Winter Park History Museum

The Write-Up

The full story

The Winter Park History Museum tells the town's story from inside its historic railroad depot, a small, charming space run with obvious care. Changing exhibits, including displays of vintage Winter Park postcards, pack local history into a quick stop guests call surprisingly meaningful. It also anchors a free self-guided walking tour of historic sites around town.

District Story

The story of Winter Park

A park built for the winter, drawn on paper in 1881, and still legible in every street you walk today.

Read the Winter Park story →

Similar Feel

More places with this feel

Matched by vibe, not by neighborhood: the places across Greater Orlando closest in spirit to Winter Park History Museum.

Play Street Museum

Museums & landmarks · Winter Garden · $$

A tiny town built for young children in Winter Garden, with a doctor's office, fire station, pet rescue and make-believe ice cream.

12107 Stoneybrook West Pkwy, STE 104, Winter Garden, FL 34787

Winter Park Scenic Boat Tour

Attractions · Winter Park · $$

Running since 1938, a pontoon ride from the end of Morse Boulevard through the chain of lakes and narrow, tree-shaded canals.

312 E Morse Blvd, Winter Park, FL 32789

Casa Feliz Historic Home Museum

Museums & landmarks · Winter Park · $

A storybook Spanish revival farmhouse on Park Avenue, romantic and intimate, the kind of historic home guests say they could happily live in.

656 N Park Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789

Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens

Museums & landmarks · Winter Park · $

A sculptor's historic home paired with serene, lakeside sculpture gardens in Winter Park.

633 Osceola Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789

Mead Botanical Garden

Parks & outdoors · Winter Park · $

Winter Park's wilder, shadier green space, peaceful and a little untamed.

1300 S Denning Dr, Winter Park, FL 32789

Sixty Vines

American · Winter Park · $$

A wine-country room transplanted to Winter Park, with wines on tap by the glass, carafe or bottle and a greenhouse patio that glows after dark.

110 S Orlando Ave Ste 12, Winter Park, FL 32789

Keep Going

More in Winter Park

Other places in Winter Park, Local Picks first, then the closest to Winter Park History Museum.

AVA Mediterranean Local Pick

Mediterranean · $$$

A glamorous Greek agora on Park Avenue, sophisticated and high-energy from the moment you sit down.

290 S Park Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789

The Imperial on Park Local Pick

Bars & lounges · Wine Bar · $$

Park Avenue's neighborhood bar, warm and laid back, with boutique wines, craft beers and cocktails built on Winter Park Distillery spirits.

136 S Park Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789

Prato Local Pick

Italian · $$$

Italian the Park Avenue way: rustic yet upscale, exposed brick and warm light, house-made pastas and wood-fired pizzas.

Prato, 124 N Park Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789

Briarpatch

Breakfast & brunch · Breakfast · $$

Park Avenue's breakfast room is chill and charming, cozy and bustling in equal measure.

Briarpatch Restaurant, 252 N Park Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789-3814

Peterbrooke Chocolatier

Sweets · Chocolatier · $$

Handcrafted chocolate in the European tradition on Park Avenue since 1983, and the cocoa scent reaches the sidewalk.

300 S Park Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789

The Wine Room on Park Avenue

Bars & lounges · Wine Bar · $$

Wine tasting without the intimidation: load a Tasting Card and pour your own tastes, from a sip to a full glass, off a wall of wines.

270 S Park Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789