Orange County Regional History Center

The History Center houses the collection of the Historical Society of Central Florida, Inc. in three floors of dynamic permanent exhibitions that take visitors on a journey through the region’s fascinating 12,000 year history, as well as nationally important, limited-run exhibitions.

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    (407) 836-8500

  • Website

    thehistorycenter.org

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65 E Central Blvd Orlando , FL 32801 United States

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Susanne Uhlig

History can be a lot of fun. Go there and pay $12 or less and suggest like 4 hours to see it all. Their gift shop is good too!

The Ritz-Carlton

Home to 12,000 years of Central Florida history, this venue includes exhibits on cattle and citrus , to aviation and tourism . A variety of traveling exhibitions makes each visit a new experience.

Casie Shimansky

Such a great place to see Florida's history! Make sure to check out Universal 's exhibit that changes with each season in 2013 and features the entire process from design and creation to production.

Niki Tatum

Take a break from the theme park crowds, and explore the area’s rich history. Sit in the old courtroom, and you'll understand why the jury finds this museum guilty of being an exciting place to visit.

Orange County Regional History Center

Blue Star Museum days start May 29 and go through September 2. Free admission for active duty military and their immediate family members including active duty Reserve and active duty National Guard .

Power 95.3

Join Estee @ POWER for the 4th Annual I Do Downtown Bridal Crawl Sunday, Jan 13 from 11:30a - 1:30p as Estee gets ready to tie the knot! Be the first the check in and get movie passe to see, "Mama!"

Visit Kissimmee, Florida

Love this place! It's in a beautifully maintained 1927 building and is chock full of fun stuff you probably didn't know about Central Florida!

Central Florida Top 5

Be sure to follow the History Center on Twitter and Facebook for local facts and follower only deals!

Sara Srebnik

Inexpensive and very cool!! This used to be the courthouse for Orlando. Lots of history on how Orlando came to be a tourist area.

Elizabeth Kozup

Can do in about 2-3 hours. Closes early, so make sure you give yourself enough time. They always have pretty good exhibits here.

BRINK Magazine

Friday September 30th, 6pm, BRINK magazine presents vitaminwater zero uncapped! The History Center will host this magical evening, free entry, vendor bazaar and fashion competition! brinkmagonline.com

Dash Around Tours - Orlando's Coolest Tours!

We love visiting the Centers permanent exhibit 'Destination Florida', a look back at tourism in Central Florida before theme parks !

Sandro Patronaggio

Trick and treaters welcome and free entrance today!

Orange County Regional History Center

During the first full weekend of each month through Dec. 4, 2011, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch customers can show their credit or debit card for free admission to the History Center. See link. Read more

Michele Brice

Worth a visit just to check out the special Civil War exhibit . Looking forward to the Highway Men next.

United Arts of Central Florida

Beyond Baseball : The Life of Roberto Clemente. Sun. 2/12: noon - 5 pm & Wed. 2/15: 10 am - 5 pm

John Dyson

Great place to take your children to learn their history.

Brian Brian

Great for $8

Hilton Grand Vacations

Great place to go and see how Orlando came to be!

Sarah Carey

Check out the exhibit "Out Of This World" Costumes from Film and TV . Read more

Connor

I left here feeling like Disney corrupted Orlando forever.

Montgomery Lopez

You can't take pics in the out of the world exhibit . Sux donkey.

RGT Real Estate | Lee Rosa

Blue | Red | Yellow | Green

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