Lecture Series
Discover Pensacola’s Story
History is full of stories worth sharing. The Pensacola Heritage Foundation’s 2026 Lecture Series brings together local historians, experts and guest speakers to explore the people, places and events that shaped Pensacola and the surrounding area.
2026 Lecture Series
Lectures are held every other Tuesday at The Wright Place, 80 E. Wright Street, Pensacola, Florida.
Doors open at 11 a.m., with lunch served at 11:30 a.m. The lecture begins at noon and lasts approximately one hour.
Lectures are $5 for non-members and free for members. Lunch is available for $12.
Reservations are required for planning purposes and can be made by emailing pnsheritage@yahoo.com or calling 850-380-7759.
The deadline to reserve lunch is the Friday before each lecture.
Upcoming Lectures
Oct. 20
Pensacola Architecture: A Little of This & A Little of That
Norm Haines
Nov. 3
St. John’s Cemetery: A Repository of Memories
Norm Haines
Nov. 17
A Wrong Turn and How It Changed the World
Reese Williams
From the Lecture Series
Pensacola Early Music Consort
The July 9 program featured a presentation and performance by the Pensacola Early Music Consort, which performs music from the late medieval and Renaissance periods, approximately 1400–1600.
Director Charles Tucker demonstrated and discussed several of the period instruments used by the Consort, including recorders, the six-foot sub-bass, gemshorns, krummhorns and hammered dulcimer. The sixteen-foot sub-sub bass, one of only seven such instruments in the world and the only one in North America, was also featured.
The program also explored the development of the road between Pensacola and St. Augustine, from disconnected animal trails to a constructed route, along with a biography of Father Michael Portier, who was appointed apostolic vicar for the territory from Mobile to St. Augustine.
