Osceola County Welcome Center and History Museum facts for kids
The Osceola County Welcome Center and History Museum is a fun place to learn about the past! It is located in Kissimmee, Florida, in Osceola County, Florida. This center has a museum with exhibits about local history. It also has a special area called Pioneer Village.
Pioneer Village shows what life was like long ago. You can see an old house from 1889 called the Ross Lanier House. There is also a blacksmith shop where people made things from metal. You can visit a one-room schoolhouse, just like kids used to attend. There's even an 1882 citrus packing house, a general store, and a "cracker house" cow camp. The Osceola County and the Osceola County Historical Society work together to run the center and museum.
What Can You See at the Museum?
The museum has cool exhibits that show different parts of Florida's nature. You can explore dioramas (3D models) of swamplands, pine forests, and oak hammocks. There are also lakefront scenes. These displays are interactive, meaning you can touch and learn! You can even go on scavenger hunts to find things.
There is a special screen room that looks out over Shingle Creek. This creek is a beautiful natural area. You can get to this overlook from outside the museum. It is part of the 7.8-acre Mary Kendall Steffee Nature Preserve. It is a great place to see nature.
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