Veterans' Museum and Education Center
302 Vermont Avenue, Daytona Beach, Florida 32118 - 386.256.7909 (Landline) - Email Us - Tue - Sat, 1- 4pm

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VETERANS MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER, INC. MISSION
To educate the public about the importance of our men and women who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States.

GOALS
•Pay tribute to the dedication, service, and sacrifice exhibited by our veterans
•Educate future generations in understanding the cost of freedom
•Encourage and foster pride and patriotism in our country

HISTORY
The Veterans Museum and Education Center was founded in March 2013 by John Brinkley of Ormond Beach Florida, who established the museum as a 501(c)3 not for profit tax exempt charitable and educational organization. It was originally located in the Ormond Beach City Hall Building with about 400 square feet of exhibit space.

The museum moved in January 2016 to a facility on the second floor of the Tic Toc building at 166 South Beach Street in downtown Daytona Beach, Florida. This allowed the museum to have an expanded space of 1,800 square feet. The space was made available to the museum by Dr. Wahba W. Wahba, a well known physician in the area.

In 2018 the museums space was vastly increased and in the fall of 2020 we made the move to the DAV building at 605 8th St in the City of Holly Hill. We had over 3000 square feet in the  cavernous building.

We have now reached our final resting place in an old city library building at 302 Vermont Street. This is providing us with enough room to permanently house and display our museum in an easily accessible location.

ORGANIZATION
The museum is governed by our Board of Directors. There are seven directors consisting of President, 1st Vice President, 2nd Vice President, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, Officer at Large and Curator. It has no paid officers and operates with an all volunteer staff. There is an advisory board made up retired military officers, enlisted persons and professional citizens. Membership fees are required, and this along with sponsorships and donations allow the museum to continue to remember and honor our veterans.

EDUCATION COMPONENT
While the mission of the Veterans Museum and Education Center is to honor those who have served their country, one of the goals of the museum is to insure that our youth understand the dedication and sacrifice that our veterans demonstrated and endured.

We are prepared to coordinate with local school systems to provide visits of history classes to the museum and provide speakers from the museum organization to the classroom in order for the students  to hear experiences of the veterans.

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The Veterans' Museum is a 501c3 non-profit corporation that is operated by an all volunteer staff. We operate on income from membership fees and donations from people like you. Please donate to us. You do not have to be a member of PayPal to donate.