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CENTRAL FLORIDA

ORLANDO MUSEUM OF ART • VISIT ORLANDO

ARTS AND CULTURE than 100,000 hand-selected pebbles—to 2,000 camellia plants and more than 50
Known as the “Town of Murals,” Lake Placid the 2.7-acre hands-on Hammock Hollow kinds of citrus trees.
features nearly 50 colorful murals within Children’s Garden, an outdoor kitchen and a In artsy Winter Park, The Charles Hosmer
its outdoor art gallery. This small, Old farm-to-table edible garden. Morse Museum of American Art is the world
Florida town is also known for its American Who would guess the largest concentra- showcase for everything Tiffany with the
Clown Museum and School. Soak in the tion of Frank Lloyd Wright designs in the most comprehensive collection of works by
culture in nearby Avon Park at the Museum world is in Lakeland, Florida? The legendary Louis Comfort Tiffany. For the oldest and
of Florida Art and Culture and the Wildstein architect oversaw and designed the most distinguished collections in Florida,
Center, both on the Avon Park campus of construction of 12 structures, including his the Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins
South Florida State College. only planetarium, on the campus of Florida College is a must-see.
Located on Iron Mountain, Bok Tower Southern College. A 13 th structure, the A visit to historic Winter Garden is a step
Gardens in Lake Wales has been a fan favorite Usonian House, was completed in 2013. back in time. Once the bustling center of
since 1929. Its205-foot neo-Gothic and art deco Based on an original 1939 design, the unique Central Florida and the largest citrus shipping
“singing tower” houses one of the world’s finest building is part of the new visitor center at point in the world, artifacts found around
carillons, with 60 bells playing concerts daily. the college. Lake Apopka indicate Native Americans
Tour Pinewood Estate, a 20-room Mediterranean- The City of Orlando is home to the inhabited the land for thousands of years, up
style home built in the 1930s, nestled among a Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts until the colonization of Florida by Spanish
spectacular collection of ferns, palms, hosting Broadway shows, concerts and explorers. The Garden Theatre, built in 1935,
camellias and magnolias. Follow the River of community events in the heart of downtown. was restored to its true Mediterranean
Stone—a mosaic pathway composed of more North of downtown is the Loch Haven Revival style in 2008.
Cultural Park. Covering 45-acres, it is For a fun way to enjoy culture, join the
comprised of a variety of culture offerings, pedal-powered party through historic Sanford
INTERNATIONAL including the Orlando Museum of Art, on a 15-passenger Limo Cycle.
GATEWAYS the Orlando Science Center, Orlando overlooking beautiful Lake Dora at The
Sit a spell in a rocker on the porch
Shakespeare Theater, Orlando Repertory
Orlando International Airport: Theatre and Mennello Museum of American Lakeside Inn in Mount Dora, circa 1883. Enjoy
orlandoairports.net Art. Nearby, Harry P. Leu Gardens is part of a the quiet while sipping iced tea, just as past
Orlando Sanford International Airport: 50-acre botanical park created as gardens in visitors Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and U.S.
Flysfb.com 1936. Stroll pathways past some 50 varieties Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Calvin
of azaleas, nearly 50 species of bamboo, Coolidge have done.

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