Eau Gallie Arts District (EGAD) Main Street is a nonprofit 501 (c)3 organization dedicated to promoting the arts and economic revitalization of the historic downtown area. s a Florida Main Street Community. The district includes the Foosaner Museum of Art and Museum School of Florida Institute of Technology, administrative offices of the Brevard Symphony Orchestra, HIstoric Rossetter House Museum and Gardens, Eau Gallie Public Library, Eau Gallie Civic Center, two public parks, a band shell and newly rebuilt fishing pier.
The Eau Gallie Arts District contains art studios and galleries, an art supply store, a bed and breakfast, shops boutiques, churches, restaurants and professional offices and services.
The City of Melbourne has re-zoned a residential area within EGAD, referred to as the Art Overlay Zone, so that artists may establish studios within their homes, providing a special enclave for working artists.
The Eau Gallie Arts District contains art studios and galleries, an art supply store, a bed and breakfast, shops boutiques, churches, restaurants and professional offices and services.
The City of Melbourne has re-zoned a residential area within EGAD, referred to as the Art Overlay Zone, so that artists may establish studios within their homes, providing a special enclave for working artists.
Olde Eau Gallie
The Eau Gallie Arts District (EGAD) is the arts district of Melbourne, Florida. Melbourne is located half an hour south of Cape Canaveral and an hour east of Orlando, on the Atlantic coast of Florida.
The Eau Gallie Arts District gets its name from the city that was once located in the area. Until the 1960's there were two distinct cities situated on the western end of the two causeways crossing the Indian River Lagoon. The southern city was Melbourne, and the northern city was Eau Gallie. Eau Gallie is French for "rocky water."
In 1969, the two cities merged, taking Melbourne as the name for the unified municipality. However, the original downtown area of Eau Gallie has continued to be referred to by the old city name.
The Eau Gallie Arts District gets its name from the city that was once located in the area. Until the 1960's there were two distinct cities situated on the western end of the two causeways crossing the Indian River Lagoon. The southern city was Melbourne, and the northern city was Eau Gallie. Eau Gallie is French for "rocky water."
In 1969, the two cities merged, taking Melbourne as the name for the unified municipality. However, the original downtown area of Eau Gallie has continued to be referred to by the old city name.
