Osceola County Welcome Center and History Museum is in
Kissimmee,
Osceola County, Florida. It includes the Osceola County Historical Society Museum's local history exhibits as well as Pioneer Village and its 1889 Ross Lanier House,
blacksmith shop, one-room schoolhouse, 1882 citrus packing house, general store, and "cracker house"
cow camp
Cow Camp, located in Joshua Tree National Park
Joshua Tree National Park is an American national park in southeastern California, east of San Bernardino and Los Angeles and north of Palm Springs. It is named after the Joshua trees (''Yucca ...
. The center includes a multi-purpose room with 50 theater style seats and mini-kitchen. The center and museum are operated by Osceola County and the Osceola County Historical Society.
Exhibitions feature swamplands, pine flatwoods, oak hammock, and lakefront
diorama
A diorama is a replica of a scene, typically a three-dimensional full-size or miniature model, sometimes enclosed in a glass showcase for a museum. Dioramas are often built by hobbyists as part of related hobbies such as military vehicle mode ...
s with interactive displays and scavenger hunt challenges. A screen room overlook Shingle Creek and it can be accessed outside the museum on the 7.8 acre Mary Kendall Steffee Nature Preserve.
See also
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List of museums in Florida
This article lists museums currently operating across the U.S. state of Florida, together with summaries of their locations and main focuses. There are additional lists of Florida's defunct and proposed museums.
Museums
Defunct museums
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External links
Osceola County Welcome Center and History Museum
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Museums in Osceola County, Florida
Open-air museums in Florida
Buildings and structures in Kissimmee, Florida