This weekend I visited the Burt Reynolds & Friends Museum, a neat little museum in South Florida that is home to the actor's awards, gifts from his 50-year career in show business.
The museum has lots of neat photos of Reynold's early life in Florida and his football days at FSU.
SPORTS
Yearbook photos, humanitarian honors, and lots of sports memorabilia, including singed footballs, baseballs (Mickey Mantle, Stan Musial among them), jerseys, caps, you name it.
Signed photos from Walter Payton, Jack Nicklaus, Sugar Ray Leonard, and tons more. Here's one from Russell Crowe from a movie called Mystery Alaska where he played a hockey player.
Westerns
Signed photos from the cast of Gunsmoke
1970s movies
A canoe used in Deliverance. The museum curator told me that last year, the four main actors from the film (Reynolds, Jon Voight, Ronny Cox, and Ned Beatty) hosted a Q&A here and filmed a segment for the upcoming 40th anniversary DVD of the film.
1980s films
Lots of cool stuff from his movies, including hits like Smokey and the Bandit
Hundreds of autographed photos
AWARDS
I love seeing awards on display like this. It's so neat to see. After you watch the Oscars or an awards show and see the star win, you hardly ever see the trophies again. Here, Burt has put them all on display for his fans to enjoy.
Golden Globes
Nomination certificates
Another nomination
Reynolds's sole Emmy win for Evening Shade
Here's an Oscar nomination certificate for Boogie Nights (1997)
Lots of People's Choice Awards
Here is an award recognizing Burt as the #1 Top Box Office Star of the Year (there are 5 of these)
New York Film Critics Award
