Orlando Museums Guide

Directory of local Orlando Museums. View pictures, read descriptions, check rates and admissions, hours, and links. Guide gives an overview to determine which are your best bets.

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Guide to Museums in the Orlando Area

Updated: February 21, 2012

History does go back a ways in Orlando, and even pre-dates the 1968 introduction of the Magic Kingdom.

Native AMerican Indian society dominated the area until the mid 1800s, and you'll find many places to get a better feel for how these societies prospered at several of the areas museums and historical centers.

Colonial and plantation life comes alive with African American cultural centers and other museums celebrating railroad, carpentry, the telephone and other heritage centers focused on local geopolitical areas.

Featured Museums & Directory

Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens

Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens in Winter Garden, Florida Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens - This Estate, listed on the National Register or Historic Places, was the retirement estate of the famous Czech-American sculptor. The collection contains over 200 of Polasek's work and works of Rubens, Hawthorne and others. - [more]

Average rating: 4.7

Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art

Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, Florida contains one of the most extensive collections of famous Tiffany Glassworks. Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art - Home to one of the world's most complete collections of Louis Comfort Tiffany including jewelry, lamps, pottery, paintings, leaded-glass windows, and the chapel interior he designed for the 1893 World's Comumbian Exposition in Chicago. - [more]

Average rating: 5.0

Maitland Art Center

Maitland Art Center near Orlando features classes and workshops, lectures and exhibits. Maitland Art Center - On the Narional Register of Historic Places, this art museum also features workshops, classes and lectures. Annual festivals include a Children's Art Festival. Year-round studio art classes. - [more]

Orlando Museum of Art

Orlando Museum of Art features American and African Art Orlando Museum of Art - One of the best art museums in the state of Florida, the Orlando Museum of Art (OMA) is located in the Orlando community of Lock Haven Park and whose collection focuses on American Art from the 19th Century to the Present and African Art. - [more]

The Mennello Museum of American Art

The Mennello Museum of American Art features the works of Earl Cunningham The Mennello Museum of American Art - The amazing and crically acclaimed American Artist, Earl Cunningham, has most of his life's work at this museum - whose story is almost as compelling as that of teh artist himself. Cunningham's vision made him one of the most innovative landscape painters of his day. - [more]