Ormond Memorial Art Museum
78 East Granada Boulevard
Ormond Beach, Florida 32176
(386) 676-3347
www.ormondartmuseum.org

The Museum was founded by Ormond and Ormond Beach residents as a living monument to creative freedom and equality of all persons, and to commemorate the service of World War II veterans who fought valiantly for that ideal. It was the first memorial of its kind in this area, and possibly the State of Florida.

In 1946, Malcolm Fraser, an internationally known Canadian painter and winter resident of Orlando, Florida, donated a collection of his primarily religious paintings to the City of Ormond Beach.2; These fifty-six paintings represent fifty years of creative effort by one artist. Five additional paintings were donated in 1962 by Mr. Fraser's widow. Read more about the Frasers on this website.

With the assistance of the City of Ormond Beach and Volusia County, residents led by Mrs. Eileen Butts raised funds to house the paintings, and the land at the southeast corner of Granada Boulevard and Halifax Drive was obtained. Over ninety percent of Ormond Beach's residents (and a few from Daytona Beach) contributed funds for the creation of the gallery. A small building already located on the property became the entrance to the fireproof art gallery which was constructed in the rear of the building.

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