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Women at The Cummer Museum help put Jacksonville on the map with nationally-recognized exhibit Its Womens History Month. The women who run The Cummer Museum are making history with a new exhibit in April getting national attention. Author: Leah Shields Updated: 7:00 AM EDT March 17, 2021 JACKSONVILLE, Fla — New leadership and a new year for The Cummer Museum. Leadership staff is making some waves, even being featured in an article by Forbes Magazine recently. M...

Wayne Wood was just 5 or so when he first confronted Charles Adrian Pillars masterpiece of a sculpture, looming over him at Memorial Park on the Jacksonville riverfront. Cast in bronze, designed to honor those from Florida who died in the horror of World War I, the sculpture portrays a nude, winged male figure. Hes poised on one foot atop a stylized globe, holding an olive branch out to the sky. Below him rise the shapes of partial human figures, women and children, as if struggling to come ...