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4 days ago · By Kelly D’Ambrosio, Digital Archivist, Orange County Regional History Center. During the mid-1990s, Wiccan classes and workshops were regularly advertised in the faith section of the Brevard County newspaper, Florida Today. Interest in the religion was typically demonstrated by news outlets during October, but Brevard was home to local ...
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May 12, 2024 · April 20 – May 12, 2024. This exhibition presents vivid Florida landscapes painted by middle school students from three Orange County Public Schools – the Academic Center for Excellence, College Park Middle School, and Howard Middle School Academy of Arts. More than 400 young artists participated in our seventh annual competition.
May 22, 2024 · Commodore Rose’s tale is one of the few known stories of countless formerly enslaved people who found their freedom via the tannin-stained waters of the St. Johns River. Sadly, the histories of people of color have, until recently, been largely ignored, whereas a good deal more has been written about Rose’s former owner, Captain Jacob Brock ...
May 22, 2024 · The Orange County Regional History Center is located in the heart of Downtown Orlando at Magnolia Avenue and Central Boulevard. There's plenty of easy parking available in the Library Parking Garage (112 East Central Boulevard) across from the Orlando Public Library and the museum offers validated parking (for up to two hours) with the purchase ...
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5 days ago · The Orange County Regional History Center is located in the heart of Downtown Orlando at Magnolia Avenue and Central Boulevard. There’s plenty of easy parking available in the Library Parking Garage (112 East Central Boulevard) across from the Orlando Public Library and the museum offers validated parking (for up to two hours) with the ...
3 days ago · Orange County Regional History Center has a trio of gatherings set for June, exploring Central Florida-based topics such as lightning and LGBTQ resilience plus Sally’s Night, a science-driven event in honor of astronaut Sally Ride. The museum’s Lunch & Learn session on June 7 is titled “Lightning (Sometimes) Strikes Twice: Central Florida’s Famous Firebolts. The hour gets into why the ...
Feb 22, 2024 · The Orange County Regional History Center features a permanent African American history exhibit highlighting the triumphs and tragedies of African Americans in Central Florida’s past, along with luminous paintings of Florida’s Highwaymen, a group of acclaimed African American landscape artists. A community founded for Black families in 1881 ...
