HistoryMiami Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate, will host its annual fundraising gala, the Flamingo Ball presented by Hialeah Park, in Hialeah Park’s historic Citation Ballroom.

This festive event will benefit HistoryMiami Museum and treat more than 250 of the city’s top philanthropists and VIPs to a cocktail reception at 6:30 p.m., followed by lavish stone crab buffet with champagne and signature cocktails, live performances and a special presentation of the prestigious Henry Flagler Award.

The Flamingo Ball, named after the beautiful birds that inhabit Hialeah Park’s infield lake, was first held in 1965 on the eve of the Flamingo Stakes horse race at Hialeah Racetrack. After a lapse of a few years, the lavish pink social confection is back and is paying tribute to when Hialeah Park first opened for horse racing in January 1925.

For more information on sponsorship packages and individual tickets, please visit www.historymiami.org/event/flamingoball/.

About HistoryMiami Museum

HistoryMiami Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate, is the premier cultural institution committed to gathering, organizing, preserving and celebrating Miami’s history as the unique crossroads of the Americas. We accomplish this through education, collections, research, exhibitions, publications and city tours. Located in the heart of downtown Miami, HistoryMiami Museum is a 70,000 square foot facility and home to more than one million historical images and 30,000 three-dimensional artifacts, including a 1920s trolley car, artifacts from Pan American World Airways, and rafts that brought refugees to Miami. For more information, call 305-375-1492 or visit www.HistoryMiami.org.