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fiona
06-06-2002, 04:18
Maitland Historical Society Museums
Waterhouse Residence & Carpentry Shop
The Historic Waterhouse Residence Museum located in Maitland, just off Hwy 17-92, overlooking Lake Lily. The fully restored Victorian home was originally built in 1884 by William H. Waterhouse for his family. The home demonstrates what life was like for a middle class family over 100 years ago. Through its furnishings, mementos and clothing, this two story home exhibits the class and customs of the people of the day.
Have a lunch at Lake Lily then play at the nearby playground. Admission is free - suggested donations are $2.00 for the House and $1.00 for the Carpentry shop.

The Maitland Historical Society
840 Lake Lily Drive
Maitland, FL 32794

407-644-2451

All Children's Playground

Parks with Wooden Play Structures

• Turkey Lake Park
• City of Winter Park
Turkey Lake Park
(407) 299-5581
3401 South Hiawassee Road, Orlando

At 173 acres, Turkey Lake Park is Orlando's, largest park. This family oriented park includes something for everyone. You will find nature trails for hiking and biking, and areas for swimming, fishing, camping and canoeing. City kids will enjoy the Ecology Center and Petting Farm, with its pigs, chickens, horses, cows, goats and rabbits. The wooden playground area is a massive maze of tunnels, slides and swings, guaranteed to entertain for hours. So, bring a lunch, find any one of the 125 picnic tables and plan on spending the day here.

Admission $2.00/adult, $1.00/child


Lake Island Park
Denning Drive, Winter Park

Ask a child what their ideal playground would look like, and their answer may turn out to be very similar to that at Lake Island Park, located on Denning Drive. Playground architect Robert Leathers of Ithaca, N.Y. designed this Winter Park playground based on the input of hundreds of children, and came up with a castle like structure consisting of towers, swings, stairways and tunnels. There is enough entertainment here to keep your little prince or princess happy for an afternoon.

Open daily from 8:00 a.m. until sunset
Admission is free.

Manatee at Blue Springs

Blue Springs State Park
2100 W. French Ave.
Orange City
904-775-3663

Open daily from 8 a.m. until sundown
Admission is $4.00 per vehicle for up to 8 people

Just north of Orlando, the cool waters of Blue Springs not only serve as an important refuge for the West Indian Manatee, but visitors to the springs can partake in a large number of outdoor activities, such as camping, swimming and boating. Daily, about 100 million gallons of water gush from the 12 foot deep spring. Because of its crystal clear waters, the spring is known throughout Florida as a prime spot for snorkeling and scuba diving.

You can get there by taking I-4 East to exit 54. Travel east for about 3 miles to highway 17/92 south into Orange City. Turn west on West French Street to the park.
From Apopka, you can take Hwy 435 north for nine miles to Hwy 46, turn right (east) and go 12 miles to US 17/92 into Orange City. Turn west on West French Street to the park.

Morse Museum of Art

The Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, FL, contains the most comprehensive collection of the works by Louis Comfort Tiffany include his heralded lamps, signature leaded-glass windows and mosaic masterpiece -- the chapel he designed for the 1893 world’s fair in Chicago.

Friday Evening Hours at the Morse
The Friday evening program at the Morse Museum of American Art, in which the museum is open until 8 p.m. and free to all visitors between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., resumes on September 1, 2001 and runs through May 2002.

Most recently, the museum completed a new three-gallery exhibition celebrating Tiffany’s Long Island estate, Laurelton Hall. Almost 100 objects from the Tiffany mansion -- including leaded-glass windows, blown glass and pottery -- are on view, plus historical photos and architectural plans. The museum also has a distinguished collection of American Art Pottery and a representative collection of late 19th and early 20th-centu

orlandobabe
12-06-2002, 23:01
We've done the Tiffany Museum and it is excellent. This is on another thread but just as a reminder you can do the boat trip around all the mansions if there is enough water in the lake, see the squirrels play in the park on Park Avenue. Sample some lovely restaurants-our favourite is the The Briarpatch where you can get a piece of carrot cake big enough to sit on-then there's the wonderful shopping with Gap, Origins, Victoria's Secret, little chi-chi boutiques, jewellers need I go on!


Orlandobabe