
Beyond Vizcaya Livestream 3/29/26: Danza: Ritual, Community, and Living Tradition
The Rich and Forgotten History of Black Coconut Grove
Black Voices
Black Grove Conversations
Sharing Your Stories
Living land, Living Memory – Oral Histories from the Grounds of Vizcaya
The Rich & Forgotten History of Black Coconut Grove – Season 2
Paul Chalfin and LGBTQ+ History in Early Miami
Beyond Vizcaya Partner Spotlight Livestream: Care Resource
Scott Galvin Oral History: “All of my skill sets have led me to be in a place where I could do good for that community”
Beyond Vizcaya Partner Spotlight Livestream: Safe Schools South Florida
THE WHITE PARTY & THE AIDS ERA
Stonewall: Legacy of rebellion 55 years later
LGBTQ+ Stories of the Past
Oral History: White Party origins and the underground movement to establish a human rights ordinance
Richard Blanco: Identity Through Art
Dr. Jaeson Clayborn: Are Bugs the Future of Food?
Goombay Coconut Grove 2023
Queer Identity in the Early 20th Century
Dr. Meryl Shriver-Rice: Digital Anthropology
Cultural Heritage Conservation in the Era of Climate Change
Predicting the Unthinkable: A Look Inside Hurricane Forecasting Technology
Nina Jean Louis: Resilience against Climate Change
Preserving Natural Ecosystems in The Face of Climate Change
An Eye to History: Learning from Miami’s past to build a sustainable future
Nick Christodoulidis: Translating the Historic to the Digital
Ken Whiting: Memories of Vizcaya’s Barge
David Hardy: Impact Climate Change Has on Native Plant Species
Vizcaya’s Executive Director – Joel Hoffman
Beyond Vizcaya Season 2: Climate and the Natural Environment
William Edgecombe Jr: Inheriting a Legacy
Geraldine O’Hallorans: Learning Environmental Sustainability
From Cuba to Miami: Interview with Director Carmen Valdivia
Sara Ayers-Rigsby: Protecting Florida’s Past for the Future
Cynthia Barnett: Sounds of the Sea
Settling into early Coconut Grove
Climate Change + Access: Feb. 28 Livestream Chat
Where the River of Grass Meets the Sea
May 16 Livestream: A Digital Future for South Florida’s Natural and Cultural Heritage
Eustace Edgecombe: 52 Years at Vizcaya
Take A Deep Dive with Evan B. Forde
Ernesto Marrero: “I do want to live like this”
Times of Pirates
Sarah Lestrade: Learning communal connection
Caribbean Migration
Gary Bremen: Climate Superheroes
Ian Simpkins: Disaster and Recovery in Vizcaya’s Gardens
From Haiti to Miami
The Tequesta
The Great Freeze
Beyond Vizcaya + Sant La: Conversations on Climate
Ella Holgersohn
Climate Against Humanity: Livestream Chat
Rebecca Peterson: What Community Means To Me
Jay Goda: The Golden House
Caroline Lewis: One Bad Hurricane Away
Yadira Capez: “Just Jump and Say ‘Weeee'”
Lauren Leonardi: Rising Tides
Andreana Diaz: My Miami Story
May 16 Livestream: Behind the Scenes
HistoryMiami & Vizcaya: Share Your Story
West African Symbolism in Ironwork Across the East Coast
Climate Change + Access: Behind the Scenes
Preserving Heritage Communities with Archaeology
Beyond Vizcaya: An Introduction
Share Your Story
Meet the host Oldine Monestime
Jeff Guin: Caretakers of Legacy
Emma Thomson: Our Coral Reef
Ep 3 – The Forgotten History of Black Coconut Grove
Ep 2 – The Forgotten History of Black Coconut Grove
Ep 1 – The Forgotten History of Black Coconut Grove
The Operation Pedro Pan Exhibition
How Black Bahamians built Vizcaya and shaped Miami
The American Dream: E.W.F. Stirrup
Oldine Monestime
State Senator Shevrin Jones
4Ward Miami
Funded by the Knight Foundation
Blacksmithing: Then and Now
My Daddy Made The Sidewalks
In The Gardens
Traveling For Work
The Bahamian Work Force
Staff Stories
The First Superintendent
Vizcaya Construction
Rebecca Peterson
English
Español
Français
Português